Guam at the 2019 Pacific Games | |
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IOC code | GUM |
8 July 2019 – 20 July 2019 | |
Competitors | in 11 sports |
Pacific Games appearances | |
Guam competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. A team of 150 athletes and staff was sent to represent the territory in eleven disciplines at the games. [1]
Guam's athletics team was twelve strong and included two Olympians, Derek Mandell and Regine Tugade. [2]
Nine players were selected in Guam's squad for men's basketball to defend the Pacific Games title won in 2015. JP Cruz, gold medal-winner as a member of that team, returned in 2019 and also played in the four-man squad for the 3x3 tournament. [3]
Coach: EJ Calvo
Guam named 15 players in its women's team for the 2019 games: [4]
Head coach: Paul Pineda
Guam selected eight players (four male [3] and four female [5] ) to compete in 3x3 at the 2019 games:
Women
Guam qualified eight players for the tournament in Samoa, [6] but one member of the women's team dropped out. Seven Guam players participated in the 2019 games.
Non-playing captain: Daryl Poe
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Guam sent 23 athletes and two coaches to contest the various Va'a events men's and women's outrigger canoeing at the 2019 games. [7]
Coach: David Palomo Jr
Coach: Josh Duenas
Six swimmers represented Guam at Samoa 2019: [8]
Coaches: Ed Ching and Don San Agustin
Three men and two women competed for Guam in Taekwondo: [9]
Coaches: Mike Ho and Ronald Cook
The Guam Tennis Federation selected four male tennis players for the 2019 games in Samoa: [10]
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Guam qualified one men's pair for beach volleyball: [11]
Guam selected ten players for their women's volleyball team: [12]
Guam selected six athletes to compete in weightlifting at the 2019 games. [13]
Coach: Edgar Molinos
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