Ecuador at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |
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IOC code | ECU |
NOC | Ecuador Paralympic Association |
Website | http://www.paralympic.org/ecuador |
in Toronto 7–15 August 2015 | |
Competitors | 13 in 5 sports |
Medals Ranked 12th |
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Ecuador competed in the 2015 Parapan American Games. [1]
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.
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).
The following table lists Ecuador's delegation per sport and gender.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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 |
The following competitors from Ecuador won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Ecuador sent six male athletes to compete.
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Darwin Castro | Men's 1500m T11 | 4:25.81 PB | 5 |
Men's 5000m T11 | 16:34.91 PB | ||
Damian Carcelen | Men's 400m T20 | DSQ | |
Ronny Mauricio Santos Iza | Men's 400m T20 | 53.53 | 5 |
Sixto Moreta | Men's 1500m T12 | 4:17.35 SB | 4 |
Men's 5000m T12 | 17:53.92 | 5 | |
Marlon Matabay | Men's 1500m T20 | 4:23.54 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Distance | Position | ||
Damian Carcelen | Men's Long Jump T20 | 5.94 | 4 |
Ronny Mauricio Santos Iza | Men's Long Jump T20 | 6.49 PR | |
Stalin David Mosquera | Men's Shot Put F20 | 12.74 PB |
Ecuador sent one athlete to compete.
Ecuador sent two male and one female swimmers to compete.
Ecuador sent two male table tennis players to compete.
Ecuador sent one male athlete to compete.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Efrain Cabrera | Men's singles | W6-1,6-0 | L 0-6,1-6 | Did not advance | 9th |
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