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

Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

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

Main article: Archery at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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
		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
		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

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Parapan American Games

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

Field events

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

Women

Track events

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

Universal

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sherman Guity Laurens Molina Melissa Calvo Argeri Sophia Orozco	4 × 100 m relay	DNS		Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Road

Men

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Women

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		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
		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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Neythan Alfaro Esteban Zamora Camila Haase Sara Miranda	4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts	4:59.77	6
	4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts	5:43.74	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sebastián Chaves	Singles C4	Rodríguez  (CHI) L 0–3	González  (MEX) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance
Domingo Arguello	Singles C6	Seidenfeld  (USA) L 0–3	Prado  (PER) W 3–0	Dettoni  (CHI) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Steven Roman	Singles C8	Preza  (MEX) W 3–0	Polo  (ECU) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Bye	Pérez  (ARG) W 3–1	Manara  (BRA) L 0–3
Nixon Reyes	Singles C9	Leibovitz  (USA) L 0–3	Pavez  (CHI) L 1–3	—	3	Did not advance
José Andrés Vargas	Singles C10	Echaveguren  (CHI) L 0–3	Ramírez  (COL) L 1–3	—	3	Did not advance
Domingo Arguello Steven Roman	Doubles C14	Salmin / Stroh  (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
		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	Kelmer / Lacerda  (BRA) L 1–3	Espinoza / Yevenes  (CHI) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sebastián Chaves Fiorella Padilla	Doubles C4–7	Reyes / Sigala  (MEX) L 0–3	Did not advance
Steven Roman Aneth Araya	Doubles C14–17	Bye	Carvalho / Kelmer  (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
José Andrés Vargas Kristel Morales		Pino / Yevenes  (CHI) L 1–3	Did not advance

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
Andrés Molina	−80 kg	Loonstra  (ARU) W 16–5	Lopes  (BRA) W 15–7	Bye	Najera  (MEX) W 13–8

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adriana Quesada	Singles	Moreno  (ARG) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Valeria Valverde		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

See also

• Costa Rica at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Costa Rica at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

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.