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The PanAm Sports Independent Athletes competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 November 2023. The team was made up of athletes from Guatemala, whose NOC was suspended by International Olympic Committee during the games and was therefore not allowed to compete under its flag.

NOCN/A
Competitors82 in 17 sports
Flagbearers (opening)Emilio Flores & Lucero Mejia
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Independent Athletes Team at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeEAI
NOCN/A
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors82 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Emilio Flores & Lucero Mejia
Flag bearers (closing)Diego Aguilar & Dalia Soberanes
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
12
Total
19
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Guatemala (1951–pres.)
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Sport climber Emilio Flores and swimmer Lucero Mejia were the teams flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1] Meanwhile, bowler Diego Aguilar and roller speed skater Dalia Soberanes were the delegation's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

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

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Sport Men Women Total
Archery 516
Badminton 347
Basque pelota 011
Bowling 022
Boxing 325
Canoeing 011
Cycling 235
Equestrian 7
Golf 213
Gymnastics 101
Karate 325
Modern pentathlon 235
Racquetball 224
Roller sports 022
Rowing 123
Sailing 224
Shooting 61117
Sport climbing 101
Squash 336
Table tennis 336
Taekwondo 314
Triathlon 224
Weightlifting 336
Wrestling 202
Total4951100
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Medallists

The following PanAm Sports Independent Athletes won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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Archery

Independent Athletes Team qualified two archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships.[2] Independent Athletes Team also qualified four archers (three men and one woman) during the 2023 Copa Merengue.[3][4]

Men
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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
Individual recurve
Team recurve N/a
Individual compound
Team compound N/a
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Women
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Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Individual compound
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Mixed
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Team compound N/a
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Badminton

Independent Athletes Team qualified a team of seven athletes (three men and four women).[5][6]

Men

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Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
Kevin Cordón Singles  Ma (USA)
W 2–0 (21-13, 21-12)
 Linarez (DOM)
W 2–0 (21-11, 21-11)
 Viale (PER)
W 2–0 (21-15, 21-9)
 Garrido (MEX)
W 2–0 (21-17, 21-12)
 Yang (CAN)
L 0–2 (18-21, 6-21)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aníbal Marroquín
Jonathan Solís
Doubles  Sanhueza (CHI)
 Vásquez (CHI)
W 2–0 (21-7, 21-5)
 Lee (CAN)
 Lindeman (CAN)
W 2–1 (15-21, 21-10, 21-18)
 Farias (BRA)
 Silva (BRA)
L 0–2 (18-21, 16-21)
Did not advance
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Women

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Mariana Palacios Singles Bye  Rivva (PER)
L 0–2 (10-21, 9-21)
Did not advance
Adriana Barrios Bye  Gai (USA)
L 0–2 (9-21, 11-21)
Did not advance
Nikté Sotomayor Bye  Acosta (DOM)
W 2–0 (21-9, 21-8)
 Boulet (TRI)
W 2–0 (21-9, 21-18)
 Zhang (USA)
L 0–2 (8-21, 6-21)
Did not advance
Adriana Barrios
Mariana Palacios
Doubles  Choi (CAN)
 Wu (CAN)
L 0–2 (3-21, 3-21)
Did not advance
Diana Corleto
Nikté Sotomayor
 Oropesa (CUB)
 Ortiz (CUB)
W 2–0 (21-17, 21-19)
 A Xu (USA)
 K Xu (USA)
L 0–2 (8-21, 6-21)
Did not advance
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Mixed

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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
Jonathan Solís
Diana Corleto
Doubles  Otero (ARG)
 Gualdi (ARG)
W 2–0 (21-8, 21-13)
 Lima (BRA)
 Silva (BRA)
L 1–2 (12-21, 24-22, 21-14)
Did not advance
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Basque pelota

Independent Athletes Team qualified a female pelotari through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.[7]

Women
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Athlete Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Rank
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Joana Blas Frontball
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Bowling

Independent Athletes Team qualified a team of two women.[8]

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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
Women's singles
Women's doubles N/a
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Boxing

Independent Athletes Team qualified 5 boxers (three men and two women).

