Ecuador at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Ecuador at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Flag of Ecuador
IPC code	ECU
NPC	Ecuadorian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/ecuador
in Santiago, Chile 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	36 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Jimmy Caicedo Kiara Rodríguez
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 7 Silver 7 Bronze 5 Total 19
Parapan American Games appearances
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Ecuador competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Ecuador's sixth appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2003 edition.

Paralympic athletes Jimmy Caicedo and Kiara Rodríguez were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sixto Moreta Athletics Men's 5000 metres T13 November 21  Gold Marco Churuchumbi Athletics Men's shot put F40/F41 November 21  Gold Kiara Rodríguez Athletics Women's long jump T47 November 21  Gold Poleth Méndes Athletics Women's shot put F20 November 21  Gold Jordi Congo Athletics Men's shot put F20 November 22  Gold Kiara Rodríguez Athletics Women's 100 metres T47 November 25  Gold Estefany Lopez Athletics Women's discus throw F41 November 25  Silver Kerly Lascano Powerlifting Women's 41 kg November 18  Silver Joffre Villavicencio Diana Gonzabay Archery Mixed team compound open November 21  Silver Grecely Padilla Athletics Women's shot put F20 November 21  Silver Roberto Chala Athletics Men's long jump T20 November 22  Silver Frank Yepez Athletics Men's shot put F20 November 22  Silver Erick Tandazo Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S9 November 22  Silver Sixto Moreta Athletics Men's 1500 metres T13 November 24  Bronze Mishelle Oyague Powerlifting Women's 61 kg November 18  Bronze Angelo Suquillo Table tennis Men's individual C11 November 18  Bronze Bryan Muguicha Athletics Men's 1500 metres T46 November 22  Bronze Joselyn León Boccia Women's individual BC2 November 22  Bronze Marco Churuchumbi Athletics Men's javelin throw F41 November 23

Medals by sport/discipline Sport Total Athletics 7 4 2 13 Powerlifting 0 1 1 2 Archery 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 1 0 1 Boccia 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 7 7 5 19 Medals by day Day Total 18 November 0 1 2 3 19 November 0 0 0 0 20 November 0 0 0 0 21 November 4 2 0 6 22 November 1 3 2 6 23 November 0 0 1 1 24 November 0 1 0 1 25 November 2 0 0 2 26 November 0 0 0 0 Total 7 7 5 19 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 4 3 10 Female 4 2 2 8 Mixed 0 1 0 1 Total 7 7 5 19

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	12	4	16
Boccia	1	2	3
Powerlifting	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	3	2	5
Total	24	12	36

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
Joffre Villavicencio	Individual compound open	625	10	Rosario  (PUR) W 130–112	Tremblay  (CAN) L 126–139	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diana Gonzabay	Individual compound open	648	4	Bye	Gardner  (USA) L 137–138	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joffre Villavicencio Diana Gonzabay	Team compound open	1273	7	Costa Rica W 147–143	Colombia W 163–160	United States L 143–148

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
Anthony Rojas	100 m T35	13.52	4 q	13.53	8
	200 m T35	28.01	5 q	27.49	6
Anderson Colorado	400 m T20	49.74	2 Q	48.46	4
Steven Arboleda	400 m T47	—		DNS
Jimmy Caicedo	1500 m T11	4:26.94	2 Q	DSQ
Sixto Moreta	1500 m T13	—		4:02.95
Juan Gabriel Pugo	1500 m T20	—		4:17.31	6
Bryan Muguicha	1500 m T46	—		4:16.67
Jimmy Caicedo	5000 m T11	—		16:18.97	4
Sixto Moreta	5000 m T13	—		15:30.41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Alex Chala	Long jump T20	6.89	4
Roberto Chala		7.08
Jordi Congo	Shot put F20	15.52
Frank Yepez		14.20
Marco Churuchumbi	Shot put F40/F41	9.42
	Javelin throw F41	29.92

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kiara Rodríguez	100 m T47	12.10	1 Q	11.96

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Kiara Rodríguez	Long jump T47	5.94
Poleth Méndes	Shot put F20	13.91
Grecely Padilla		12.05
Estefany Lopez	Shot put F40/F41	7.81	4
	Discus throw F41	28.25

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jorge Delgado	Individual BC2	Cristaldo  (ARG) L 1–7	Allard  (CAN) L 1–11	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dayana Quiroz	Individual BC1	Oliveira  (BRA) L 1–13	Desilva-Andrade  (BER) L 2–5	Flores  (ARG) L 0–7	4	—		4
Joselyn León	Individual BC2	Lynch  (USA) W 4–2	Duarte  (ESA) L 2–7	—	2 Q	Martínez  (MEX) L 3–4	Bronze medal final   Collins  (CAN) W 3–2

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jorge Delgado Joselyn León Dayana Quiroz	Team BC1–BC2	Brazil L 4–17	Canada L 1–11	3	Did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Jonathan Echeverría	–54 kg	146	5
Steven Cruz Mendes	–97 kg	145	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Kerly Lascano	–41 kg	100
Mishelle Oyague	–61 kg	88

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
		Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Echeverría Steven Cruz Mendes Kerly Lascano	Team	272.7	4	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erick Tandazo	50 m freestyle S9	28.13	6 Q	28.24	6
	400 m freestyle S9	4:41.11	2 Q	4:35.08
	100 m backstroke S9	1:15.09	8 Q	1:12.80	7
	100 m butterfly S9	1:07.78	7 Q	1:07.00	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mayte Ortega	400 m freestyle S9	6:00.62	9	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S9	—		1:32.49	8

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Polo	Singles C8	Roman  (CRC) L 0–3	Preza  (MEX) W 3–1	—	2 Q	—	Mashki  (BRA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Diego Sarmiento	Singles C9	Watson  (USA) L 0–3	Rivera  (PUR) L 0–3	Syed  (CAN) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Angelo Suquillo	Singles C11	Simões  (BRA) L 0–3	Vazquez  (MEX) W 3–1	—	2 Q	—		Martinez  (VEN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Paul Polo Diego Sarmiento	Doubles C18	—				Massad / Manara  (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jordy Espinoza	−58 kg	Andrade  (VEN) L 5–36	Did not advance

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
Francisco Beltrán	Singles	Sánchez  (COL) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Eduardo Manzano		Girón  (GUA) W 6–1, 6–0	Gil  (CRC) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Francisco Beltrán Eduardo Manzano	Doubles	—	Henderson / Venos  (CAN) L 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carolina Lasso	Singles	Cabrillana  (CHI) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Alexandra Meza		Fuentes  (CHI) W 6–4, 7–5	Mathewson  (USA) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Carolina Lasso Alexandra Meza	Doubles	—	Alves / Duval  (BRA) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance

Quad

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edison Molina	Singles	McIntyre  (CAN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

See also

• Ecuador at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Ecuador 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.