Costa Rica at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Costa Rica at the
2023 Parapan American Games
Costa Rica at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of Costa Rica
IPC code	CRC
NPC	Costa Rica Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/costa-rica
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	29 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Sherman Guity &; Camila Haase
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 12
Parapan American Games appearances
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Costa Rica competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Costa Rica's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Paralympic athlete Sherman Guity and para swimmer Camila Haase were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sherman Guity	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T64	November 18
Gold	Sherman Guity	Athletics	Men's 200 metres T64	November 19
Gold	Andrés Molina	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	November 19
Gold	Pilar Riveros	Archery	Women's individual compound open	November 22
Silver	Steven Roman	Table tennis	Men's individual C8	November 18
Silver	Paola Arana	Shooting	P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1	November 19
Silver	Diego Quesada	Archery	Men's individual compound open	November 22
Silver	Camila Haase	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8	November 24
Silver	Melissa Calvo	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T13	November 25
Bronze	Aneth Araya	Table tennis	Women's individual C8	November 18
Bronze	Camila Haase	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9	November 19
Bronze	Domingo Arguello Steven Roman	Table tennis	Men's doubles C14	November 20

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	1	0	3
Archery	1	1	0	2
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	2	3
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Total	4	5	3	12

Medals by day
Day				Total
18 November	1	1	1	3
19 November	2	1	1	4
20 November	0	0	1	1
21 November	0	0	0	0
22 November	1	1	0	2
23 November	0	0	0	0
24 November	0	1	0	1
25 November	0	1	0	1
26 November	0	0	0	0
Total	4	5	3	12

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	2	1	6
Female	1	3	2	6
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	4	5	3	12

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	5	2	7
Cycling	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Table tennis	5	3	8
Wheelchair tennis	2	2	4
Total	18	11	29

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Quesada	Individual compound open	676	3	Bye	Castro (BRA) W 153–153	Tremblay (CAN) W 153–152	Polish (USA) L 142–145

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pilar Riveros	Individual compound open	659	2	Bye	Candia (CHI) W 139–116	Peñaranda (COL) W 134–126	Zúñiga (CHI) W 139–138

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Quesada Pilar Riveros	Team compound open	1335	2	Ecuador L 143–147	Did not advance

Athletics

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurens Molina	100 m T54	16.03	5	Did not advance
Laurens Molina	400 m T54	DSQ		Did not advance
Sherman Guity	100 m T64	—		10.89
Sherman Guity	200 m T64	—		21.59
Kermyth Forbes	400 m T20	53.68	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Kermyth Forbes	Long jump T20	5.12	6
Nardy De Jesus Alvarez	Shot put F11	7.77	9
Nardy De Jesus Alvarez	Discus throw F11	22.84	8
Silier Gonzalez	Shot put F63	9.28	4

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Melissa Calvo	100 m T13	—		13.55	4
Melissa Calvo	400 m T13	—		1:04.41
Argeri Sophia Orozco	100 m T38	15.78	4 q	16.03	8
Argeri Sophia Orozco	400 m T38	1:16.83	4 q	1:20.28	6

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Henry Raabe	Time trial C1–5	29:24.53	10
Henry Raabe	Road race C1–3	1:21:31	4
Leonel Solis	Time trial C1–5	32:07.03	21
Leonel Solis	Road race C4–5	–1 LAP	12

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Paola Arana	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	524	3 Q	222.1

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neythan Alfaro	50 m freestyle S9	31.85	13	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:22.75	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	DSQ		Did not advance
Esteban Zamora	50 m freestyle S9	29.94	10	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:46.61	11	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S9	1:24.26	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara Miranda	100 m freestyle S7	1:24.13	7 Q	1:23.46	7
	400 m freestyle S8	—		6:17.50	6
	100 m backstroke S7	—		1:38.62	4
	50 m butterfly S7	—		50.45	5
Camila Haase	100 m freestyle S9	1:14.69	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S9	6:10.13	10	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	—		1:23.17	5
	100 m breaststroke SB8	—		1:36.84
	200 m individual medley SM9	—		3:08.85

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sebastián Chaves	Singles C4
Domingo Arguello	Singles C6
Steven Roman	Singles C8
Nixon Reyes	Singles C9
José Andrés Vargas	Singles C10
Domingo Arguello Steven Roman	Doubles C14	Stroh / Salmin (BRA) L 1–3	Kaniuka / Martinez (ARG) W 3–1	—	2 Q	—	Pino / Torres (CHI) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fiorella Padilla	Singles C1–3	Severo (BRA) L 0–3	García (VEN) L 0–3	Sigala (MEX) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Kristel Morales	Singles C6–7	Perez (MEX) L 0–3	Chan (CAN) L 2–3	—	3	Did not advance
Aneth Araya	Singles C8	Kelmer (BRA) L 0–3	Rivera (ESA) W 3–0	—	2 Q	—	Pérez (CHI) L 0–3	Did not advance
Aneth Araya Kristel Morales	Doubles C14–20	Lacerda / Kelmer (BRA) L 1–3	Espinoza / Yevenes (CHI) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrés Molina	−80 kg	Loonstra (ARU) W 16–5	Lopes (BRA) W 15–7	Bye	Najera (MEX) W 13–8

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steven Enriquez	Singles	Muro (MEX) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
José Pablo Gil	Singles	Bye	Manzano (ECU) W 6–4, 6–0	Fernandez (ARG) L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Steven Enriquez José Pablo Gil	Doubles	—	Oquendo / Sanchez (COL) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adriana Quesada	Singles	Moreno (ARG) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Valeria Valverde	Singles	Lanucha (CAN) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Adriana Quesada Valeria Valverde	Doubles	—	Cabrillana / Fuentes (CHI) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance

References

^ "Sherman Güity y Camila Haase serán los abanderados de Costa Rica en Santiago 2023" (in Spanish). 12 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[1] "Sherman Güity y Camila Haase serán los abanderados de Costa Rica en Santiago 2023" (in Spanish). 12 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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

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