# Paraguay at the 2019 Pan American Games

Paraguay competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The Paraguayan team consisted of 71 athletes (48 women and 23 men) competing in 18 sports. This marked the largest team the country has ever sent to the Pan American Games.
During the opening ceremony of the games, table tennis athlete Alejandro Toranzos carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.
Paraguay won a total of five medals at the games, a record for one edition of the games. The country also won its first ever gold medal at the Pan American Games when golfer Fabrizio Zanotti won the men's individual event.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics (track and field) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Bodybuilding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Football | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Karate | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Roller sports | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Swimming | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Water skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 23 | 48 | 71 |

## Medallists

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 |
| Gold | Fabrizio Zanotti | Golf | Men's individual | August 12 |
| Silver | Verónica Cepede Royg Montserrat González | Tennis | Women's doubles | August 3 |
| Silver | Julieta Granada | Golf | Women's individual | August 12 |
| Silver | Carlos Franco Fabrizio Zanotti Julieta Granada Sofia García | Golf | Mixed team | August 12 |
| Bronze | Verónica Cepede Royg | Tennis | Women's singles | August 4 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Golf | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |

## Athletics (track and field)

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

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
* NR–National record

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Derlis Ayala | Marathon | 2:12:54 NR | 5 |

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Laura Paredes | Javelin thrw | 54.16 | 9 |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Camila Pirelli | Result | 13.54 | 1.62 | 13.92 | 24.82 | 5.47 | 48.56 | 2:15.29 | 4 | 5907 NR |
| Camila Pirelli | Points | 10.44 | 759 | 789 | 903 | 691 | 832 | 889 | 4 | 5907 NR |

## Basketball

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing in the top seven nations at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. This marks the country's debut in women's basketball at the Pan American Games.

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

Source:

#### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 166 | +58 | 6 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 200 | +21 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 215 | +9 | 4 | |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 262 | −88 | 3 | |
* 6 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 91–73 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 18–18, 24–21, 23–20 |||
| Pts: Gwathmey 21 Rebs: Rosado 11 Asts: O'Neill 6 | | Pts: Ferrari 18 Rebs: Ferrari 8 Asts: Ferrari 6 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 7 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Paraguay | 64–90 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–19, 13–23, 16–26 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari, Caraves 5 Asts: Peralta 3 | | Pts: Hill 14 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Pellington 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Steven Anderson (USA)
* 8 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Paraguay | 37–81 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 12–14, 5–21, 10–25 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 10 Rebs: Ferrari 7 Asts: Insfrán, Caraves 2 | | Pts: Soares 15 Rebs: Teixeira 8 Asts: Paixão 4 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU)

#### Seventh place match

* 9 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Paraguay | 69–61 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 12–15, 19–22, 15–10 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari 6 Asts: Ferrari 7 | | Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 13 Asts: Tate 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andréia Silva (BRA)

## Bodybuilding

Paraguay qualified one female bodybuilder.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Prejudging | Prejudging | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jessica Santacruz | Bikini fitness | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
* No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Paraguay qualified a total of one female slalom athlete.

#### Key

* Note–Ranks given are within the heat
* Q = Qualified for the next round directly

#### Women

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heat | Heat | Heat | Heat | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ana Fernández | C-1 | 108.79 | 4 | 105.56 | 5 | 105.56 | 5 | 115.78 | 4 Q | 108.85 | 4 |
| Ana Fernández | K-1 | 103.37 | 4 | 103.70 | 4 | 103.37 | 4 | 115.64 | 6 Q | 116.43 | 5 |
| Ana Fernández | Extreme K-1 | — | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian

Paraguay qualified one athlete in equestrian.

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank |
| Stieven Bardwin | Quinn | Individual | 14.62 | 37 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 40.62 | 34 Q | 8 | 13 Q | 5 | 14 | 13 | 17 |

## Football

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by finishing in one of the three qualification spots at the 2018 Copa América Femenina.

