Paraguay at the 2019 Pan American Games

Paraguay competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.^[1][2]

Paraguay at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Paraguayan Olympic Committee
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	71 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Alejandro Toranzos (opening)
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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The Paraguayan team consisted of 71 athletes (48 women and 23 men) competing in 18 sports. This marked the largest team the country has ever sent to the Pan American Games.^{[citation needed]}

During the opening ceremony of the games, table tennis athlete Alejandro Toranzos carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.^[3][4]

Paraguay won a total of five medals at the games, a record for one edition of the games.^[5] The country also won its first ever gold medal at the Pan American Games when golfer Fabrizio Zanotti won the men's individual event.^[6]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	1	2	3
Basketball	0	12	12
Bodybuilding	0	1	1
Canoeing	0	1	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Football	0	18	18
Golf	2	2	4
Karate	0	1	1
Roller sports	1	0	1
Rowing	5	2	7
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	5	3	8
Table tennis	3	1	4
Tennis	0	2	2
Volleyball	0	2	2
Water skiing	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	23	48	71

Medallists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Fabrizio Zanotti Golf Men's individual August 12  Silver Verónica Cepede Royg Montserrat González Tennis Women's doubles August 3  Silver Julieta Granada Golf Women's individual August 12  Silver Carlos Franco Fabrizio Zanotti Julieta Granada Sofia García Golf Mixed team August 12  Bronze Verónica Cepede Royg Tennis Women's singles August 4

Medals by sport Sport Total Golf 1 2 0 3 Tennis 0 1 1 2 Total 1 3 1 5

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified three athletes (one man and two women).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• NR–National record

Track and road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Derlis Ayala	Marathon	2:12:54 NR	5

Women

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Laura Paredes	Javelin thrw	54.16	9

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Camila Pirelli	Result	13.54	1.62	13.92	24.82	5.47	48.56	2:15.29	4	5907 NR
	Points	10.44	759	789	903	691	832	889

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing in the top seven nations at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. This marks the country's debut in women's basketball at the Pan American Games.^[7]

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Roster

Paraguay women's basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 3 Marta Peralta 25 – (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) C 4 Ilda Peña 35 – (1984-01-09)9 January 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G/F 5 Paola Ferrari (C) 33 – (1985-09-16)16 September 1985 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 6 Melina Pérez 33 – (1986-01-26)26 January 1986 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F/C 7 Astrid Hutteman 27 – (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F 8 Natalia Quevedo 21 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) C 9 Patricia Rojas 31 – (1987-10-26)26 October 1987 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) F/C 10 Tamara Insfrán 30 – (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) C 11 María Caraves 27 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) F/C 12 Andrea Gómez 29 – (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) F 13 Paloma Niz 20 – (1999-01-18)18 January 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) F/C 14 Ximena Ibarra 17 – (2001-10-11)11 October 2001 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Head coach Juan Pablo Feliú Assistant coach(es) Alberto Cano Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 6 August 2019

Source:^[8]

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	224	166	+58	6	Qualified for the Semifinals
Puerto Rico	3	2	1	221	200	+21	5
Canada	3	1	2	224	215	+9	4
Paraguay	3	0	3	174	262	−88	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 August 2019 10:30

Report

Puerto Rico	91–73	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 18–18, 24–21, 23–20
Pts: Gwathmey 21 Rebs: Rosado 11 Asts: O'Neill 6		Pts: Ferrari 18 Rebs: Ferrari 8 Asts: Ferrari 6

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

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7 August 2019 10:30

Report

Paraguay	64–90	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–19, 13–23, 16–26
Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari, Caraves 5 Asts: Peralta 3		Pts: Hill 14 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Pellington 3

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Steven Anderson (USA)

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8 August 2019 18:00

Report

Paraguay	37–81	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 12–14, 5–21, 10–25
Pts: Ferrari 10 Rebs: Ferrari 7 Asts: Insfrán, Caraves 2		Pts: Soares 15 Rebs: Teixeira 8 Asts: Paixão 4

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU)

Seventh place match

9 August 2019 10:30

Report

Paraguay	69–61	Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 12–15, 19–22, 15–10
Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari 6 Asts: Ferrari 7		Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 13 Asts: Tate 5

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andréia Silva (BRA)

Bodybuilding

Main articles: Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games and Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one female bodybuilder.^[9]

Women

Athlete	Event	Prejudging		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jessica Santacruz	Bikini fitness	—		did not advance

• No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Slalom

Paraguay qualified a total of one female slalom athlete.^[10][11]

Key

• Note–Ranks given are within the heat
• Q = Qualified for the next round directly

