Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Venezuela
IPC code	VEN
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Venezolano
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	25 (7 men and 18 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	11	15
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	2
Paratriathlon	0	1	1
Powerlifting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Wheelchair fencing	0	1	1
Total	7	18	25

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

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 or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Enderson German Santos Gonzalez	Men's 100 m T11	11.32	6 q	11.27	5 q	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m T11	51.51	1 Q	51.71	2 q	50.58
Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar	Men's 400 m T20	51.51	2 q	51.71	3 q	50.58
Luis Daniel Lopez Morales	Men's 400 m T47	49.67	9	Did not advance
Linda Pérez	Women's 100 m T11	12.24	2 q	12.19	3 q	12.27	4
	Women's 200 m T11	25.42	4	Bye		25.44	4
Irene Alejandra Suarez Delgado	Women's 400 m T11	1:08.25	2	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m T11	5:07.13	4	Did not advance
Alejandra Pérez	Women's 100 m T12	12.24	2 q	56.34	2	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m T12	25.94	8 q	24.59	1 q	24.19
	Women's 400 m T12	56.97	1 Q	56.34	2 q	56.64	4
Leonela Coromoto Vera Colina	Women's 400 m T20	56.41	4 q	Bye		57.18	5
Lisbeli Vera Andrade	Women's 100 m T47	11.99	1 q	Bye		DNF	-
	Women's 200 m T47	DNS	-	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T47	58.22	1 Q	—		56.78
Sele Barrios	Women's 1500 m T20	Withdrew

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Edwars Alexander Varela Meza	Men's discus throw F37	50.89	5
Rosibel Colmenares	Women's long jump T11	3.90	9
Franyeli Nataly Vargas Ruiz	Women's long jump T11	4.18	7
Paola del Valle Garcia Ramos	Women's long jump T47	5.56	5
Yomaira Cohen	Women's shot put F37	10.67	6
	Women's discus throw F38	24.27	13
Naibys Daniela Morillo Gil	Women's javelin throw F46	43.77

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking. ^[1]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Richard Espinoza Balza	Men's road race H3	1:53:13	9
	Men's time trial H3	53:03	11

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela sent two judokas (one man and one woman), in each gender based on IPJF rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcos Dennis Blanco	Men's -60 Kg J1	Bye			Parmar  (IND) L 10–00	Did not advance	Zhu (CHN) W 10–1	Junaedi (INA) W 0–10
Danitza Yoccelin Sanabria Alcala	Women's +70 kg J1	—	—	—	Zoaga  (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance	Ismiyeva  (AZE) L 0–10	Did not advance

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

For the first time ever, Venezuela send one para-triathlete, Emma JR Rodriguez received a quota based on IPTF rankings.

Women

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike				T2	Run				Time	Rank
				L1	L2	L3	L4		L1	L2	L3	L4
Emma Juaisca Rodriguez Rodriguez	Women's PTS2	16:29	2:37	10:12	10:12	10:12	10:12	1:47	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	1:26:08	7

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela sent one powerlifter, Clara S. F. Monasterio received a quota based on IPLF rankings.

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Clara Fuentes Monasterio	Women's 50 kg	120	120	124	—	124

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela sent two para swimmers (one man and one woman), based on IPSF rankings.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Montilla	Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2	1:42.15	6	Did not advance
Belkis Mota	Women's 100 m freestyle S12	1:08.79	6	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB12	1:31.59	4 Q	1:31.83	8

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Quijada	Men's individual C3	Svatos  (CZE) W 3–0	Zhai  (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela entered one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Valeria Morales qualified for the games in women's under 52 kg events, by virtue of winning the gold medal in her class at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valeria Morales	Women's −57 kg	Goverdhan  (NEP) L 0-31	Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Francia Jaimez Rojas	Women's épée B	Pasquino  (ITA) L 2–15	Did not advance		Demaude  (FRA) L 0–15	Did not advance
	Women's foil B	Tong  (HKG) L 3–15	Did not advance		Kang  (CHN) L 4–15	Did not advance
	Women's sabre B	Khetsuriani  (GEO) L 2–15	Did not advance		Tong  (HKG) L 6–15	Did not advance

See also

• Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Venezuela at the Paralympics

References

1. "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
2. "Clasificatorios Olímpico, Paralímpico y Dominican Open se realizaron con éxito" [Olympic, Paralympic and Dominican Open qualifiers were successfully held] (in Spanish). Pan American Taekwondo Union. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.