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Hansell López Men's –51 kg N/a  Trindade (BRA)
Juan Reyes Men's –57 kg N/a  Fernández (URU)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Wyatt Trujillo Men's –80 kg N/a  Pereira (BRA)
Aylin Jamez Women's –50 kg N/a  Wright (CAN)
Leilany Reyes Women's –57 kg N/a  Alcalá (VEN)
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Canoeing

Sprint

Independent Athletes Team qualified a female sprint canoeist.[9]

Women
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Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nataly Ramírez K-1 500 m
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Cycling

Independent Athletes Team qualified a total of 5 cyclists (2 men and 3 women).[10]

BMX

Racing
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Athlete Event Ranking round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrea González Women's
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Mountain biking

Independent Athletes Team qualified 1 female athlete at the 2023 Pan American Championships.[11]

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Florinda de León Women's Cross-country
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Road

Independent Athletes Team qualified 1 cyclist at the Central American Championships.[12] Independent Athletes Team also qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Alex Julajuj Men's road race
Dorian Monterroso
Jasmín Soto Women's road race
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Equestrian

Independent Athletes Team qualified a full team of 4 equestrians in Eventing, two individual equestrians in Show Jumping and one individual equestrian in Dressage.

Dressage

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Grand Prix Freestyle /
Intermediate I Freestyle
Grand Prix /
Prix St. Georges
Grand Prix Special /
Intermediate I
Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Individual
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Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Individual
Team
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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
Individual
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Golf

Independent Athletes Team qualified a team of 3 golfers (two men and one woman).

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
José Manuel Toledo Men's individual 70 67 67 69 273 —15 T6
José Pablo Rolz 70 69 67 71 277 —11 8
Valeria Mendizabal Women's individual 76 78 72 71 297 +9 T15
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Gymnastics

Artistic

Independent Athletes Team qualified one male gymnast in artistic at the 2023 Pan American Championships.[citation needed]

Men
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Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Individual all-around
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Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Karate

Independent Athletes Team qualified a team of five karatekas (three men and two women) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship and the 2023 Pan American Championships.[13]

Kumite
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Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pedro de la Roca Men's −60 kg
Allan Maldonado Men's −75 kg
Brandon Ramírez Men's −84 kg
Barbara Morales Women's −50 kg
María Renée Wong Women's −61 kg
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Modern pentathlon

Independent Athletes Team qualified five modern pentathletes (two men and three women).[14][15]

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Athlete Event Fencing
(Épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(Show jumping)
Shooting / Running
(10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)
Total
V – D Rank MP points BP Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points MP points Rank
Andrés Fernández Men's individual
José Miguel Molina
Juan Ochoa
José Miguel Molina
Juan Ochoa
Men's relay
Ana Sophia Hernández Women's individual
Paula Sophia Valencia
Sofía Cabrera
Paula Sophia Valencia
Sofía Cabrera
Women's relay
Andrés Fernández
Ana Sophia Hernández
Mixed relay
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Racquetball

Independent Athletes Team qualified four racquetball athletes (two men and two women).[16]

Men

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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Result
Rank
Edwin Galicia Singles  Espinosa (CUB)
W 3–0
(11–4, 11–3, 11–6)
 Keller (BOL)
L 0–3
(9–11, 5–11, 8–11)
Did not advance
Juan Jose Salvatierra  Moyet (CUB)
L 1–3
(11–4, 13–15, 9–11, 5–11)
Did not advance
Edwin Galicia
Juan Jose Salvatierra
Doubles N/a  Salgado /
Gatica (CHI)
W 3–1
(11–9, 6–11, 11–6, 11–9)
 Carrasco /
Moscoso (BOL)
W 3–1
(12–10, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5)
 Iwaasa /
Murray (CAN)
L 2–3
(9–11, 11–8, 7–11, 11–8, 7–11)
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Edwin Galicia
Juan Jose Salvatierra
Team N/a Bye  Mexico
L 2–0 (0–3, 0–3)
Did not advance
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Women

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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gabriela Martinez Singles Bye  Gomez (CRC)
W 3–0
(11–5, 11–2, 11–4)
 Vargas (ARG)
L 0–3
(11–13, 11–13, 10–12)
Did not advance
Maria Renee Rodriguez Bye  Ortiz (CRC)
L 0–3
(7–11, 9–11, 17–19)
Did not advance
Gabriela Martinez
Maria Renee Rodriguez
Doubles N/a Bye  C. Muñoz /
Mansilla (CHI)
W 3–0
(11–6, 11–5, 11–8)
 Barrios /
Daza (BOL)
W 3–1
(11–13, 11–9, 12–10, 12–10)
 Mendez /
Vargas (ARG)
W 3–1
(11–2, 8–11, 14–12, 11–6)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gabriela Martinez
Maria Renee Rodriguez
Team N/a Bye  Costa Rica
W 2–1 (0–3, 3–0, 3–0)
 Argentina
L 0–2 (0–3, 0–3)
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Mixed

