Puerto Rico at the 2023 Pan American Games

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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adriana Díaz	Table tennis	Women's singles	November 1
Gold	Jean Pizarro	Archery	Men's individual compound	November 4
Gold	Janessa Fonseca	Karate	Women's –61 kg	November 4
Silver	María Pérez	Judo	Women's –70 kg	October 29
Silver	Sairy Colón	Judo	Women's –78 kg	October 30
Silver	Alysbeth Félix	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	November 2
Silver	Luis Castro	Athletics	Men's high jump	November 3
Silver	Puerto Rico women's national softball team Taran Alvelo Aleimalee López Brianna Roberts Nayah Pola Yessenia López Jena Cozza Kathyria García Aleshia Ocasio Camille Ortiz Alyssa Rivera Madison Simon Samantha Delhoyo Karla Claudio Tatianna Roman Gianna Mancha Janelle Martínez	Softball	Women's tournament	November 4
Silver	Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz Brianna Burgos	Table tennis	Women's team	November 5
Bronze	Luis Colón	Taekwondo	Men's individual poomsae	October 21
Bronze	Arelis Medina	Taekwondo	Women's individual poomsae	October 21
Bronze	Luis Colón Arelis Medina	Taekwondo	Mixed poomsae pairs	October 22
Bronze	Steven Piñeiro	Roller sports	Men's skateboarding park	October 22
Bronze	Nelson Guilbe	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	October 24
Bronze	Ashleyann Lozada	Boxing	Women's –57 kg	October 26
Bronze	Mariecarmen Rivera	Surfing	Women's SUP race	October 30
Bronze	Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Table tennis	Women's doubles	October 31
Bronze	Darian Cruz	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	November 1
Bronze	Joey Silva	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65 kg	November 2
Bronze	Cristian Azcona	Bowling	Men's singles	November 5

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

Puerto Rico qualified two archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships.^[2] Puerto Rico also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue.^[3][4][5]

Men
Track & road events

Field events

Women
Track & road events

Field events

Combined event – Heptathlon

Puerto Rico qualified a team of three men and three women.^[8][9]

Puerto Rico qualified 6 boxers (three men and three women).

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Caleb Tirado	Men's –57 kg	—N/a	González (COL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ángel Llanos	Men's –71 kg	Jones (USA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Eliezer Brito	Men's -80 kg	—N/a	Cox (BAR) L RSC	Did not advance
Gracemarie Quiles	Women's –50 kg	—N/a	Cárdenas (CRC) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ashleyann Lozada	Women's –57 kg	—N/a	Montiel (PAR) W 5–0	Al-Ahmadieh (CAN) W 5–0	Arboleda (COL) L 2–3	Did not advance
Stephanie Piñeiro	Women's –66 kg	—N/a	Álvarez (VEN) W 5–0	Camilo (COL) L 1–4	Did not advance

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Women

Puerto Rico qualified one individual rider in show jumping.

Puerto Rico qualified three fencers (two men and one woman) through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.^[11]

Puerto Rico qualified a team of two golfers (one man and one woman).^[12]

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Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Argentina L 17–46	Canada W 25–20	Chile L 15–23	3	5-8 semifinal  Uruguay W 30–23	5th place game  Cuba W 31–29	5

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Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Preliminary round

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	105	42	+63	6	Semifinals
2	Chile (H)	3	2	0	1	61	57	+4	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	57	89	−32	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	44	79	−35	0

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Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts

24 October 2023 17:30	Argentina	46–17	Puerto Rico	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Dalle Crode, Karsten 7	(21–9)	three players 3
	2×	Report	5× 1×

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25 October 2023 20:00	Puerto Rico	25–20	Canada	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Cabrera, Hiraldo 6	(15–7)	Zimmer 6
	1×	Report	2×

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26 October 2023 20:00	Puerto Rico	15–23	Chile	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Benítez, García 4	(12–9)	three players 4
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

5th-8th semifinal

28 October 2023 12:30	Puerto Rico	30–23	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Hiraldo, Benítez 6	(14–8)	Barreiro 10
	1× 4×	Report	3×

5th place game

29 October 2023 14:30	Cuba	29–31	Puerto Rico	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	González 7	(13–12)	Ceballos 10
	1× 5×	Report	2×

Puerto Rico has qualified 3 female judokas.^[13]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francine Echevarría	Women's –52 kg	Etienne (HAI) W 10–00	Martinez (MEX) L 00–10	Did not advance	Diaz (VEN) W 01–00	Bronze medal final  Delgado (USA) L 00–10	=5
María Pérez	Women's –70 kg	Bye	Bonilla (COL) W 10–00	Rodríguez (VEN) W 10–00	Bye	Gómez (CUB) L 00–10
Sairy Colón	Women's –78 kg	Ramos (BRA)

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Puerto Rico qualified two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games and the 2023 Pan American Championships.^[14]

Kumite

Skateboarding
Puerto Rico qualified a team of three athletes (two men and one woman) in skateboarding.^{[15][failed verification]}

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Athlete	Event	Score[citation needed]	Rank[citation needed]
Steven Piñeiro⁣	Men's park	83.24
Emanuel Santiago	Men's street	144.65	7
Vianez Collazo	Women's street	102.36	8

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Puerto Rico has qualified 4 boats for a total of 5 sailors.^{[16][failed verification]}

Puerto Rico qualified a total of 14 shooters in the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by virtue of its campaign in the 2022 Pan American Championships.

