Nicaragua at the 2023 Pan American Games

Nicaragua is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Nicaragua's 16th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1955, 1963 and 1979.

Nicaragua at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	NIC
NOC	Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	24 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Orlando Vásquez & Sema Ludrick
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

The Nicaraguan team consisted of 24 athletes competing in ten sports.^[1] Weightlifters Orlando Vásquez and Sema Ludrick were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

The following Nicaraguan competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Elian Ortega	Taekwondo	Men's poomsae individual	October 21
Silver	Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce	Taekwondo	Mixed poomsae pairs	October 22

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Judo	0	1	1
Karate	1	0	1
Rowing	1	3	4
Surfing	0	1	1
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Total	6	8	14

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Nicaragua has qualified one female judoka.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Izayana Marenco	Women's +78 kg	Bye	Urdaneta (VEN) L 00S3–10S1	Did not advance	Williams (USA) W 11–00S3	Bronze medal final  Morillo (DOM) L 00S3–10S1	=5

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Nicaragua qualified one male karateka in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.^[4]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melvin Oporta	Men's +84 kg	Lenis (COL) W 7–3	Salgado (BRA) L 2–4	Timmermans (ARU) L 1–3	3	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Nicaragua qualified a team of 4 athletes (one man and three women).^[5][6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Potoy	Men's single sculls	7:54:03	5 R	7:30:89	3 SA/B	8:00.03	5 FB	7:58.59	12
Evidelia Gonzalez	Women's single sculls	8:49:96	5 R	8:16:68	2 SA/B	8:18:81	5 FB	8:20.42	9
María Isabel Vanegas Evidelia Gonzalez	Women's pair	8:17:86	4 R	8:08.90	5 FB	—		7:59.60	9

Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Nicaragua qualified a female surfer.^[7]

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Repechage 5	Repechage 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Candelaria Resano	Women's shortboard	Pellizzari (ARG) W 11.50–6.77	Rosas (PER) L 8.14–11.40	Did not advance		Bye	Pellizzari (ARG) W 8.00–4.77	Dempfle-Olin (CAN) L 11.94–14.90	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Nicaragua qualified 3 athletes (two men and one woman) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^[8][9][10]

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Robleto	–80 kg	González (PUR) W 2–1	Salazar (MEX) W 2–1	Trejos (COL) L 0–2	Bye	Bronze medal final  Ostapiv (BRA) L 0–2	=5

Poomsae (forms)

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elian Ortega	Men's individual	Bye	Do (USA) W 7.670–7.460	Colon (PUR) W 7.670–7.460	Arroyo (MEX) L 7.880–7.990
Ingrid Darce	Women's individual	Ho (CAN) W 1.0–WDR	Higueros (EAI) L 7.120–7.540	Did not advance
Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce	Mixed pair	—			7.880

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Nicaragua qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).^[11]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javiana Pavón	Women's 59 kg	75	11	97	=10	172	10
Sema Ludrick	Women's 71 kg	80	=12	110	11	190	12