Puerto Rico at the 2023 Pan American Games

Puerto Rico at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	174 in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Jean Pizarro & María Pérez
Flag bearer (closing)	Jean Pizarro & Janessa Fonseca
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze 11 Total 20
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Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Puerto Rico's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Archer Jean Pizarro and judoka María Pérez were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1] Meanwhile, Pizzarro and karateka Janessa Fonseca were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adriana Díaz	Table tennis	Women's singles	November 1
Gold	Jean Pizarro	Archery	Men's individual compound	November 4
Gold	Janessa Fonseca	Karate	Women's –61 kg	November 4
Silver	María Pérez	Judo	Women's –70 kg	October 29
Silver	Sairy Colón	Judo	Women's –78 kg	October 30
Silver	Alysbeth Félix	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	November 2
Silver	Luis Castro	Athletics	Men's high jump	November 3
Silver	Puerto Rico women's national softball team Taran Alvelo Aleimalee López Brianna Roberts Nayah Pola Yessenia López Jena Cozza Kathyria García Aleshia Ocasio Camille Ortiz Alyssa Rivera Madison Simon Samantha Delhoyo Karla Claudio Tatianna Roman Gianna Mancha Janelle Martínez	Softball	Women's tournament	November 4
Silver	Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz Brianna Burgos	Table tennis	Women's team	November 5
Bronze	Luis Colón	Taekwondo	Men's individual poomsae	October 21
Bronze	Arelis Medina	Taekwondo	Women's individual poomsae	October 21
Bronze	Luis Colón Arelis Medina	Taekwondo	Mixed poomsae pairs	October 22
Bronze	Steven Piñeiro	Roller sports	Men's skateboarding park	October 22
Bronze	Nelson Guilbe	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	October 24
Bronze	Ashleyann Lozada	Boxing	Women's –57 kg	October 26
Bronze	Mariecarmen Rivera	Surfing	Women's SUP race	October 30
Bronze	Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Table tennis	Women's doubles	October 31
Bronze	Darian Cruz	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	November 1
Bronze	Joey Silva	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65 kg	November 2
Bronze	Cristian Azcona	Bowling	Men's singles	November 5

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	2	4
Basketball	16	16	32
Bowling	3	3	6
Boxing	3	3	6
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian			6
Fencing	2	1	3
Golf	1	1	2
Gymnastics	5	5	10
Handball	0	14	14
Karate	1	1	2
Roller sports	2	1	3
Sailing	3	2	5
Shooting	7	7	14
Softball	0	18	18
Sport climbing	0	1	1
Surfing	2	2	4
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	4	4	8
Triathlon	1	1	2
Water polo	12	12	24
Weightlifting	3	3	6
Wrestling	8	1	9
Total	81	103	184

Archery

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

Puerto Rico qualified two archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships. ^[2] Puerto Rico also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Athletics

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

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Diego Gonzalez	100 m
John Rivera, Jr.	800 m
Ryan Sánchez
Robert Napolitano	1500 m	—
Hector Pagan	5000 m	—
	10,000 m	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Luis Castro	High jump
Jerome Vega	Hammer throw

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aziza Ayoub	800 m
Paola Vasquez	100 m hurdles
Grace Claxton	400 m hurdles
Alondra Negron	3000 m steeplechase	—
Beverly Ramos	Marathon	—		2:46:22	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Paola Fernandez	Long jump
Viviana Quintana	Pole vault
Sophia Rivera	Javelin throw

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Alysbeth Félix	Result
	Points

Basketball

See also: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games

5x5

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico men	Men's tournament	Chile	Mexico	Brazil
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Chile L 60–86	Cuba W 72–69	Argentina L 75–77	4	Did not advance	7th place game   Mexico W 75–70	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Roster

Puerto Rico men's basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Tjader Fernandez – Santos de San Luis Luis Hernandez – Atléticos de San Germán Josue Erazo – Santos de San Luis Ismael Cruz – Correcaminos UAT Isaiah Brown – Orlando Christian Prep Brandon Boyd – Cimarrones del Chocó Jordan Cintrón – Santos de San Luis Alexander Kappos – Abejas de León Wilfredo Rodriguez – Corsarios Alejandro Aviles – Dream City Christian Alexander Morales Jr. – Osceola Magic Christian Negron – Panteras de Aguascalientes	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 31 July 2023

Source: ^[6]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	240	166	+74	6	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	1	2	195	209	−14	4 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Chile (H)	3	1	2	172	223	−51	4 [lower-alpha 1]	Fifth place game
4	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	211	220	−9	4 [lower-alpha 1]	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head to head record: Mexico 1−1 (+6), Chile 1−1 (0), Puerto Rico 1−1 (−6)

31 October 2023 20:00

Boxscore

Chile	66–70	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:18–14, 24–17, 15–20, 9–19
Pts: Carvacho 16 Rebs: Carvacho 11 Asts: Morales 6		Pts: Vaughn 14 Rebs:four players 5 Asts: Ortiz 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Michael Scott (CAN), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

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1 November 2023 17:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	72–82	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 24–20, 21–13, 15–24
Pts: Cruz 23 Rebs: Medina 7 Asts: Boyd 5		Pts: Montano 24 Rebs: Ávalos 8 Asts: Ávalos 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kristian Páez (ECU), Michael Scott (CAN)

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2 November 2023 17:30

Boxscore

Brazil	72–69	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:19–15, 13–21, 21–17, 19–16
Pts: Dias 17 Rebs: Fuzaro 6 Asts: Corazza 6		Pts: Boyd 18 Rebs: Cintron 9 Asts:three players 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Andrés Maina (URU), Carlos Londono (COL), Kevin Lei (CAN)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Roster

Puerto Rico women's basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Tayra Melendez – Gigantes de Carolina Charity Harris – Gigantes de Carolina Arielle Gonzalez-Varner – Cangrejeras de Santurce Pamela Rosado – Montañeras de Morovis Abeliz Rodriguez – Ashley Torres – Atenienses de Manatí Sofia Roma – Montañeras de Morovis Narimar Vargas – Cangrejeras de Santurce Kaela Hilaire – Atenienses de Manatí Katie Villarini – Montañeras de Morovis Isalys Quinones – Montañeras de Morovis Jacqueline Benitez – Explosivos de Moca	Head coach Jerry Batista Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 31 July 2023

Source: ^[7]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	2	1	223	194	+29	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	1	238	232	+6	5 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Chile (H)	3	1	2	205	215	−10	4 [lower-alpha 2]	Fifth place game
4	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	207	232	−25	4 [lower-alpha 2]	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Cuba 86–74 Argentina
2. Chile 86–60 Puerto Rico

25 October 2023 20:00

Boxscore

Chile	86–60	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:22–20, 28–18, 24–9, 12–13
Pts:three players 13 Rebs: Cortés 8 Asts: Cousiño 7		Pts: Benítez 17 Rebs: Meléndez 7 Asts: Harris 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Kevin Lei (CAN)

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26 October 2023 17:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	72–69	Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 17–16, 20–16, 25–12
Pts: Rosado 20 Rebs: Quiñones 9 Asts: Meléndez 7		Pts: Armentero 16 Rebs: Claro 9 Asts:three players 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Orlando Varela (HON)

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27 October 2023 17:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	75–77	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 29–30, 14–17, 16–14, 16–16
Pts: Benítez, Quiñones 21 Rebs: Quiñones 9 Asts: Hilaire 5		Pts: Suárez 22 Rebs: Gentinetta, Jourdheuil 7 Asts: Gentinetta 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA), Kevin Lei (CAN)

7th place game

28 October 2023 10:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	75–70	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–17, 22–19, 23–12
Pts: Rosado 21 Rebs: Roma 8 Asts: Rosado 4		Pts: Lara 17 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Ramírez 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Tiago dos Santos (BRA), Orlando Varela (HON)

Bowling

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

Puerto Rico qualified a team of three men and three women. ^{[8] [9]}

Boxing

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

Puerto Rico qualified 6 boxers (three men and three women).

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Caleb Tirado	Men's –57 kg	—	González  (COL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ángel Llanos	Men's –71 kg	Jones  (USA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Eliezer Brito	Men's -80 kg	—	Cox  (BAR) LRSC	Did not advance
Gracemarie Quiles	Women's –50 kg	—	Cárdenas  (CRC) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ashleyann Lozada	Women's –57 kg	—	Montiel  (PAR) W 5–0	Al-Ahmadieh  (CAN) W 5–0	Arboleda  (COL) L 2–3	Did not advance
Stephanie Piñeiro	Women's –66 kg	—	Álvarez  (VEN) W 5–0	Camilo  (COL) L 1–4	Did not advance

Canoeing

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

Sprint

Puerto Rico qualified a total of two male sprint athletes. ^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eddy Berly	K-1 1000 m
Rodrigo Marcano Eddy Berly	K-2 500 m

Cycling

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

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Georwill Pérez	Men's Cross-country	1:25:20	11

Diving

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maycey Vieta	10 m Platform	275.50	8 Q	309.70	5
Elizabeth Miclau		233.15	14	Did not advance

Equestrian

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

Puerto Rico qualified one individual rider in show jumping.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
		Individual

Fencing

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

Puerto Rico qualified three fencers (two men and one woman) through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay. ^[11]

Golf

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

Puerto Rico qualified a team of two golfers (one man and one woman). ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Kelvin Hernández	Men's individual
María Fernanda Torres	Women's individual

Gymnastics

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

Artistic

Men
Team final & individual qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Score	Rank
Nelson Guilbe	Team	—	13.866 Q	—
Jose Lopez		11.933	11.800	12.600	12.933	12.866	11.700	73.832	23 Q
Andres Perez		12.433	12.566	11.266	13.433	13.633	13.100	76.431	15 Q
Total		24.366	38.232	23.866	26.366	26.499	24.800	164.129	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Score	Rank
Jose Lopez	All-around	13.166	12.100	12.900	13.400	13.066	13.000	77.632	13
Andres Perez		12.866	12.233	12.366	13.200	11.700	13.100	75.465	17
Nelson Guilbe	Pommel horse	—	14.133	—

Women
Team final & individual qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
		V	UB	BB	F	Score	Rank
Katyna Alicea	Team	—		8.600	—
Alejandra Alvarez		12.533	10.933	11.566	10.400	45.432	26 Q
Karelys Diaz		12.533	11.000	9.800	11.566	44.899	29
Stella Diaz		12.366	10.733	11.700	10.866	45.665	24 Q
Ainhoa Herrero		11.000	9.633	—	11.500	—
Total		37.432	32.666	33.066	33.932	137.096	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
		V	UB	BB	F	Score	Rank
Alejandra Alvarez	All-around	12.633	10.600	9.133	11.266	43.632	23
Stella Diaz		12.033	10.066	10.900	11.433	44.432	22

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Argentina L 17–46	Canada W 25–20	Chile L 15–23	3	5-8 semifinal   Uruguay W 30–23	5th place game   Cuba W 31–29	5

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	105	42	+63	6	Semifinals
2	Chile (H)	3	2	0	1	61	57	+4	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	57	89	−32	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	44	79	−35	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts

24 October 2023 17:30	Argentina	46–17	Puerto Rico	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Dalle Crode, Karsten 7	(21–9)	three players 3
	2×	Report	5× 1×

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25 October 2023 20:00	Puerto Rico	25–20	Canada	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Cabrera, Hiraldo 6	(15–7)	Zimmer 6
	1×	Report	2×

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26 October 2023 20:00	Puerto Rico	15–23	Chile	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Benítez, García 4	(12–9)	three players 4
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

5th-8th semifinal

28 October 2023 12:30	Puerto Rico	30–23	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Hiraldo, Benítez 6	(14–8)	Barreiro 10
	1× 4×	Report	3×

5th place game

29 October 2023 14:30	Cuba	29–31	Puerto Rico	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	González 7	(13–12)	Ceballos 10
	1× 5×	Report	2×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Puerto Rico has qualified 3 female judokas. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francine Echevarria	Women's –52 kg	Etienne  (HAI) W 10–00	Martinez  (MEX) L 00–10	Did not advance	Diaz  (VEN) W 01–00	Bronze medal final   Delgado  (USA) L 00–10	=5
María Pérez	Women's –70 kg	Bye	Bonilla  (COL) W 10–00	Rodríguez  (VEN) W 10–00	Bye	Gómez  (CUB) L 00–10
Sairy Colón	Women's –78 kg	Ramos  (BRA)

Karate

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

Puerto Rico qualified two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games and the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[14]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomás Greer	Men's −84 kg
Janessa Fonseca	Women's −61 kg

Roller sports

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

Skateboarding
Puerto Rico qualified a team of three athletes (two men and one woman) in skateboarding. ^{[15] [ failed verification ]}

Athlete	Event	Score[ citation needed ]	Rank[ citation needed ]
Steven Piñeiro⁣	Men's park	83.24
Emanuel Santiago	Men's street	144.65	7
Vianez Collazo	Women's street	102.36	8

Sailing

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

Puerto Rico has qualified 4 boats for a total of 5 sailors. ^{[16] [ failed verification ]}

Shooting

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

Puerto Rico qualified a total of 14 shooters in the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]}

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by virtue of its campaign in the 2022 Pan American Championships.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Super round			Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Peru	Cuba	Canada

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	8	3	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Canada	3	2	1	16	3	.667	1
3	Cuba	3	1	2	5	6	.333	2	Fifth place game
4	Peru	3	0	3	0	17	.000	3	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023 and WBSC Americas

October 30 10:00	Peru	0–3	Puerto Rico	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

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October 31 13:00	Cuba	1–2	Puerto Rico	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

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November 1 16:00	Puerto Rico	3–2	Canada	Baseball and Softball Center, Santiago
		Boxscore

Sport climbing

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

Puerto Rico qualified a female sport climber by virtue of the IFSC world rankings.

