Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

Paraguay competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Paraguay's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games except 1959 and 1963.

Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Paraguayan Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	117 in 22 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Derlis Ayala & Agua Marina Espínola
Flag bearer (closing)	Fabrizio Zanotti & Sofia Garcia
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 6 Total 7
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959–1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

On 4 October 2023, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee officially named the team of 117 athletes (41 men and 76 women) competing in 22 sports.^[1]

Athlete Derlis Ayala and cyclist Agua Marina Espínola were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2] Meanwhile, golfers Fabrizio Zanotti and Sofia Garcia were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	2	8
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	1	1	2
Canoeing	1	2	3
Cycling	1	3	4
Equestrian	2	0	2
Fencing	0	1	1
Football	0	18	18
Golf	2	2	4
Handball	0	14	14
Karate	1	1	2
Roller sports	3	0	3
Rowing	6	8	14
Rugby sevens	0	12	12
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	4	4	8
Table tennis	3	1	4
Tennis	3	1	4
Volleyball	2	2	4
Water skiing	1	1	2
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	41	76	117

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sofia García	Golf	Women's individual	November 5
Bronze	Nicole Martínez Alejandra Alonso	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	October 23
Bronze	Nicole Martínez	Rowing	Women's single sculls	October 25
Bronze	Leonardo Curcel	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	October 29
Bronze	Ana Paula Fernandes	Canoeing	Women's slalom C-1	October 29
Bronze	Agua Marina Espínola	Cycling	Women's road race	October 29
Bronze	Paraguay women's national handball team Fátima Acuña Ada Miskinich Fernanda Insfrán Kamila Rolón Jazmín Mendoza Karina dos Santos Kiara Vergara Camila Feschenko Delyne Leiva Fátima Ocampos María Fernández Belinda Bobadilla Maggie Lugo María Machuca	Handball	Women's tournament	October 29

Athletics

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

Paraguay qualified eight athletes (six men and two women) for the games.

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derlys Sánchez	Marathon	—
Jonathan Reimer Cesar Escobar Fredy Maidana Misael Ayala	4 × 100 m relay	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Antonio Cañete	Javelin throw

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fátima Giménez	Marathon	—

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Ana Camila Pirelli	Result
	Points

Badminton

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

Paraguay qualified one male athlete.^[3][4]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Leo Lee	Singles	Sebastian Vasquez (CHI)

Boxing

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

Paraguay qualified two boxers (one per gender).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Sparling	Men's +92 kg
Minerva Mereles	Women's –57 kg

Canoeing

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

Slalom

Paraguay qualified a total of two slalom athletes (one man and one woman).^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leonardo Curcel	Men's C-1				—
Ana Paula Castro	Women's C-1				—

Sprint

Paraguay qualified a female sprint canoeist.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yasmin García	Women's K-1 500 m

Cycling

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

Paraguay qualified two female cyclists. ^[9]

BMX

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patrícia Bordón	Women

Racing

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Díaz	Women

Road

Paraguay qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Água Marina Salinas	Women's road race
	Women's time trial

Track

Paraguay qualified a team of 12 cyclists (8 men and 4 women).^[10]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexis López	Men's individual

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank
Alexis López	Men's

Equestrian

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

Paraguay qualified two equestrians in Jumping.^[11]

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
Denis Gouvea		Individual
Martín Vera Caballero

Fencing

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

Paraguay qualified one female fencer through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.^[12][13]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Victories	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montserrat Viveros	Women's épée

Football

Main articles: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games and Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paraguay women's	Women's tournament

Paraguay qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing fourth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Colombia.^[14][15]

Roster

• Cristina Cabañas
• Limpia Cáceres
• Lorena Ortíz
• Daisy Martínez
• Hilda Izquierdo
• María Segóvia
• Celsa Barrientos
• Deisy González
• Rebeca Valiente
• Jessica Villagra
• Fany Caballero
• Glória López
• Dahiana Giménez
• Camila Doerzbacher
• Fanny Duarte
• Ramona Martínez
• María Auxiliadora Vecca
• Camila Gómez

Golf

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

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

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Fabrizio Zanotti	Men's individual
Erich Fortlage
Sofia García	Women's individual
Milagros Chaves

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paraguay women	Women's tournament	Brazil	Cuba	Uruguay

