Puerto Rico at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This is Puerto Rico's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Puerto Rico at the
2023 Parapan American Games
IPC codePUR
NPCPuerto Rican Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.org/puerto-rico
in Santiago, Chile
17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors25 in 9 sports
Flag bearerÓscar Fontan & Neslie Bernardi
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Parapan American Games appearances

Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Óscar Fontan and powerlifter Neslie Bernardi were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Carmelo Rivera Athletics Men's 1500 metres T20 November 21

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 2 3 5
Judo 1 0 1
Powerlifting 0 1 1
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Table tennis 2 0 2
Wheelchair basketball 11 0 11
Total 20 5 25

Archery

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Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ricardo Rosario Individual compound open 644 7   Villavicencio (ECU)
L 112–130
Did not advance

Athletics

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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
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Erick Colón 100 m T37 13.50 6
200 m T37 28.20 7
Carmelo Rivera 1500 m T20 4:13.36  
Women
Track events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Claudia Vélez 100 m T47 14.12 5 Did not advance
Yaimillie Díaz 100 m T64 13.97 4
Amaris Vazquez 14.93 5
Claudia Vélez 200 m T47 29.65 5 Did not advance
Yaimillie Díaz 200 m T64 29.59 4
Amaris Vazquez 31.28 5
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Claudia Vélez Long jump T47 4.12 7
Amaris Vazquez Long jump T42–T44/T61–T64 4.03 5

Judo

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luis Pérez −73 kg   Ferraro (USA)
L 00S2–01S1
Did not advance

Powerlifting

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Women
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Neslie Bernardi –61 kg 80 4

Shooting

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Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Alexander Payne R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 619.4 8 Q 164.8 6

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Javier Hernandez 200 m freestyle S14 2:17.78 8 Q 2:16.87 8
100 m backstroke S14 1:14.53 11 Did not advance
100 m butterfly S14 1:04.63 5
200 m individual medley SM14 2:39.40 9 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Laura Masso 100 m breaststroke SB9 DSQ 7

Table tennis

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Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jeriel López Singles C9   Carvalho (BRA)
L 0–3
  Skliarsky (ARG)
L WDR
3 Did not advance
Shaquille Rivera   Syed (CAN)
W 3–2
  Sarmiento (ECU)
W 3–0
  Watson (USA)
L 0–3
2 Q   Skliarsky (ARG)
L WDR
Did not advance
Jeriel López
Shaquille Rivera
Doubles C18   Puerto / Vargas (COL)
L 1–3
Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Óscar Fontan −70 kg Bye   Coelho (BRA)
L 6–36
Did not advance   Vieira (BRA)
W 31–5
Bronze medal final
  Cano (MEX)
L 20–22
=5

Wheelchair basketball

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Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Puerto Rico men's Men's tournament   Colombia
L 53–69
  United States
L 44–81
  Brazil
L 36–88
4 Q   Canada
L 31–88
Did not advance Seventh place match
  Chile
W 80–54
7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.