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

The following players were called up for the games.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 12 | 1GK | Isabel Ortiz | (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 17) | Sol de América |
| 1 | 1GK | Cristina Recalde | (1994-09-29)29 September 1994 (aged 24) | Sol de América |
| 14 | 2DF | Lorena Alonso | (1998-04-01)1 April 1998 (aged 21) | Sol de América |
| 4 | 2DF | Daysy Bareiro | (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 (aged 18) | Sol de América |
| 5 | 2DF | Laurie Cristaldo | (1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 22) | Libertad/Limpeño |
| 13 | 2DF | Limpia Fretes | (2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 19) | Cerro Porteño |
| 3 | 2DF | Tania Riso | (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 25) | Deportivo Capiatá |
| 2 | 2DF | María Martínez | (1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (aged 20) | Deportivo Capiatá |
| 6 | 3MF | Damia Cortaza | (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 25) | Libertad/Limpeño |
| 8 | 3MF | Fanny Godoy | (1998-01-21)21 January 1998 (aged 21) | Sol de América |
| 15 | 3MF | Ivana Mendoza | (1995-05-19)19 May 1995 (aged 24) | Sol de América |
| 17 | 3MF | Rosa Miño | (1999-07-13)13 July 1999 (aged 20) | Foz Cataratas |
| 16 | 3MF | Dulce Quintana | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 30) | Espanyol |
| 7 | 4FW | Lice Chamorro | (1998-12-22)22 December 1998 (aged 20) | Racing Santander |
| 10 | 4FW | Jessica Martínez | (1999-06-14)14 June 1999 (aged 20) | Tacón |
| 18 | 4FW | Mirta Pico | (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 25) | Sol de América |
| 9 | 4FW | Fabiola Sandoval | (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 20) | Libertad/Limpeño |
| 11 | 4FW | Gloria Villamayor | (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27) | Real Oviedo |

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Seventh place match |

#### Bronze medal match
## Golf

Paraguay qualified a full team of four golfers (two men and two women).
| Athlete(s) | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | To par | Rank |
| Carlos Franco | Men's individual | 71 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 283 | −1 | 19 |
| Fabrizio Zanotti | Men's individual | 64 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 269 | −15 | |
| Sofia García | Women's individual | 74 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 288 | +4 | 7 |
| Julieta Granada | Women's individual | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 280 | −4 | |
| Carlos Franco Fabrizio Zanotti Sofia García Julieta Granada | Mixed team | 134 | 138 | 139 | 138 | 549 | −19 | |

## Karate

Paraguay qualified one female karateka in the kumite discipline.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Leyla Servin | –50 kg | González (GUA) L 0–4 | Hernández (MEX) L 0–1 | Villanueva (DOM) L 0–4 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Roller sports

Paraguay qualified one male skater in the artistic discipline.

### Artistic

| Athlete | Event | Short program | Short program | Long program | Long program | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Víctor López | Free skating | 50.07 | 2 | 70.69 | 4 | 120.76 | 4 |

## Rowing

Paraguay qualified seven rowers (five men and two women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Javier Insfran | Single sculls | 7:11.23 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:08.21 | 2 FA | 7:12.86 | 4 |
| Franco Chiola Arturo Rivarola | Double sculls | 7:03.93 | 6 R | 6:49.54 | 5 FB | — | — | did not start | did not start |
| Guillermo Fleitas Matias Ramirez | Lwt double sculls | 6:38.01 | 3 R | 6:37.75 | 3 FB | — | — | 6:43.50 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alejandra Alonso | Single sculls | 8:12.00 | 4 R | 7:48.10 | 3 FB | 8:03.14 | 7 |
| Gabriela Mosqueira | Lwt single sculls | 8:13.82 | 4 R | 7:55.42 | 2 FA | 7:59.16 | 6 |
* Results given are within the heat.

## Sailing

Paraguay received a universality spot in the men's laser event.

### Key

* RET= Retired
* STP= Standard penalty

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Federico Cabello | Laser | RET | 22 | STP | 20 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | STP | Did not qualify | 191 | 22 |

## Shooting

Paraguay qualified 3 male sport shooters.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Antonio Valiente | Skeet | 100 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Gomez | Trap | 99 | =26 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paulo Reichardt | Trap | 99 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Paraguay qualified eight swimmers.

