# Haiti at the 2023 Pan American Games

Haiti competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Haiti's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1963.
The Haitian delegation consisted of 14 athletes competing in seven sports. Boxer Jackson Darrius and taekwondo athlete Aliyah Shipman were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, boxer Kervens Bouche and judoka Jennifer Etienne were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.
Haiti earned its best ever performance in the sport of taekwondo (a silver medal), when Ava Soon Lee won the silver medal in the women's 67 kg event. The medal was the first for the country since 2007. Overall, Haiti won three medals, one silver and two bronze, matching its best performance (tied with 2003). This placed the country in a tie for 25th in the medal table (along with Bahamas and Guyana).

## Medalists

The following Haitian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Ava Soon Lee | Taekwondo | Women's 67 kg | October 22 |
| Bronze | Aliyah Shipman | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg | October 23 |
| Bronze | Cédrick Belony-Dulièpre | Boxing | Men's 80 kg | October 26 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Basketball | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Boxing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 14 |

## Badminton

Haiti qualified one female athlete. This will mark the country's sport debut at the Pan American Games.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Neila Jean | Singles | Diaz (CHI) L 0–2 (3–21, 0–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### 3x3
#### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Haiti men | Men's tournament | Venezuela L 16–21 | Brazil L 7–21 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Men's tournament

Haiti qualified a male 3x3 team, consisting of four athletes.

##### Roster

* Kervenson Blanc
* Ravix Cine
* Max Macon
* Fitz Salvant
Preliminary round
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 26 | +15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 36 | +4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 42 | −19 | |
* 21 October 2023 15:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 21–16 | Haiti |
| Pts: Palacios 9 | | Pts: Macon 5 |
* Estadio Español Referees: Marie Houle (CAN) / Lautaro Ojeda (ARG)
* 21 October 2023 19:00
* Report
| Brazil | 21–7 | Haiti |
| Pts: Branquinho 12 | | Pts: Salvant 4 |
* Estadio Español Referees: Jorge Garcia (DOM) / Lautaro Ojeda (ARG)

## Boxing

Haiti entered 4 boxers (three men and one woman).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kervens Bouche | –63.5 kg | Viáfara (COL) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darrius Jackson | –71 kg | — | Palacio (VEN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cédrick Belony-Dulièpre | –80 kg | — | Eccleston (JAM) W 5–0 | Cox (BAR) W 4–1 | Pereira (BRA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kathreen Sterling | –50 kg | Almeida (BRA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Haiti qualified one female artistic gymnast at the 2023 Pan American Championships. This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Pan American Games. Lynnzee Brown is an American born gymnast who chose to represent her father's country of birth in international competition. Brown would go on to finish 13th in the individual all-around final.

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Lynnzee Brown | Individual all-around | 13.400 | 11.066 | 11.300 | 11.866 | 47.632 | 14 Q |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

#### Individual Final

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Lynnzee Brown | All-around | 13.400 | 11.000 | 11.533 | 12.200 | 48.133 | 13 |

## Judo

Haiti qualified one female judoka.

### Women

| 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 |
| Jennifer Etienne | −52 kg | Echevarría (PUR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Haiti qualified two female athletes during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. Both athletes would end up winning medals, with Ava Soon Lee getting the country's best ever result (a silver) in the sport.
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### Women

| 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 |
| Ava Soon Lee | –67 kg | Molina (HON) W 2–0 | Gallardo (CHI) W 1–1 | Santos (BRA) W 2–1 | Bye | Soltero (MEX) L 0–2 | |
| Aliyah Shipman | +67 kg | Martínez (CUB) W 2–0 | Siqueira (BRA) W 2–0 | Mosquera (COL) L 0–2 | — | Bronze medal final Mina (ECU) W 2–1 | |

## Tennis

Haiti qualified one female tennis athlete. Love-Star Alexis represented the country and lost her first match against Taly Licht of Uruguay.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Love-Star Alexis | Singles | Licht (URU) L 1–2 (6–0, 2–6, 3–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |