# Nicaragua at the 2023 Pan American Games

Nicaragua is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Nicaragua's 16th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1955, 1963 and 1979.
The Nicaraguan team consisted of 24 athletes competing in ten sports. Weightlifters Orlando Vásquez and Sema Ludrick were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

The following Nicaraguan competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Elian Ortega | Taekwondo | Men's poomsae individual | October 21 |
| Silver | Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce | Taekwondo | Mixed poomsae pairs | October 22 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Surfing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 8 | 14 |

## Judo

Nicaragua has qualified one female judoka.
| 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 |
| | Women's +78 kg | | | | | | |

## Karate

Nicaragua qualified one male karateka in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.

### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Melvin Oporta | Men's +84 kg | | | | | | | |

## Rowing

Nicaragua qualified a team of 4 athletes (one man and three women).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| | Men's single sculls | | | | | | | | |
| | Women's single sculls | | | | | | | | |
| | Women's pair | | | — | — | — | — | | |

## Surfing

Nicaragua qualified a female surfer.

### Artistic

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Repechage 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Candelaria Resano | Women's Shortboard | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Taekwondo

Nicaragua qualified 3 athletes (two men and one woman) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.
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 |
| | –80 kg | | | | | | |

### Poomsae (forms)

* Event
* Men's individual
* Women's individual
* Mixed pair

## Weightlifting

Nicaragua qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |