# Barbados at the 2023 Pan American Games

Barbados is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Barbados' 16th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the nation's debut, in 1963.
On 6 October 2023, the Barbados Olympic Association officially named the team of 29 athletes (16 men and 13 women) competing in 19 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included). Badminton athlete Kennie King and sport shooter Michelle Elliot were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, triathlete Matthew Wright and squash athlete Meagan Best were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

## Medallists

The following Barbadian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Meagan Best Margot Prow | Squash | Women's doubles | November 3 |
| Bronze | Meagan Best Margot Prow Amanda Haywood | Squash | Women's team | 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 |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golf | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Squash | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Surfing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 27 |

## Athletics

Barbados qualified one female athlete.

### 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
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Women
   ### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sonia Gaskin | 800 m | 2:08.14 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

Barbados qualified one male athlete.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kennie King | Men's singles | Vazquez (CUB) L (16–21, 15–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Barbados qualified three boxers (two men and one woman).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jabali Breedy | –51 kg | González (VEN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charles Cox | –80 kg | Brito (PUR) W RSC R3 | Belony-Dulièpre (HAI) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kimberley Gittens | –75 kg | Bye | Pereira (BRA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Barbados qualified one female cyclist.

### Track
#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Scratch race | Tempo race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Elimination race | Points race | Points race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Amber Joseph | Women's | 38 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 105 | 6 |

## Golf

Barbados qualified one female golfer.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Emily Odwin | Women's individual | 76 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 302 | +14 | =18 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Barbados qualified one female gymnast in artistic at the 2023 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Anya Pilgrim | Individual all-around | 12.900 | 10.733 | 10.500 | 11.633 | 45.766 | 18 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

## Rowing

Barbados qualified one male rower.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kyle Spenard | Single sculls | 8:30:56 | 5 R | 8:04:30 | 6 FC | — | — | 8:09.31 | 17 |

## Sailing

Barbados qualified one sailor after reallocation of an unused spot.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Opening series | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Rank | M | Points | Rank |
| Scott Gittens | Laser | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 176 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Barbados qualified a total of six shooters (four men and two women).

### Men
   ### Pistol and rifle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Dave Seale | 10 m air pistol | 561 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dave Seale | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 519 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Shotgun

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Richard Greenidge | Trap | 93 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Greenidge | Trap | 109 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Justin St. John | Skeet | 116 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women
   ### Pistol and rifle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tesonna Alleyney | 10 m air pistol | 542 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tesonna Alleyney | 25 m pistol | 508 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Shotgun

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Michelle Elliot | Skeet | 110 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tessonna Alleyne Dave Seale | 10 m air pistol team | 553 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Maskell Michelle Elliot | Skeet team | 126 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Squash

Barbados qualified a team of three female athletes through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Cl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Margot Prow | Singles | Bueñano (ECU) W 3–1 | Sobhy (USA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Meagan Best | Singles | Bye | Bautista (COL) W 3–1 | Naughton (CAN) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Margot Prow Meagan Best | Doubles | — | — | Sandoval / Bonilla (EAI) W 2–0 | Tovar / Bautista (COL) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |
| Amanda Haywood Margot Prow Meagan Best | Team | — | — | Chile (CHI) W 2–0 | United States (USA) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |

## Surfing

Barbados qualified one female surfer.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chelsea Tuach | Shortboard | Gómez (COL) W 8.67–8.23 | López (CHI) L 10.50–10.90 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Aguirre (PER) L 9.50–12.57 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Barbados qualified two swimmers (one man and one woman).

### Key

* Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
* NR – National record
* Q – Qualified to the medal final
* q – Qualified to the non-medal final

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jack Kirby | 50 m freestyle | 23.48 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jack Kirby | 100 m backstroke | 56.11 | 9 q | 56.12 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Danielle Titus | 100 m backstroke | 1:04.66 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danielle Titus | 200 m backstroke | 2:26.90 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Barbados qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tyrese Knight | Singles | Lorenzo (ARG) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Barbados qualified one male athlete after receiving a wildcard.

### Kyorugi
   ### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/ BM | Final/ BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chioke Holder | +80 kg | Alves (ARG) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Barbados qualified one male tennis player.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Darian King | Singles | Bye | Barrios (CHI) L 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Barbados qualified one male triathlete.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | Rank |
| Matthew Wright | Men's individual | 18:21 | 0:43 | 55:42 | 0:26 | 32:08 | 1:47.23 | 8 |

## Weightlifting

Barbados qualified two male weightlifters.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Daniel Griffith | –89 kg | 123 | 12 | 158 | 3 | 281 | 12 |
| Quontana Clarke | –102 kg | 95 | 16 | 137 | 16 | 232 | 16 |

## Wrestling

Barbados qualified one male wrestler after receiving a wildcard.
Key:
* VT – Victory by fall.
* PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* VA – Decision by withdrawal

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adrian Maynard | Greco-Roman 77 kg | Bye | Bernal (CHI) L 0–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Demonstration sports
### Esports

Barbados qualified a male athlete.

#### Men

* Keoma Mallet