El Salvador at the 2023 Pan American Games

El Salvador competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was El Salvador's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games.

El Salvador at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeESA
NOCEl Salvador Olympic Committee
in Santiago
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors81 in 23 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Amado de Jesús Alvarado & Sindy Portillo
Flag bearer (closing)Roberto Hernández & Ivonne Nochez
Medals
Ranked =19th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

On 5 October 2023, the El Salvador Olympic Committee officially named the team of 80 athletes (35 men and 45 women) competing in 23 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included).[1]

Surfers Amado de Jesús Alvarado and Sindy Portillo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2] Meanwhile, archer Roberto Hernández and roller speed skater Ivonne Nochez were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Artistic swimming 0 9 9
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 3 3 6
Basketball 4 4 8
Bowling 0 2 2
Boxing 1 0 1
Equestrian 1 0 1
Gymnastics 1 1 2
Judo 2 0 2
Karate 1 1 2
Roller sports 1 1 2
Rowing 1 1 2
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 5 4 9
Surfing 1 2 3
Swimming 5 6 11
Table tennis 1 1 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Tennis 0 1 1
Volleyball 2 2 4
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 0 1 1
Total 35 46 81

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Roberto Hernández
Douglas Nolasco
Archery Men's team compound November 4
  Silver Ivonne Nóchez Roller sport Women's 200 metres time-trial November 4
  Bronze Jorge Merino Karate Men's 84 kg October 23
  Bronze Uriel Canjura Badminton Men's singles October 24

Archery

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El Salvador qualified four archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships.[3] El Salvador also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue.[4][5][6]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Oscar Guillén Individual recurve
Douglas Nolasco Individual compound
Roberto Hernández
Douglas Nolasco
Roberto Hernández
Team compound
Women
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Marcela Cortez Individual recurve
Paola Corado Individual compound
Sofía Paiz
Paola Corado
Sofía Paiz
Team compound
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Oscar Guillén
Marcela Cortez
Team recurve
Team compound

Artistic swimming

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El Salvador qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after finishing third in the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.[7]

Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
Cesia Castaneda
Grecia Mendoza
Women's duet
Andrea Mercado
Brigitte Guadrón
Cesia Castaneda
Daira Sánchez
Gabriela Magaña
Gabriela Mercado
Gabriela Moran
Grecia Mendoza
María Argueta
Women's team

Athletics

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El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

Men
Women

Badminton

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El Salvador qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).[8][9]

Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Uriel Canjura Singles   Job Castillo (MEX)
Manuel Mejía   Yonatan Linarez (DOM)
Javier Alas   Nicolas Oliva (ARG)
Javier Alas
Manuel Mejía
Men's doubles   Vinson Chiu (USA)
  Joshua Yuan (USA)
Women
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Daniela Hernández Singles Bye   Chequeda De Boulet (TRI)
Fátima Centeno Bye   Haramara Gaitan (MEX)
Gabriela Barrios   Ailen Oliva (ARG)
Fátima Centeno
Daniela Hernández
Women's doubles   Ines Castillo Salazar (PER)
  Paula La Torre Regal (PER)
Mixed
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Manuel Mejia
Gabriela Barrios
Mixed doubles   Henry Huebla Leon (ECU)
  Maria Delia Zambrano (ECU)
Javier Armando Alas
Fátima Centeno
  Jose Guevara (PER)
  Ines Castillo Salazar (PER)

Basketball

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3x3
Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
El Salvador men Men's tournament
El Salvador women Women's tournament

Men's tournament

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El Salvador qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.[citation needed]

Roster

Women's tournament

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El Salvador qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.[citation needed]

Roster

Bowling

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El Salvador qualified a team of two women through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Athlete Event Qualification / Final Round robin Semifinal Final / BM
Block 1 Block 2 Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Grand total Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Eugenia Quintanilla Women's singles
Roxana Fajardo
Eugenia Quintanilla
Roxana Fajardo
Women's doubles

Boxing

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El Salvador qualified one male boxer.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Samuel Contreras –63.5 kg

Equestrian

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El Salvador qualified one individual rider in Show-Jumping.[citation needed]

Show Jumping

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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
Juan Manuel Bolanos Barrios Zilouet Mystic Rose Individual

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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El Salvador qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Pablo Velásquez Individual all-around

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
V UB BB F
Alexa Grande Individual all-around

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

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El Salvador qualified two male judokas.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jairo Moreno −60 kg
Gustavo López −81 kg

Karate

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El Salvador qualified a team of 2 karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.[11]

Kumite
Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jorge Merino Men's −84 kg
Gabriella Izaguirre Women's −50 kg

Roller sports

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El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

