# Puerto Rico at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This is Puerto Rico's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.
Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Óscar Fontan and powerlifter Neslie Bernardi were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Carmelo Rivera | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T20 | November 21 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 20 | 5 | 25 |

## Archery
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ricardo Rosario | Individual compound open | 644 | 7 | Villavicencio (ECU) L 112–130 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### 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
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Erick Colón | 100 m T37 | — | — | 13.50 | 6 |
| Erick Colón | 200 m T37 | — | — | 28.20 | 7 |
| Carmelo Rivera | 1500 m T20 | — | — | 4:13.36 | |

### Women
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Claudia Vélez | 100 m T47 | 14.12 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yaimillie Díaz | 100 m T64 | — | — | 13.97 | 4 |
| Amaris Vazquez | 100 m T64 | — | — | 14.93 | 5 |
| Claudia Vélez | 200 m T47 | 29.65 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yaimillie Díaz | 200 m T64 | — | — | 29.59 | 4 |
| Amaris Vazquez | 200 m T64 | — | — | 31.28 | 5 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Claudia Vélez | Long jump T47 | 4.12 | 7 |
| Amaris Vazquez | Long jump T42–T44/T61–T64 | 4.03 | 5 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Luis Pérez | −73 kg | Ferraro (USA) L 00S2–01S1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Powerlifting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Neslie Bernardi | –61 kg | 80 | 4 |

## Shooting
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Alexander Payne | R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 619.4 | 8 Q | 164.8 | 6 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Javier Hernandez | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:17.78 | 8 Q | 2:16.87 | 8 |
| Javier Hernandez | 100 m backstroke S14 | 1:14.53 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Hernandez | 100 m butterfly S14 | — | — | 1:04.63 | 5 |
| Javier Hernandez | 200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:39.40 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Laura Masso | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | — | — | DSQ | 7 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jeriel López | Singles C9 | Carvalho (BRA) L 0–3 | Skliarsky (ARG) L WDR | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shaquille Rivera | Singles C9 | Syed (CAN) W 3–2 | Sarmiento (ECU) W 3–0 | Watson (USA) L 0–3 | 2 Q | — | Skliarsky (ARG) L WDR | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeriel López Shaquille Rivera | Doubles C18 | — | — | — | — | Puerto / Vargas (COL) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo
### 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 |
| Óscar Fontan | −70 kg | Bye | Coelho (BRA) L 6–36 | Did not advance | Vieira (BRA) W 31–5 | Bronze medal final Cano (MEX) L 20–22 | =5 |

## Wheelchair basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Puerto Rico men's | Men's tournament | Colombia L 53–69 | United States L 44–81 | Brazil L 36–88 | 4 Q | Canada L 31–88 | Did not advance | Seventh place match Chile W 80–54 | 7 |