Boulder & lead

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Bouldering		Lead		Total		Bouldering		Lead		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Sepúlveda	Women's	24.5	19	26.1	=8	50.6	18	Did not advance

Surfing

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

Puerto Rico qualified four surfers (two men and two women). ^[25]

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	BM	Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Max Torres	Men's stand up paddleboard	10.13	2 Q	11.60	2 Q	Schweitzer  (USA) L 7.20–15.07	Did not advance	Bye		Spencer  (CAN) L 11.27–11.33	Did not advance

Race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ricardo Avila	Men's stand up paddleboard
Maricarmen Rivera	Women's stand up paddleboard

Table tennis

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

Puerto Rico qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Caribbean Championships. ^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador	Singles	—			Gatica  (EAI)
Daniel González					Britton  (GUY)
Brian Afanador Daniel González	Doubles	—				Bye	Campos / Periera  (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Brian Afanador Daniel González Ángel Naranjo	Team				—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adriana Díaz	Singles	—			Tellez  (COL)
Melanie Díaz					Crespo  (CUB)
Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Doubles	—				Bye	Corder / Enriquez  (EAI) W 4–0	B Takahashi / G Takahashi  (BRA)
Brianna Burgos Adriana Díaz Melanie Díaz	Team				—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador Adriana Díaz	Doubles	F Duffoo / I Duffoo  (PER) W 4–0	Burgos / Vega  (CHI) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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

Puerto Rico qualified 8 athletes (four men and four women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank[ citation needed ]
Luis de Jesus	–68 kg	Paz  (COL) L 0–2	Did not advance
Alejandro Gonzalez	–80 kg	Robleto  (NCA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Luis de Jesus Alejandro Gonzalez Edrick Morales	Team	Ecuador  (ECU) L 32–72	Did not advance		—	Did not advance
Luis Colon	Poomsae	Bye	Farías  (CHI) W 7.410–7.360	Ortega  (NCA) L 7.110–7.760	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank[ citation needed ]
Victoria Stambaugh	–49 kg	Sendra  (ARG) L 0–2	Did not advance		—	Did not advance
Naishka Roman	–67 kg	Mina  (ECU) L 0–2	Did not advance
Crystal Weekes	+67 kg	Bye	Rodríguez  (DOM) W 2–0	Gorman-Shore  (USA) L 0–2	—	Bronze medal final   Heredia  (MEX) L 1–2	=5
Naishka Roman Victoria Stambaugh Crystal Weekes	Team	Venezuela  (VEN) L 66–72	Did not advance		—	Did not advance
Arelis Medina	Poomsae	—	Castillo  (PER) W 7.490–7.230	Higueros  (EAI) L 7.390–7.590	—	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Luis Colon Arelis Medina	Poomsae pair	7.600

Triathlon

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

Puerto Rico qualified a team of two triathletes (one man and one woman): Janarold Martínez and Zoe Adam.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Puerto Rico men	Men's tournament	Brazil	United States	Mexico
Puerto Rico women	Women's tournament	Brazil	United States	Chile

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	82	18	+64	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	0	1	46	39	+7	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	0	2	29	58	−29	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	24	66	−42	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

30 October 2023 15:00	Report	Brazil	18–5	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 5–0
		Coutinho, P. Real 4	Goals	Loubriel 2

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31 October 2023 15:00	Report	United States	28–9	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters:8–3, 6–1, 6–3, 8–2
		R. Dodd 7	Goals	Loubriel 3

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1 November 2023 18:00	Report	Puerto Rico	15–12	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–6, 2–1, 3–1
		D. Zayas 4	Goals	Estrada 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) through the 2022 CCCAN Championships.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	89	3	+86	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	0	1	53	34	+19	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	0	2	21	60	−39	3
4	Chile (H)	3	0	0	0	3	14	80	−66	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

30 October 2023 9:30	Report	Brazil	19–7	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 6–2, 6–1, 3–1
		Leão 4	Goals	Montalvo, Melendez 2

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31 October 2023 9:30	Report	United States	29–0	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI)
		Score by quarters:8–0, 8–0, 7–0, 6–0
		Steffens 6	Goals

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1 November 2023 12:30	Report	Puerto Rico	14–12	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 4–4, 3–2
		Guzmán 4	Goals	Sarmiento 4

Weightlifting

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

Puerto Rico qualified six weightlifters (three per gender). ^{[28] [29]}

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Luis Lamenza	Men's –102 kg	160	7	180	10	340	9
Omayraliz Ortiz	Women's –49 kg	68	8	88	8	156	7

Wrestling

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

Puerto Rico qualified nine wrestlers (eight men and one woman) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. ^[30]

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Puerto Rico at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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