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games. ^[17]

Roster

• Fátima Morel
• María Cristina Espinoza
• Delyne Morlas
• Ana Giuliana Vera
• María Paula Estigarribia
• Camila Krussel
• Fernanda Mora
• Kamila Ledesma
• Maggie Lara
• Karina Rodríguez
• Ada Lugo
• Jazmín Peralta
• Kiara Martínez
• Fátima Insfrán

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	104	35	+69	6	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	68	76	−8	2[a]
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	62	101	−39	2[a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	53	75	−22	2[a]

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
Notes:

1. Paraguay 2 Pts, +4 GD; Cuba 2 Pts, –1 GD; Uruguay 2 Pts, –3 GD

24 October 2023 12:30	Brazil	27–15	Paraguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	four players 4	(15–7)	Insfran 6
	1× 4×	Report	2×

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25 October 2023 12:30	Paraguay	31–26	Cuba	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Fernández, Leiva 6	(17–13)	Amorós 9
	1× 1×	Report	2×

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26 October 2023 10:00	Paraguay	22–23	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Fernández 8	(9–11)	Bianco 5
	5× 1×	Report	3×

Karate

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

Paraguay qualified a team of two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2022 South American Games.^[18]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Servín	Men's −84 kg
Yennifer Servin	Women's -55 kg

Roller sports

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

Figure

Paraguay qualified a team of two athletes in figure skating (one man and one woman).^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Short program		Long program		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Victor López	Men's

Speed

Paraguay qualified two male athletes in speed skating.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Daniel Moncada	Men's 200 metres time-trial	—
	Men's 500 metres + distance	—
Julio Mirena	Men's 1,000 metres sprint	—
	Men's 10,000 m elimination	—

Rowing

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

Paraguay qualified 14 athletes (six men and eight women).^{[21][22][23][24]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Andrés Torres	Men's single sculls
	Men's double sculls
Nicole Anahi González	Women's single sculls
	Women's double sculls					—
	Women's pair			—
	Women's lightweight Double sculls					—

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games

Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games.^[25]

Roster

• Ingrid Aquino
• Cinthia Santander
• María Villalba
• Romina Ocampos
• Sofia Flores
• Liz Salinas
• Araceli Franco
• Lucero Martinez
• Maira Cristaldo
• Chiara Gaete
• Kiara Gomez
• Gladys López

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paraguay women	Women's tournament

Shooting

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

Paraguay qualified a total of two shooters.^[26]

Men

Pistol and rifle

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claudio Frascone	10 m air pistol

Women

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Helena Farres	Trap

Swimming

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

Paraguay qualified eight athletes (four per gender).

Men

• Benjamin Hockin
• Matheo Mateos
• Charles Daniel Hockin
• Matias Chaparro

Women

• Luana Méndez
• Maria Villagra
• Astrid Genes
• Ayelet Coronel

Table tennis

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

Paraguay qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman) through the 2023 South American Championship and the Special Qualification Event.^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre	Singles	—
Alejandro Toranzos		—
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos	Doubles	—
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos Axel Bertolo	Team	—				—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucero Ovelar	Singles	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre Lucero Ovelar	Doubles

Tennis

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

Paraguay qualified a total of four tennis players (three men and one woman).^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adolfo Vallejo	Singles	Bye
Martín Vergara		Bye
Hernando Escurra		Bye
	Doubles	—	Bye

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leyla Britez	Singles	Bye

Volleyball

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Paraguay qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gonzalo Melgarejo Giuliano Mazzare	Men's					Bye
Michelle Valiente Erika Mongelós	Women's					Bye

Water skiing

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

Argentina qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship.^[29][30]

Argentina also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.^[31]

Wakeboard

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Slalom	Jump	Tricks	Total	Rank
Camilo García	Wakeboard			—
Ana Cristina Benza	Wakeboard			—

Weightlifting

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

Paraguay qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).^[32]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Hamilton	Men's 73 kg
Juan José Recalde	Men's 102 kg
Violeta Martino	Women's 59 kg
Johana Prieto	Women's 71 kg

Wrestling

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

Paraguay qualified a male wrestler through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.^[33]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lisandro Cabrera	Greco-Roman 67 kg

See also

• Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Paraguay at the 2023 Parapan American Games