Guatemala at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Guatemala at the
2023 Parapan American Games
Guatemala at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of Guatemala
IPC code	GUA
NPC	Guatemalan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/guatemala
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	21 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Andrés de León & Velveth Higueros
Medals ; Ranked 19th	Gold0Silver0Bronze1Total1
Parapan American Games appearances
	2007 ; 2011 ; 2015 ; 2019 ; 2023 ;

Last updated September 11, 2024

Guatemala is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Guatemala's fifth appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2007 edition.

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Gersson Mejía	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	November 23

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	0	1
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	1	0	1
Boccia	1	1	2
Goalball	0	6	6
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Table tennis	3	1	4
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	12	9	21

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan Diego Blas	Individual recurve open	535	5	Bye	Roca (BRA) L 5–6	Did not advance

Athletics

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 Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Isaac Leiva	Shot put F11	9.82	6
Andrés de León	Shot put F20	10.17	4
Johny Bryan Tian	Shot put F40/F41	5.80	6
Johny Bryan Tian	Javelin throw F41	15.78	5
Erwin Velásquez	Discus throw F64	33.70	5

Women Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ericka Esteban	100 m T38	16.11	4 q	15.83	7
Ericka Esteban	400 m T38	1:12.56	3 Q	1:14.14	5

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raúl Anguiano	Singles SL4	Ávila (MEX) L 14–21, 15–21	Bances (PER) L 15–11, 21–23	3	Did not advance

Boccia

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Neri Tay	Individual BC3	Romero (COL) L 0–10	Acosta (PER) L 0–9	Aranda (CHI) W 3–2	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eimy Losley	Individual BC3	Calado (BRA) L 0–12	Velez (COL) L 0–14	Quintriqueo (CHI) L 0–9	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Neri Tay Eimy Losley	Pairs BC3	Brazil L 0–12	Colombia L 0–13	Canada L 2–6	4	Did not advance

Goalball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Guatemala women's	Women's tournament	Mexico L 2–8	Argentina L 0–8	Brazil L 1–11	4 Q	United States L 0–10	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gersson Mejía	−58 kg	Bye	Nascimento (BRA) W 16–3	Marques (BRA) L 6–15	Bye	Bronze medal final Fernandez (PER) W 14–12

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pedro Avendaño	Singles C3	Quijada (VEN) L 0–3	Valencia (COL) L 0–3	Copola (ARG) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Gerber Salazar	Singles C5	Romero (ARG) L 0–3	Moraes (BRA) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance
Marcos Orellana	Singles C10	Antunes (BRA) L 0–3	Neira (ARG) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance
Pedro Avendaño Gerber Salazar	Doubles C8	—				Sanchez / Valencia (COL) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anailil Arreola	Singles C8	Pérez (CHI) L 0–3	Lacerda (BRA) L 0–3	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcos Orellana Anailil Arreola	Doubles C20	Antunes / Rauen (BRA) L 0–3	Preza / Gongora (MEX) L 0–3	3	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Girón	Singles	Manzano (ECU) L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance

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References

↑ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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[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.

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