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Team	Event	Preliminary round				Super round			Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Peru	Cuba	Canada

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Preliminary round

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	8	3	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Canada	3	2	1	16	3	.667	1
3	Cuba	3	1	2	5	6	.333	2	Fifth place game
4	Peru	3	0	3	0	17	.000	3	Seventh place game

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October 30 10:00	Peru	0–3	Puerto Rico	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

October 31 13:00	Cuba	1–2	Puerto Rico	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

November 1 16:00	Puerto Rico	3–2	Canada	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

Puerto Rico qualified a female sport climber by virtue of the IFSC world rankings.

Boulder & lead

Puerto Rico qualified four surfers (two men and two women).^[25]

Artistic

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Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	BM	Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Max Torres	Men's stand up paddleboard	10.13	2 Q	11.60	2 Q	Schweitzer (USA) L 7.20–15.07	Did not advance	Bye		Spencer (CAN) L 11.27–11.33	Did not advance

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Race

Puerto Rico qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Caribbean Championships.^[26]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador	Singles	—N/a			Gatica (EAI)
Daniel González					Britton (GUY)
Brian Afanador Daniel González	Doubles	—N/a				Bye	Campos / Periera (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Brian Afanador Daniel González Ángel Naranjo	Team				—N/a

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Group stage			First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adriana Díaz	Singles	—N/a			Téllez (COL)
Melanie Díaz					Crespo (CUB)
Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Doubles	—N/a				Bye	Corder / Enriquez (EAI) W 4–0	B Takahashi / G Takahashi (BRA)
Brianna Burgos Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Team				—N/a

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Mixed

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador Adriana Díaz	Doubles	F Duffoo / I Duffoo (PER) W 4–0	Burgos / Vega (CHI) L 2–4	Did not advance

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Puerto Rico qualified 8 athletes (four men and four women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.^[27]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank[citation needed]
Luis de Jesus	–68 kg	Paz (COL) L 0–2	Did not advance
Alejandro Gonzalez	–80 kg	Robleto (NCA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Luis de Jesus Alejandro Gonzalez Edrick Morales	Team	Ecuador L 32–72	Did not advance		—N/a	Did not advance
Luis Colón	Poomsae	Bye	Farías (CHI) W 7.410–7.360	Ortega (NCA) L 7.110–7.760	—N/a	Did not advance

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank[citation needed]
Victoria Stambaugh	–49 kg	Sendra (ARG) L 0–2	Did not advance		—N/a	Did not advance
Naishka Roman	–67 kg	Mina (ECU) L 0–2	Did not advance
Crystal Weekes	+67 kg	Bye	Rodríguez (DOM) W 2–0	Gorman-Shore (USA) L 0–2	—N/a	Bronze medal final  Heredia (MEX) L 1–2	=5
Naishka Roman Victoria Stambaugh Crystal Weekes	Team	Venezuela L 66–72	Did not advance		—N/a	Did not advance
Arelis Medina	Poomsae	—N/a	Castillo (PER) W 7.490–7.230	Higueros (EAI) L 7.390–7.590	—N/a	Did not advance

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Mixed

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Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Luis Colón Arelis Medina	Poomsae pair	7.600

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Puerto Rico qualified a team of two triathletes (one man and one woman): Janarold Martínez and Zoe Adam.

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Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico men	Men's tournament	Brazil	United States	Mexico
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Brazil	United States	Chile

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Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	82	18	+64	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	0	1	46	39	+7	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	0	2	29	58	−29	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	24	66	−42	0

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Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

30 October 2023 15:00	Report	Brazil	18–5	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 5–0
		Coutinho, P. Real 4	Goals	Loubriel 2

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31 October 2023 15:00	Report	United States	28–9	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 8–3, 6–1, 6–3, 8–2
		R. Dodd 7	Goals	Loubriel 3

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1 November 2023 18:00	Report	Puerto Rico	15–12	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–6, 2–1, 3–1
		D. Zayas 4	Goals	Estrada 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) through the 2022 CCCAN Championships.

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	89	3	+86	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	0	1	53	34	+19	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	0	2	21	60	−39	3
4	Chile (H)	3	0	0	0	3	14	80	−66	0

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Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

30 October 2023 9:30	Report	Brazil	19–7	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–2, 6–1, 3–1
		Leão 4	Goals	Montalvo, Melendez 2

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31 October 2023 9:30	Report	United States	29–0	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI)
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 8–0, 7–0, 6–0
		Steffens 6	Goals

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1 November 2023 12:30	Report	Puerto Rico	14–12	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 4–4, 3–2
		Guzmán 4	Goals	Sarmiento 4

Puerto Rico qualified six weightlifters (three per gender).^[28][29]

Puerto Rico qualified nine wrestlers (eight men and one woman) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.^[30]

• Puerto Rico at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Puerto Rico at the 2024 Summer Olympics