Peru at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Peru competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Peru at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	PER
NPC	National Paralympic Association of Peru
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	13 in 9 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Jorge Arcela Pilar Jauregui Cancino
Flag bearer (closing)	Leonor Espinoza
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Leonor Espinoza	Taekwondo	Women's 47 kg	29 August

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	1	0	0	1
Male	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1

Medals by date

Medals by date
Date				Total
29 August	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	0	3	3
Boccia	0	1	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Powerlifting	1	0	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Total	5	8	13

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Peru entered one female archers into the games by virtue of his result at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniela Campos	Women's individual recurve	459	22	Kliem (GER) L 2–6	Did not advance				17

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Peruvian athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Rosbil Guillen Guide:José Luis Rojas Ramos	Men's 5000 metres T11	15:28.62	6
	Marathon T12	DQ

1.^ R49.6(b) - Athlete must cross the finish line in front of the guide runner. Time before disqualification was 2:38:44.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neri Mamani	1500 m T11	4:59.74	7	Did not advance	7

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Peru has qualified three female para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pilar Jáuregui	Women's singles WH2	Li H (CHN) L 1–2	Renggli (SUI) L 1–2	Yang (TPE) W 2–0	3	Did not advance		7
Giuliana Póveda	Women's singles SH6	Marlina (INA) L 1–2	Saeyang (THA) W 2–0	Li F (CHN) L 0–2	3	Did not advance		7
Rubí Fernández		Szmigiel (POL) L 0–2	Choong (GBR) L 1–2	—	3	Did not advance		7

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Peru confirmed one at competitor via Bipartite invitation allocation in women's individual BC3 events.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Niurka Callupe	Women's individual BC3	Ichinoe (JPN) L 1–5	Ferrando (ARG) L 2–3	Ntenta (GRE) L 4–5	4	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Peru entered one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Israel Hilario Rimas	Men's road time trial C2	21:28.46	6
	Men's road race C1-3	DNF

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Diego Quispe	Men's -59 kg	130	9

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Peru entered one para-shooter after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships and 2023 World Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Arcela	R1 – men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	609.7	15	Did not advanced	15
	R3 – mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	629.4	24	Did not advanced	24
	R6 – mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1	615.7	24	Did not advanced	24

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Men's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rodrigo Santillán	50 m backstroke S2	1:08.08	7 Q	1:07.60	7
	100 m backstroke S2	2:16.35	5 Q	2:18.61	6
	200 m freestyle S2	4:44.25	7 Q	4:39.26	6

Women's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dunia Felices	200 m medley SM5	4:30.17	18	Did not advance	18

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Peru entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Leonor Espinoza qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in women's 47 kg class.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leonor Espinoza	Women's –47 kg	Chemogne (CMR) W 28–9	Abdollahpour (IRI) W 19–9	Laarif (MAR) WWD	—	—	Isakova (UZB) W 10–4

See also

• Peru at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Peru at the Paralympics