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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Opposition
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Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gabriela Martinez
Edwin Galicia
Doubles Bye  Manilla /
Manilla (USA)
L 2–3
(9–11, 13–11, 6–11, 11–8, 9–11)
Did not advance
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Roller sports

Speed

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Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dalia Soberanis Women's 200 m time trial
Women's 500 m
Women's 1000 m sprint
Angelica Díaz Women's 10,000 m elimination N/a
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Rowing

Independent Athletes Team qualified a team of 3 athletes (one man and two women).[17][18]

Men
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Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's single sculls
Women's lightweight Double sculls N/a
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Sailing

Independent Athletes Team qualified 4 boats for a total of 4 sailors.[19][20]

Men

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Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M Points Rank
Laser N/a
Sunfish N/a
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Women

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Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M Points Rank
Laser Radial N/a
Sunfish N/a
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Shooting

Independent Athletes Team qualified a total of 17 shooters after the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Men
Pistol and rifle
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
10 m air pistol
10 m air rifle
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Men
Shotgun
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Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Trap
Skeet
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Women
Pistol and rifle
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
10 m air pistol
25 m pistol
10 m air rifle
50 metre rifle three positions
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Women
Shotgun
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Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Trap
Skeet
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Sport climbing

Independent Athletes Team qualified a male climber by virtue of his IFSC world rankings.

Speed

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Opposition
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Opposition
Result
Rank
Emilio Flores Men's
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Squash

Independent Athletes Team qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships.[31]

Men

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Opposition
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Opposition
Result
Rank
Alejandro Enríquez Singles
Josué Enríquez
Alejandro Enríquez
Josué Enríquez
Doubles N/a
Alejandro Enríquez
Ángel Quisquinay
Josué Enríquez
Team N/a
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Women

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Opposition
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tabita Gaitán Singles
Winifer Bonilla
Darlyn Sandoval
Winifer Bonilla
Doubles N/a
Darlyn Sandoval
Tabita Gaitán
Winifer Bonilla
Team N/a
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Mixed

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Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Edwin Enríquez
Tabita Gaitán
Doubles
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Table tennis

Independent Athletes Team qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Central American Championships.[32]

Men
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Opposition
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Heber Moscoso Singles N/a
Héctor Gatica N/a
Héctor Gatica
Heber Moscoso
Doubles N/a
Sergio Carrillo
Héctor Gatica
Heber Moscoso
Team N/a N/a
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Women
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lucía Cordero Singles N/a
Mabelyn Enríquez N/a
Lucía Cordero
Mabelyn Enríquez
Doubles N/a
Lucía Cordero
Mabelyn Enríquez
Hidalynn Zapata
Team N/a N/a
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Mixed
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Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Héctor Gatica
Mabelyn Enríquez
Doubles
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Taekwondo

Independent Athletes Team qualified 4 athletes (three men and one woman) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.[33]

Kyorugi

Men
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Opposition
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Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
David Fuentes –58 kg  Yohandri Granado (VEN)
L 0-2
Did not advance
Diego Montufar –68 kg  Federico González (URU)
L 1-2
Did not advance
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Poomsae (forms)
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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

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Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Hector Morales Men's individual  Troya (ECU)

L 7.110–7.160

Did not advance
Maria Higueros Women's individual Bye  Darce (NCA)

W 7.540–7.120

 Medina (PUR)

W 7.590–7.390

 Reclusado (USA)

L 7.350–7.830

2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed pair
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Triathlon

Independent Athletes Team qualified a triathlon team of four athletes (two men and two women).

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Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Jorge Raúl Cabinal Men's individual
Pablo Granados
Bivian Díaz Women's individual
Marlen Aguilar
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Mixed relay
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Athlete Event Swimming
(300 m)
Transition 1 Biking
(6.6 km)
Transition2 Running
(1.5 km)
Total Rank
Bivian Díaz Mixed relay N/a
Jorge Raúl Cabinal
Pablo Granados
Marlen Aguilar
Total N/a
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Volleyball

Beach

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Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luis Augusto Garica Betancourt
Andy Alexis Leonardo Blanco
Men's
Corinne Quiggle
Sarah Schermerhorn
Women's
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Weightlifting

Independent Athletes Team qualified six weightlifters (three men and three women).[34]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
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Wrestling

Independent Athletes Team qualified two male wrestlers through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.[35]

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
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Freestyle 57 kg
Greco-Roman 77 kg
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