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Fernández	C-1	108.79	4	105.56	5	105.56	5	115.78	4 Q	108.85	4
	K-1	103.37	4	103.70	4	103.37	4	115.64	6 Q	116.43	5
	Extreme K-1	—	2 Q	—				—	3	did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2019 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one athlete in equestrian.^[12]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round A		Round B		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Stieven Bardwin	Quinn	Individual	14.62	37	13	29	13	23	40.62	34 Q	8	13 Q	5	14	13	17

Football

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by finishing in one of the three qualification spots at the 2018 Copa América Femenina.^[13][14]

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Roster

The following players were called up for the games.^[15]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
12	1GK	Isabel Ortiz	(2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 17)		Sol de América
1	1GK	Cristina Recalde	(1994-09-29)29 September 1994 (aged 24)		Sol de América
14	2DF	Lorena Alonso	(1998-04-01)1 April 1998 (aged 21)		Sol de América
4	2DF	Daysy Bareiro	(2001-01-19)19 January 2001 (aged 18)		Sol de América
5	2DF	Laurie Cristaldo	(1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 22)		Libertad/Limpeño
13	2DF	Limpia Fretes	(2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 19)		Cerro Porteño
3	2DF	Tania Riso	(1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 25)		Deportivo Capiatá
2	2DF	María Martínez	(1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (aged 20)		Deportivo Capiatá
6	3MF	Damia Cortaza	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 25)		Libertad/Limpeño
8	3MF	Fanny Godoy	(1998-01-21)21 January 1998 (aged 21)		Sol de América
15	3MF	Ivana Mendoza	(1995-05-19)19 May 1995 (aged 24)		Sol de América
17	3MF	Rosa Miño	(1999-07-13)13 July 1999 (aged 20)		Foz Cataratas
16	3MF	Dulce Quintana	(1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 30)		Espanyol
7	4FW	Lice Chamorro	(1998-12-22)22 December 1998 (aged 20)		Racing Santander
10	4FW	Jessica Martínez	(1999-06-14)14 June 1999 (aged 20)		Tacón
18	4FW	Mirta Pico	(1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 25)		Sol de América
9	4FW	Fabiola Sandoval	(1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 20)		Libertad/Limpeño
11	4FW	Gloria Villamayor	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27)		Real Oviedo

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Fifth place match
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28)

13:00

Paraguay	0–0	Colombia
	Report

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil)

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31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

10:00

Mexico	1–2	Paraguay
Mayor 36'	Report	Cristaldo 9' Sandoval 45'

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

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3 August 2019 (2019-08-03)

13:00

Paraguay	3–1	Jamaica
J. Martínez 4', 63' Quintana 90'+1'	Report	Hudson-Marks 31'

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Semifinals

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)

17:30

Paraguay	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Larroquette 13' (pen.) Cometti 20' Oviedo 34'

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

Bronze medal match

9 August 2019 (2019-08-09)

17:30

Paraguay	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	D. Cruz 82'

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2019 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a full team of four golfers (two men and two women).^[16]

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	To par	Rank
Carlos Franco	Men's individual	71	69	71	71	283	−1	19
Fabrizio Zanotti		64	67	68	70	269	−15
Sofia García	Women's individual	74	71	71	72	288	+4	7
Julieta Granada		70	71	71	68	280	−4
Carlos Franco Fabrizio Zanotti Sofia García Julieta Granada	Mixed team	134	138	139	138	549	−19

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one female karateka in the kumite discipline.^[17]

Kumite

Women

Athlete	Event	Round Robin				Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leyla Servin	–50 kg	González (GUA) L 0–4	Hernández (MEX) L 0–1	Villanueva (DOM) L 0–4	4	did not advance

Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2019 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one male skater in the artistic discipline.^[18]

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Short program		Long program		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Víctor López	Free skating	50.07	2	70.69	4	120.76	4

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified seven rowers (five men and two women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Insfran	Single sculls	7:11.23	3 SA/B	Bye		7:08.21	2 FA	7:12.86	4
Franco Chiola Arturo Rivarola	Double sculls	7:03.93	6 R	6:49.54	5 FB	—		did not start
Guillermo Fleitas Matias Ramirez	Lwt double sculls	6:38.01	3 R	6:37.75	3 FB	—		6:43.50	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alejandra Alonso	Single sculls	8:12.00	4 R	7:48.10	3 FB	8:03.14	7
Gabriela Mosqueira	Lwt single sculls	8:13.82	4 R	7:55.42	2 FA	7:59.16	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

• Results given are within the heat.

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received a universality spot in the men's laser event.^[19][20][21]

Key

• RET= Retired
• STP= Standard penalty

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Federico Cabello	Laser	RET	22	STP	20	21	19	21	22	20	STP	Did not qualify	191	22

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified 3 male sport shooters.^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Antonio Valiente	Skeet	100	27	did not advance
Jose Gomez	Trap	99	=26	did not advance
Paulo Reichardt		99	27	did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified eight swimmers.^[23]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• QA – Qualified for Final A
• QB – Qualified for Final B

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Hockin	50 m freestyle	23.26	17	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.28	14 QB	49.89	9
	100 m butterfly	53.43	6 QA	53.70	7
Matheo Mateos	200 m freestyle	1:53.12	16 QB	1:53.03	15
	400 m freestyle	4:00.39	13 QB	4:02.81	14
Charles Hockin	100 m backstroke	55.53	6 QA	55.62	6
Matías López	200 m backstroke	2:07.30	17	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.64	22	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:36.13	16 QB	Withdrew
Renato Prono	100 m breaststroke	1:03.08	18	did not advance
Charles Hockin Renato Prono Ben Hockin Matheo Mateos	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.28	4 QA	3:43.75	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicole Rautemberg	200 m freestyle	2:07.74	15 QB	2:07.20	15
Maria Jose Arrua	100 m backstroke	1:07.25	22	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:27.31	21	did not advance
Sofia Lopez Chaparro	100 m breaststroke	1:15.99	17	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:29.63	21	did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a men's team of three athletes by winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile.^[24] Paraguay later qualified one female at the final qualification tournament.^[25]

Single and doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marcelo Aguirre	Men's singles	Moscoso (GUA) W 4–0	González (PUR) W 4–0	Wang (CAN) L 2–4	did not advance
Alejandro Toranzos		Afanador (PUR) L 2–4	did not advance
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos	Men's doubles	—	Hazin / Wang (CAN) L 3–4	did not advance
Leyla Gomez	Women's singles	Díaz (PUR) L 2–4	did not advance
Marcelo Aguirre Leyla Gomez	Mixed doubles	—	Wu / Ortiz (DOM) L 2–4	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos Santiago Osorio	Men's team	Argentina L 2–3	Peru W 3–1	2 Q	Brazil L 0–3	did not advance		=5

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified two female tennis players.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montserrat González	Singles	Dolehide (USA) L 4–6, 6–2, 4–6	did not advance
Verónica Cepede Royg		Bye	Schaefer (PER) W 6–2, 6–2	Bui (CAN) W 6–4, 6–0	Podoroska (ARG) L 3–6, 4–6	Alves (BRA) W 6–3, 6–4
Montserrat González Verónica Cepede Royg	Doubles	—	Reasco / Römer (ECU) W 6–1, 6–2	Olmos / Rarazúa (MEX) W 6–7, 6–3, [10–4]	Alves / Stefani (BRA) W 7–5, 6–7, [10–4]	Arconada / Dolehide (USA) L 0–6, 4–6

Volleyball

Beach

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2019 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a women's pair.^[26] This will mark the debut of the country in this discipline at the Pan American Games.

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Qualifying	Quarterfinals	5–8th place	7th place	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Patricia Caballero Michelle Valiente	Women's	Delís / Martínez (CUB) L 1–2 (21–16, 12–21, 13–15)	Allcca / Mendoza (PER) W 2–0 (21–10, 21–17)	Vargas / Vasquez (ESA) W 2–0 (21–17, 21–13)	2	Orellana / Revuelta (MEX) W 2–0 (13–21, 21–16, 16–14)	Cook / Pardon (USA) L 0–2 (8–21, 10–21)	Ayala / Ríos (COL) L 0–2 (19–21, 16–21)	Araya / Valenciano (CRC) W 2–0 (21–16, 22–20)	7

Water skiing

Main articles: Water skiing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Water skiing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one female wake boarder. This marks the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport.^[27]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for are within the heat
• LCQ = Qualified for the Last chance qualifying round
• Q = Qualified for the next round directly

Women

Athlete	Event	Semifinal	Rank	Last chance	Rank	Final	Rank
Ana Sisul	Wakeboard	14.00	4 LCQ	32.11	2 Q	29.00	6

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2019 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received one wild card in the men's freestyle discipline.

Freestyle

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Diego Ramírez	-86 kg	Torreblanca (CUB) L 0–12	did not advance		Moore (CAN) L 0–10	Did not advance	=7

See also

• Paraguay at the 2020 Summer Olympics