Aruba at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Aruba at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Flag of Aruba
IPC code	ARU
NPC	Aruba Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/aruba
in Santiago, Chile 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening)	Elliott Loonstra
Flag bearer (closing)	Elliott Loonstra
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Parapan American Games appearances
2015 2019 2023

Aruba is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Aruba's third appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2015 edition.

Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Elliott Loonstra was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. ^[1] The only athlete of the country in the competition, Loonstra would later go on to win Aruba's first ever Parapan American Games medal, a bronze in the men's 80 kg event. ^[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Elliott Loonstra	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	November 25

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	1	0	1

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elliott Loonstra	−80 kg	Molina  (CRC) L 5–16	Did not advance	Kacer  (USA) W 11–4	Bronze medal final   Gomes  (BRA) W 27–22

See also

• Aruba at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Aruba at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

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.
2. "Santiago 2023. No gold medal for Brazil in the last day of para taekwondo". 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2023-11-30.