Dominica at the 2023 Pan American Games

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Dominica at the
2023 Pan American Games
Flag of Dominica.svg
IOC code DMA
NOC Dominica Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors5 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Delroy Charles
Flag bearer (closing) Dennick Luke & Thea LaFond
Medals
Ranked =31st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Dominica competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Dominica's 8th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1995.

Contents

The Dominican team consisted of five athletes (four men and one woman) competing in two sports. [1] [2] Boxer Delroy Charles was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [3] Meanwhile, track and field athletes Dennick Luke and Thea LaFond were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Dominica won one bronze medal, a bronze by Thea LaFond in the women's triple jump track and field event. [4] [5]

Medalists

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

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thea LaFond Athletics Women's triple jump November 2

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics (track and field) 213
Boxing 202
Total415

Athletics (track and field)

Dominica qualified three athletes (two men and one woman). [1]

Key
Track and road event
AthleteEventSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Dennick Luke Men's 800 m 1:50.1717Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Tristan James Men's long jump 7.0310
Thea LaFond Women's triple jump 14.25Bronze medal icon.svg

Boxing

Dominica qualified two male boxers.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Joshua Toussaint –63.5 kg ByeFlag of Argentina.svg  Amaya  (ARG)
LRSC R2
Did not advance
Delroy Charles +92 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Arzola  (CUB)
LWDR
Did not advance

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