# Costa Rica at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Costa Rica competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Costa Rica's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.
Paralympic athlete Sherman Guity and para swimmer Camila Haase were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

The following Costa Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sherman Guity | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T64 | November 18 |
| Gold | Sherman Guity | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T64 | November 19 |
| Gold | Andrés Molina | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | November 19 |
| Gold | Pilar Riveros | Archery | Women's individual compound open | November 22 |
| Silver | Steven Roman | Table tennis | Men's individual C8 | November 18 |
| Silver | Paola Arana | Shooting | P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 | November 19 |
| Silver | Diego Quesada | Archery | Men's individual compound open | November 22 |
| Silver | Camila Haase | Swimming | Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 | November 24 |
| Silver | Melissa Calvo | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T13 | November 25 |
| Bronze | Aneth Araya | Table tennis | Women's individual C8 | November 18 |
| Bronze | Camila Haase | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9 | November 19 |
| Bronze | Domingo Arguello Steven Roman | Table tennis | Men's doubles C14 | November 20 |
Medals by sport/discipline :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
Medals by day :
| Day | | | | Total |
| 18 November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 November | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 November | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 November | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 November | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 November | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 November | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 November | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Female | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |

## 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 29 |

## 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 |
| Diego Quesada | Individual compound open | 676 | 3 | Bye | Castro (BRA) W 153–153 | Tremblay (CAN) W 153–152 | Polish (USA) L 142–145 | |

### Women

| 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 |
| Pilar Riveros | Individual compound open | 659 | 2 | Bye | Candia (CHI) W 139–116 | Peñaranda (COL) W 134–126 | Zúñiga (CHI) W 139–138 | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Diego Quesada Pilar Riveros | Team compound open | 1335 | 2 | Ecuador L 143–147 | 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 |
| Laurens Molina | 100 m T54 | 16.03 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laurens Molina | 400 m T54 | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sherman Guity | 100 m T64 | — | — | 10.89 | |
| Sherman Guity | 200 m T64 | — | — | 21.59 | |
| Kermyth Forbes | 400 m T20 | 53.68 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Kermyth Forbes | Long jump T20 | 5.12 | 6 |
| Nardy De Jesus Alvarez | Shot put F11 | 7.77 | 9 |
| Nardy De Jesus Alvarez | Discus throw F11 | 22.84 | 8 |
| Silier Gonzalez | Shot put F63 | 9.28 | 4 |

### Women
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Melissa Calvo | 100 m T13 | — | — | 13.55 | 4 |
| Melissa Calvo | 400 m T13 | — | — | 1:04.41 | |
| Argeri Sophia Orozco | 100 m T38 | 15.78 | 4 q | 16.03 | 8 |
| Argeri Sophia Orozco | 400 m T38 | 1:16.83 | 4 q | 1:20.28 | 6 |

### Universal
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sherman Guity Laurens Molina Melissa Calvo Argeri Sophia Orozco | 4 × 100 m relay | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Henry Raabe | Time trial C1–5 | 29:24.53 | 10 |
| Henry Raabe | Road race C1–3 | 1:21:31 | 4 |
| Leonel Solis | Time trial C1–5 | 32:07.03 | 21 |
| Leonel Solis | Road race C4–5 | –1 LAP | 12 |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Paola Arana | P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 524 | 3 Q | 222.1 | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Neythan Alfaro | 50 m freestyle S9 | 31.85 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Neythan Alfaro | 100 m backstroke S9 | 1:22.75 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Neythan Alfaro | 100 m breaststroke SB8 | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Esteban Zamora | 50 m freestyle S9 | 29.94 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Esteban Zamora | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 1:46.61 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Esteban Zamora | 100 m butterfly S9 | 1:24.26 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sara Miranda | 100 m freestyle S7 | 1:24.13 | 7 Q | 1:23.46 | 7 |
| Sara Miranda | 400 m freestyle S8 | — | — | 6:17.50 | 6 |
| Sara Miranda | 100 m backstroke S7 | — | — | 1:38.62 | 4 |
| Sara Miranda | 50 m butterfly S7 | — | — | 50.45 | 5 |
| Camila Haase | 100 m freestyle S9 | 1:14.69 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camila Haase | 400 m freestyle S9 | 6:10.13 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camila Haase | 100 m backstroke S9 | — | — | 1:23.17 | 5 |
| Camila Haase | 100 m breaststroke SB8 | — | — | 1:36.84 | |
| Camila Haase | 200 m individual medley SM9 | — | — | 3:08.85 | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Neythan Alfaro Esteban Zamora Camila Haase Sara Miranda | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts | 4:59.77 | 6 |
| Neythan Alfaro Esteban Zamora Camila Haase Sara Miranda | 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts | 5:43.74 | 7 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sebastián Chaves | Singles C4 | Rodríguez (CHI) L 0–3 | González (MEX) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Domingo Arguello | Singles C6 | Seidenfeld (USA) L 0–3 | Prado (PER) W 3–0 | Dettoni (CHI) L 0–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steven Roman | Singles C8 | Preza (MEX) W 3–0 | Polo (ECU) W 3–0 | — | 1 Q | Bye | Pérez (ARG) W 3–1 | Manara (BRA) L 0–3 | |
| Nixon Reyes | Singles C9 | Leibovitz (USA) L 0–3 | Pavez (CHI) L 1–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Andrés Vargas | Singles C10 | Echaveguren (CHI) L 0–3 | Ramírez (COL) L 1–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Domingo Arguello Steven Roman | Doubles C14 | Salmin / Stroh (BRA) L 1–3 | Kaniuka / Martinez (ARG) W 3–1 | — | 2 Q | — | Pino / Torres (CHI) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fiorella Padilla | Singles C1–3 | Severo (BRA) L 0–3 | García (VEN) L 0–3 | Sigala (MEX) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kristel Morales | Singles C6–7 | Perez (MEX) L 0–3 | Chan (CAN) L 2–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aneth Araya | Singles C8 | Kelmer (BRA) L 0–3 | Rivera (ESA) W 3–0 | — | 2 Q | — | Pérez (CHI) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |
| Aneth Araya Kristel Morales | Doubles C14–20 | Kelmer / Lacerda (BRA) L 1–3 | Espinoza / Yevenes (CHI) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sebastián Chaves Fiorella Padilla | Doubles C4–7 | Reyes / Sigala (MEX) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steven Roman Aneth Araya | Doubles C14–17 | Bye | Carvalho / Kelmer (BRA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Andrés Vargas Kristel Morales | Doubles C14–17 | Pino / Yevenes (CHI) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Andrés Molina | −80 kg | Loonstra (ARU) W 16–5 | Lopes (BRA) W 15–7 | Bye | Najera (MEX) W 13–8 | |

## Wheelchair tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Steven Enriquez | Singles | Muro (MEX) L 4–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Pablo Gil | Singles | Bye | Manzano (ECU) W 6–4, 6–0 | Fernandez (ARG) L 1–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steven Enriquez José Pablo Gil | Doubles | — | Oquendo / Sanchez (COL) L 1–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adriana Quesada | Singles | Moreno (ARG) L 0–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valeria Valverde | Singles | Lanucha (CAN) L 4–6, 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Quesada Valeria Valverde | Doubles | — | Cabrillana / Fuentes (CHI) L 0–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |