Haiti at the 2023 Pan American Games

Haiti at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	HAI
NOC	Haitian Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	14 in 7 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Jackson Darrius & Aliyah Shipman
Flag bearer (closing)	Kervens Bouche & Jennifer Etienne
Medals Ranked =25th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Haiti competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Haiti's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1963.

The Haitian delegation consisted of 14 athletes competing in seven sports. ^[1] Boxer Jackson Darrius and taekwondo athlete Aliyah Shipman were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[2] Meanwhile, boxer Kervens Bouche and judoka Jennifer Etienne were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Haiti earned its best ever performance in the sport of taekwondo (a silver medal), when Ava Soon Lee won the silver medal in the women's 67 kg event. ^[3] The medal was the first for the country since 2007. ^[3] Overall, Haiti won three medals, one silver and two bronze, matching its best performance (tied with 2003). This placed the country in a tie for 25th in the medal table (along with Bahamas and Guyana). ^[4]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ava Soon Lee	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	October 22
Bronze	Aliyah Shipman	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	October 23
Bronze	Cédrick Belony-Dulièpre	Boxing	Men's 80 kg	October 26

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	4	0	4
Boxing	3	1	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	0	1	1
Total	7	7	14

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Haiti qualified one female athlete. ^{[5] [6]} This will mark the country's sport debut at the Pan American Games.

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Neila Jean	Singles	Diaz  (CHI) L 0–2 (3–21, 0–21)	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games

3x3

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Haiti men	Men's tournament	Venezuela L 16–21	Brazil L 7–21	3	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Haiti qualified a male 3x3 team, consisting of four athletes. ^[7]

Roster

• Kervenson Blanc
• Ravix Cine
• Max Macon
• Fitz Salvant

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	41	26	+15	Quarterfinals
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	40	36	+4
3	Haiti	2	0	2	23	42	−19

Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

21 October 2023 15:00

Report

Venezuela	21–16	Haiti
Pts: Palacios 9		Pts: Macon 5

Estadio Español Referees: Marie Houle (CAN) / Lautaro Ojeda (ARG)

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21 October 2023 19:00

Report

Brazil	21–7	Haiti
Pts: Branquinho 12		Pts: Salvant 4

Estadio Español Referees: Jorge Garcia (DOM) / Lautaro Ojeda (ARG)

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Haiti entered 4 boxers (three men and one woman). ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kervens Bouche	–63.5 kg	Viáfara  (COL) LRSC R2	Did not advance
Darrius Jackson	–71 kg	—	Palacio  (VEN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Cédrick Belony-Dulièpre	–80 kg	—	Eccleston  (JAM) W 5–0	Cox  (BAR) W 4–1	Pereira  (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kathreen Sterling	–50 kg	Almeida  (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Artistic

Haiti qualified one female artistic gymnast at the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[8] This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Pan American Games. Lynnzee Brown is an American born gymnast who chose to represent her father's country of birth in international competition. ^[9] Brown would go on to finish 13th in the individual all-around final. ^[10]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Lynnzee Brown	Individual all-around	13.400	11.066	11.300	11.866	47.632	14 Q

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual Final

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Lynnzee Brown	All-around	13.400	11.000	11.533	12.200	48.133	13

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Haiti qualified one female judoka. ^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jennifer Etienne	−52 kg	Echevarría  (PUR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Haiti qualified two female athletes during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^{[11] [12]} Both athletes would end up winning medals, with Ava Soon Lee getting the country's best ever result (a silver) in the sport. ^{[3] [13]}

Kyorugi

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ava Soon Lee	–67 kg	Molina  (HON) W 2–0	Gallardo  (CHI) W 1–1	Santos  (BRA) W 2–1	Bye	Soltero  (MEX) L 0–2
Aliyah Shipman	+67 kg	Martínez  (CUB) W 2–0	Siqueira  (BRA) W 2–0	Mosquera  (COL) L 0–2	—	Bronze medal final   Mina  (ECU) W 2–1

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Haiti qualified one female tennis athlete. ^[14] Love-Star Alexis represented the country and lost her first match against Taly Licht of Uruguay. ^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Love-Star Alexis	Singles	Licht  (URU) L 1–2 (6–0, 2–6, 3–6)	Did not advance

See also

• Haiti at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Haiti at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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