Speed

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Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marvin Gómez Men's 200 m time trial
Men's 1000 m sprint
Ivonne Nóchez Women's 200 m time trial
Women's 500 m + distance
Women's 1000 m sprint

Rowing

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El Salvador qualified a team of 2 athletes (one per gender).[12][13]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roberto López Men's Single sculls
Adriana Escobar Women's Single sculls

Sailing

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El Salvador qualified 2 boats for a total of 2 sailors.[14]

Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M Points Rank
Enrique Arathoon Laser
Darling Alfaro Laser radial

Shooting

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El Salvador qualified a total of nine shooters (five men and four women).[15][16][17][18]

Men
Women

Surfing

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El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women).[19]

Artistic
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Repechage 5 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Josselyn Alabí Women's stand up paddleboard
Amado Alvarado Men's Longboard
Sindy Portillo Women's Longboard

Swimming

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El Salvador qualified 11 athletes (five men and six women).

Men
Women

Table tennis

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El Salvador qualified two table tennis players (one per gender) after receiving an invitation from ITTF America.[20][21]

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
Diego Orantes Men's singles
Gabriela Suárez Women's singles
Diego Orantes
Gabriela Suárez
Mixed doubles

Taekwondo

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El Salvador qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.[22]

Kyorugi

Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alisson Montaño –57 kg

Tennis

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El Salvador qualified a female tennis player.

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
Valentina Cruz Singles

Volleyball

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Beach

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.[citation needed]

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
Armando Guatemala
Frankin Flores
Men's Bye
Laura Molina
Nadia Soler
Women's Bye

Weightlifting

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El Salvador qualified two weightlifters (one per gender).[23]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ramón Cruz
Victoria Grenni

Wrestling

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El Salvador qualified a female wrestler after receiving a wild card.

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
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jacqueline Hernández 57 kg

Demonstration Sports

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E-sports

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El Salvador qualified a male athlete.

Men

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Team ESA listo para dejar huella en Santiago 2023" [Team ESA ready to leave its mark in Santiago 2023]. www.teamesa.prg (in Spanish). El Salvador Olympic Committee. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ Franco, Sander (13 September 2023). "Amado de Jesús Alvarado y Sindy Portillo estarán en el Surf City El Salvador Longboard Classic" [Amado de Jesús Alvarado and Sindy Portillo will be at the Surf City El Salvador Longboard Classic]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "First team slots for Santiago 2023 awarded". www.worldarcheryamericas.com/. World Archery Americas. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Recurve Men Panam Games Qualifier" (PDF). www.ianseo.net. Ianseo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Recurve Women Panam Games Qualifier" (PDF). www.ianseo.net. Ianseo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Pan Am Games slots awarded in Santo Domingo". www.worldarcheryamericas.com/. World Archery Americas. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. ^ "El baile de las sirenas" [The dance of the mermaids]. www.laprensagrafica.com/ (in Spanish). La Prensa Grafica. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Quotas Confirmed – Santiago 2023". www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan America. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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  10. ^ "Boxeador Sammy Contreras enfocado en Santiago 2023" [Boxer Sammy Contreras focused on Santiago 2023]. www.diarioelsalvador.com/. Diário El Salvador. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Clasificados Santiago 2023" (PDF). www.pkfkarate.com. Pan American Karate Federation. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Sumario de resultados diarios" (PDF). www.remobrasil.com/. Brazilian Rowing Confederation. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Sumario de resultados diarios" (PDF). www.remobrasil.com/. Brazilian Rowing Confederation. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  14. ^ "STATUS of NOC QUALIFICATION: 2023 PAN AMERICAN GAMES - SAILING" (PDF). www.panamsailing.org/. Panam Sailing. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  15. ^ "RESULTS 10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN QUALIFICATION" (PDF). www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  16. ^ "RESULTS 10m AIR RIFLE MEN QUALIFICATION" (PDF). www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 8 November 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  17. ^ "RESULTS 50m RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MEN QUALIFICATION" (PDF). www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  18. ^ "RESULTS 50m RIFLE 3 POSITIONS WOMEN QUALIFICATION" (PDF). www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Los 88 de Santiago 2023". www.pasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Tenismesista Diego Orantes competirá en Santiago 2023" [Table tennis player Diego Orantes will compete in Santiago 2023]. www.diarioelsalvador.com/ (in Spanish). Diário El Salvador. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Entries List - 86 Players" (PDF). www.ittf.com/. International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  22. ^ Rodríguez, Laura López (24 March 2023). "2023 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament". www.mastkd.com. MASTKD. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  23. ^ "REF: Cupos Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Quotas 2023 Pan American Games] (PDF). www.teamusa.org (in Spanish). Pan Am Pesas. 8 February 2023. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 5 April 2023.