### Key

* Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
* QA – Qualified for Final A
* QB – Qualified for Final B

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ben Hockin | 50 m freestyle | 23.26 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ben Hockin | 100 m freestyle | 50.28 | 14 QB | 49.89 | 9 |
| Ben Hockin | 100 m butterfly | 53.43 | 6 QA | 53.70 | 7 |
| Matheo Mateos | 200 m freestyle | 1:53.12 | 16 QB | 1:53.03 | 15 |
| Matheo Mateos | 400 m freestyle | 4:00.39 | 13 QB | 4:02.81 | 14 |
| Charles Hockin | 100 m backstroke | 55.53 | 6 QA | 55.62 | 6 |
| Matías López | 200 m backstroke | 2:07.30 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matías López | 200 m individual medley | 2:09.64 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matías López | 400 m individual medley | 4:36.13 | 16 QB | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Renato Prono | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.08 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Charles Hockin Renato Prono Ben Hockin Matheo Mateos | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:44.28 | 4 QA | 3:43.75 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nicole Rautemberg | 200 m freestyle | 2:07.74 | 15 QB | 2:07.20 | 15 |
| Maria Jose Arrua | 100 m backstroke | 1:07.25 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maria Jose Arrua | 200 m backstroke | 2:27.31 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sofia Lopez Chaparro | 100 m breaststroke | 1:15.99 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sofia Lopez Chaparro | 200 m individual medley | 2:29.63 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

Paraguay qualified a men's team of three athletes by winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile. Paraguay later qualified one female at the final qualification tournament.

### Single and doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marcelo Aguirre | Men's singles | Moscoso (GUA) W 4–0 | González (PUR) W 4–0 | Wang (CAN) L 2–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alejandro Toranzos | Men's singles | Afanador (PUR) L 2–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos | Men's doubles | — | Hazin / Wang (CAN) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leyla Gomez | Women's singles | Díaz (PUR) L 2–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marcelo Aguirre Leyla Gomez | Mixed doubles | — | Wu / Ortiz (DOM) L 2–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos Santiago Osorio | Men's team | Argentina L 2–3 | Peru W 3–1 | 2 Q | Brazil L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |

## Tennis

Paraguay qualified two female tennis players.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Montserrat González | Singles | Dolehide (USA) L 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Verónica Cepede Royg | Singles | Bye | Schaefer (PER) W 6–2, 6–2 | Bui (CAN) W 6–4, 6–0 | Podoroska (ARG) L 3–6, 4–6 | Alves (BRA) W 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Montserrat González Verónica Cepede Royg | Doubles | — | Reasco / Römer (ECU) W 6–1, 6–2 | Olmos / Rarazúa (MEX) W 6–7, 6–3, [10–4] | Alves / Stefani (BRA) W 7–5, 6–7, [10–4] | Arconada / Dolehide (USA) L 0–6, 4–6 | |

## Volleyball
### Beach

Paraguay qualified a women's pair. This will mark the debut of the country in this discipline at the Pan American Games.
| Athletes | Event | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | 5–8th place | 7th place | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Patricia Caballero Michelle Valiente | Women's | Delís / Martínez (CUB) L 1–2 (21–16, 12–21, 13–15) | Allcca / Mendoza (PER) W 2–0 (21–10, 21–17) | Vargas / Vasquez (ESA) W 2–0 (21–17, 21–13) | 2 | Orellana / Revuelta (MEX) W 2–0 (13–21, 21–16, 16–14) | Cook / Pardon (USA) L 0–2 (8–21, 10–21) | Ayala / Ríos (COL) L 0–2 (19–21, 16–21) | Araya / Valenciano (CRC) W 2–0 (21–16, 22–20) | 7 |

## Water skiing

Paraguay qualified one female wake boarder. This marks the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for are within the heat
* LCQ = Qualified for the Last chance qualifying round
* Q = Qualified for the next round directly

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Rank | Last chance | Rank | Final | Rank |
| Ana Sisul | Wakeboard | 14.00 | 4 LCQ | 32.11 | 2 Q | 29.00 | 6 |

## Wrestling

Paraguay received one wild card in the men's freestyle discipline.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Diego Ramírez | -86 kg | Torreblanca (CUB) L 0–12 | did not advance | did not advance | Moore (CAN) L 0–10 | Did not advance | =7 |