Paraguay at the 2015 Pan American Games

Paraguay at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website	www.cop.org.py
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	49 in 14 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Benjamin Hockin
Flag bearer (closing)	Anna Camila Pirelli
Medals Ranked =20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
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Paraguay competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. ^[1]

Swimmer Benjamin Hockin was the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony. ^[2]

Competitors

The following table lists Paraguay's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	2	3
Canoeing	0	1	1
Football	18	0	18
Golf	1	2	3
Roller sports	1	0	1
Rowing	3	2	5
Shooting	1	0	1
Squash	1	0	1
Swimming	5	1	6
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	1	3	4
Triathlon	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	36	13	49

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Marcelo Aguirre Axel Gavilán Alejandro Toranzos Table tennis Men's team July 21  Bronze Diego Galeano Verónica Cepede Royg Tennis Mixed doubles July 16  Bronze Julieta Granada Golf Women's individual July 19 Medals by sport Sport Total Table tennis 0 1 0 1 Golf 0 0 1 1 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 2 3 Medals by day Day Total July 16 0 0 1 1 July 19 0 0 1 1 July 21 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 2 3

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified three athletes (one man and two women).

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Víctor Fatecha	Javelin throw	73.81	10

Women

Road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Carmen Martinez	Marathon	DNF

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anna Camila Pirelli	Result	13.72	1.56	13.32	25.48	5.54	47.38	2:18.59	5663 SB	9
	Points	1082	689	749	843	712	809	843

Key

• SB = Seasonal best
• DNF = Did not finish

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Slalom

Paraguay qualified the following boats: ^[3]

Athlete(s)	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Fernández	Women's C-1	153.92	4	194.49	4	206.49	4	189.03	5	Did not advance
	Women's K-1	188.20	7	DNS		394.20	7	270.98	7	DNF

Football

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Paraguay qualified a men's team of 18 athletes. ^[4]

Roster

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ignacio Don	(1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 33)	Nacional
2	2 DF	Miller Mareco	(1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 21)	San Lorenzo
3	2 DF	Luis Gimenez	(1998-08-01)1 August 1998 (aged 16)	Olimpia
4	2 DF	Gustavo Villamayor	(1993-03-29)29 March 1993 (aged 22)	Unattached
5	2 DF	Ivan Cañete	(1995-04-22)22 April 1995 (aged 20)	Atletico Madrid
6	3 MF	Ivan Ramirez	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 20)	Unattached
7	3 MF	Alan Benítez	(1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (aged 21)	Unattached
8	3 MF	Angel Cardozo	(1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 20)	Unattached
9	4 FW	Walter González	(1995-05-21)21 May 1995 (aged 20)	Olimpia
10	4 FW	Miguel Almirón	(1994-02-10)10 February 1994 (aged 21)	Cerro Porteño
11	3 MF	Derlis Alegre	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 21)	Sportivo Luqueno
12	1 GK	Gabriel Perrota	(1998-12-26)26 December 1998 (aged 16)	Nacional
13	2 DF	Juan Escobar	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 20)	Sportivo Luqueno
14	3 MF	Cristhian Paredes	(1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 17)	Sol de America
15	3 MF	Arturo Aranda	(1998-04-20)20 April 1998 (aged 17)	Libertad
16	4 FW	Sebastián Ferreira	(1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 17)	Olimpia
17	3 MF	Walter Clar	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 20)	Rubio Ñu
18	4 FW	Cristian Colman	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 21)	Nacional

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Medal round
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: Toronto 2015

July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)

20:35

Paraguay	1–1	Mexico
Cardozo 71'	Report	Zúñiga 15'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

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July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)

20:35

Paraguay	5–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira 63', 71' Ramírez 65' Alegre 76' Aranda 79'	Report	Garcia 53'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)

20:35

Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay
Gorriarán 52'	Report

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a team of three golfers (one man and two women). ^[5]

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Gustavo Silvero	Men's individual	80	83	79	74	316 (+28)	=31
Milagros Chaves	Women's individual	83	73	73	73	302 (+14)	10
Julieta Granada		68	71	72	72	283 (–5)
Gustavo Silvero Milagros Chaves Julieta Granada	Mixed team	148	154	151	146	599 (+23)	=10

Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one male athlete. ^[6]

Figure

Men

Athlete	Event	Short program		Free program		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Víctor López	Free skating	120.20	5 Q	115.40	5	466.40	5

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a total of five rowers and four boats (three male and two female).

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arturo Rivarola	Men's single sculls (M1x)	7.46.35	6 R	8.02.01	5 FB	8:09.37	7
Franco Chiola Daniel Sosa	Men's double sculls (M2x)	7:06.97	6 R	7:19.25	4 FB	7:01.43	10
Alejandra Alonso	Women's single sculls (W1x)	8:02.95	4 R	8:42.41	2 FA	7:57.05	6
Gabriela Mosqueira	Women's lightweight single sculls (LW1x)	8:20.42	4 R	8:50.50	3 FB	9:57.20	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified one shooter. ^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paulo Reichardt	Trap	95	24	Did not advance
	Double trap	108	13	Did not advance

Squash

Main articles: Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games and Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received a men's wildcard slot.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nicolas Caballero	Men's singles	Khalil  (GUY) W (11–2, 11–5, 11–4)	Salazar  (MEX) L (6–11, 4–11, 7–11)	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified six swimmers (five men and one woman).

Key

• Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
• FA = Qualified for the A Final
• FB = Qualified for the B Final
• NR = National record

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maximiliano Abreu	200 m butterfly	2:05.61	15 FB	2:06.91	15
Benjamin Hockin	100 m freestyle	50.14	12 FB	49.88	10
	200 m freestyle	1:49.59	8 FA	1:50.03	8
	100 m butterfly	53.63	11 FB	53.45	9
Charles Hockin	50 m freestyle	23.57	15 FB	23.76	16
	100 m backstroke	56.56	10 FB	57.25	11
	200 m backstroke	2:10.94	21	Did not advance
Matías López	200 m backstroke	2:01.05	6 FA	2:00.91 NR	7
	200 m individual medley	2:05.09 NR	12 FB	2:04.94 NR	13
	400 m individual medley	4:30.27 NR	14 FB	4:27.47 NR	14
Renato Prono	100 m breaststroke	1:03.75	13 FB	1:04.57	15
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.13	21	Did not advance
Maximiliano Abreu Benjamin Hockin Charles Hockin Matías López	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:36.52	6 FA	3:27.60	6
Maximiliano Abreu Benjamin Hockin Charles Hockin Matías López Renato Prono	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:47.72	8 FA	3:45.37	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Riveros	50 m freestyle	27.17	20	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.94	23	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:10.32	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified a men's team of three athletes. The men's table tennis team won a silver medal, the first ever for the country in table tennis at the Pan American Games. The silver also equaled the best result by any athlete/team from the country at the games. ^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre	Singles	Blas  (PER) W 4–2	Gonzalez  (PUR) W 4–0	Villa  (MEX) W 4–1	1 Q	Bye	Tabachnik  (ARG) L 2–4	Did not advance			=9
Axel Gavilan		Tabachnik  (ARG) L 1–4	Diaz  (VEN) L 3–4	Afanador  (PUR) L 1–4	4	Did not advance
Alejandro Toranzos		Mino  (ECU) L 0–4	Gatica  (GUA) W 4–0	Campos  (CUB) L 2–4	3	Did not advance
Marcelo Aguirre Axel Gavilan Alejandro Toranzos	Team	Cuba W 3–1	Chile L 2–3	—	1 Q	—		Mexico W 3–0	Puerto Rico W 3–0	Brazil L 0–3

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received a wildcard to enter one male athlete. ^[9] Matias Fernandez was disqualified prior to the event, and did not compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matias Fernandez	58 kg	Carlos Navarro  (MEX) L DSQ	Did not advance		Harold Avella  (COL) L DSQ	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay qualified four tennis players (one male and three female). ^[10]

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Galeano	Men's singles	Hernández  (CUB) W 6–3, 6–1	Arévalo  (ESA) W 7–5, 6–3	Lapentti  (ECU) W 6–3, 6–2	Andreozzi  (ARG) L 6–2, 1–6, 6–7 6–8	Did not advance		=5
Camila Giangreco Campiz	Women's singles	—	Gámiz  (VEN) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance				=17
Montserrat González		—	Herazo  (COL) W 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 6–3	Zhao  (CAN) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance			=9
Verónica Cepede Royg		—	Ormaechea  (ARG) W 7–6, 9–7 6–4	Gonçalves  (BRA) W 6–4, 6–1	Davis  (USA) L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance		=5
Camila Giangreco Campiz Montserrat González	Women's doubles	—	—		Dabrowski / Zhao  (CAN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance		=5
Diego Galeano Verónica Cepede Royg	Mixed doubles	—	—	Subervi / Segarelli  (DOM) W 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]	Austin / Vickery  (USA) W 6–0, 6–3	Andreozzi / Irigoyen  (ARG) L 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]	Struvay / Duque  (COL) W 6–3, 7–5

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received a wildcard to enter one female triathlete. ^[11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Nicole Wood	Individual	25:16	0:54	LAP

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Paraguay received one wildcard in women's freestyle. However, later Stephanie Bragayrac was disqualified from the games for doping. Bragayrac did not compete in the event, and her opponent in the first round won by default. ^[12]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stephanie Bragayrac	63 kg	Dennisse Antes  (ECU) L DQ	Did not advance

See also

• Paraguay at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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