Ecuador at the 2015 Parapan American Games

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Ecuador at the
2015 Parapan American Games
Flag of Ecuador.svg
IOC code ECU
NOC Ecuador Paralympic Association
Website http://www.paralympic.org/ecuador
in Toronto
7–15 August 2015
Competitors13 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
5

Ecuador competed in the 2015 Parapan American Games. [1]

Ecuador Republic in South America

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito and the largest city as well.

2015 Parapan American Games

The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee, held from August 7 to 15, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Marking the first Parapan American games hosted by Canada, and the second major Paralympic sports event hosted by Toronto since the 1976 Summer Paralympics, the Games were held at venues in Toronto and four other Golden Horseshoe communities. Both the Parapan American and Pan American Games were organized by the Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee (TO2015).

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Competitors

The following table lists Ecuador's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 0 6
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 2 0 2
Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1
Total 12 1 13

Medalists

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

Athletics

Ecuador sent six male athletes to compete.

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Darwin Castro Men's 1500m T11 4:25.81 PB5
Men's 5000m T11 16:34.91 PB
Damian Carcelen Men's 400m T20 DSQ
Ronny Mauricio Santos Iza Men's 400m T20 53.535
Sixto Moreta Men's 1500m T12 4:17.35 SB4
Men's 5000m T12 17:53.925
Marlon Matabay Men's 1500m T20 4:23.544
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Damian Carcelen Men's Long Jump T20 5.944
Ronny Mauricio Santos Iza Men's Long Jump T20 6.49 PR
Stalin David Mosquera Men's Shot Put F20 12.74 PB

Powerlifting

Ecuador sent one athlete to compete.

Swimming

Ecuador sent two male and one female swimmers to compete.

Table tennis

Ecuador sent two male table tennis players to compete.

Wheelchair tennis

Ecuador sent one male athlete to compete.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Efrain Cabrera Men's singles Flag of Cuba.svg  de la Cruz  (CUB)
W6-1,6-0
Flag of the United States.svg  Baldwin  (USA)
L 0-6,1-6
Did not advance9th

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References

  1. "Ecuador - Number of athletes by Sport". Toronto 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.