# Aruba at the 2019 Pan American Games

Aruba competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The Aruban team consisted of 21 athletes (consisting of 12 males and nine females).
During the opening ceremony of the games, sailor Mack van den Eerenbeemt carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations. Mack van den Eerenbeemt would later go on to win Aruba's first ever Pan American Games medal, a bronze in the rs:x event.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Athletics (track and field) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cycling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 9 | 21 |

## Medalists

The following competitors from Aruba won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Mack van den Eerenbeemt | Sailing | Men's RS:X | August 9 |

## Artistic swimming

Aruba qualified a duet of two athletes.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Technical Routine | Technical Routine | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points | Rank |
| Abigail de Veer Kyra Hoevertsz | Duet | 73.1148 | 7 | 75.0333 | 8 | 148.1481 | 8 |

## Athletics (track and field)

Aruba qualified one male athlete.

### Key

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

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Quincy Breell | Long jump | 7.33 | 10 |

## Bowling

Aruba qualified two female bowlers through the 2018 South American Games. Aruba later qualified two men by finishing among the top five at the PABCON Champion of Champions.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Total | Rank | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Grand total | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yannick Roos | Men's singles | 197 | 139 | 183 | 205 | 247 | 193 | 192 | 209 | 237 | 204 | 146 | 210 | 2362 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jonathan Bremo | Men's singles | 167 | 176 | 232 | 168 | 159 | 173 | 183 | 151 | 228 | 206 | 158 | 182 | 2183 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yannick Roos Jonathan Bremo | Men's doubles | 395 | 401 | 469 | 367 | 362 | 289 | 451 | 351 | 374 | 406 | 376 | 411 | 4652 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thashaina Seraus | Women's singles | 268 | 186 | 196 | 246 | 169 | 258 | 176 | 216 | 195 | 205 | 268 | 229 | 2612 | 4 Q | 184 | 192 | 207 | 207 | 254 | 192 | 179 | 247 | 1742 | 4354 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kamilah Dammers | Women's singles | 169 | 181 | 171 | 238 | 199 | 258 | 171 | 201 | 196 | 214 | 279 | 200 | 2477 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Thashaina Seraus Kamilah Dammers | Women's doubles | 433 | 375 | 396 | 460 | 345 | 436 | 333 | 436 | 422 | 510 | 384 | 414 | 4944 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Cycling

Aruba qualified two cyclists in the BMX discipline (one per gender). Aruba was later reallocated two quotas in road cycling (two per gender). Aruba therefore qualified four cyclists (two men and two women).

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Time trial | Time trial | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Feddison Flanders | Men's BMX | 35.435 | 15 | 11 | 4 Q | 20 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shanayah Howell | Women's BMX | 39.233 | 6 | — | — | 9 | 3 | 38.630 | 5 |

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Hillard Cijntje | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Hillard Cijntje | Men's time trial | 50:39.76 | 18 |
| Lisa Groothuesheidkamp | Women's road race | 2:20:33 | 24 |
| Lisa Groothuesheidkamp | Women's time trial | 27:29.76 | 13 |

### Track

Hillard Cijntje, who qualified in road cycling, also contested the ominium event in track cycling.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Scratch | Scratch | Tempo | Tempo | Elimination | Elimination | Points race | Points race | Total points |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total points |
| Hillard Cijntje | Omnium | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 10 | -40 | did not finish | did not finish |

## Judo

Aruba qualified one female judoka.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sophia Petrocchi | 57 kg | García (MEX) L 00S1–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Karate

Aruba qualified one male karateka. Jolano Lindelauf originally qualified under the Curacao flag, but since the island is not a member of Panamsports, Lindelauf chose to compete for Aruba.

### Men

| 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 |
| Jolano Lindelauf | –67 kg | Rodriguez (MEX) L 0–7 | Figueira (BRA) L 0–8 | Ferreras (DOM) L 1–7 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing

Aruba qualified one male sailor in the rs:x event, after Mack Van Den Eerenbeemt won the 2018 South American Championships. Aruba later received a universality spot in the men's laser event. After the close of entries, Aruba was awarded an additional universality spot in the women's laser radial event. Therefore, in total Aruba qualified three sailors (two men and one woman).

### Key

* DNS= Did not start
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | 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 | 11 | 12 | M | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Mack van den Eerenbeemt | Men's RS:X | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 45 | |
| Tijn van der Gulik | Men's laser | 5 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | DNS | 20 | — | — | Did not qualify | 137 | 16 |
| Philipine van Aanholt | Women's laser radial | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | — | — | 12 | 89 | 9 |

## Shooting

Aruba qualified one female sport pistol shooter. However, as part of the qualification system, countries are able to switch quotas among events (within the same discipline). Therefore Aruba entered a male competitor.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Philip Elhage | 10 metre air pistol | 564 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Aruba qualified three swimmers (two men and one woman).

### Key

* Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
* NR – National record
* QA – Qualified for the A final
* QB – Qualified for the B final
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Patrick Groters | Men's 100 m backstroke | 56.20 NR | 9 QB | 55.82 NR | 10 |
| Patrick Groters | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:02.32 NR | 8 QA | 2:03.65 | 8 |
| Patrick Groters | Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:03.33 NR | =6 QA | 2:06.21 | 8 |
| Mikel Schreuders | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.06 | =14 QB | 22.89 | 11 |
| Mikel Schreuders | Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.08 NR | 3 QA | 49.21 | 6 |
| Mikel Schreuders | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:49.48 | 6 QA | 1:49.92 | 7 |
| Allyson Ponson | Women's 50 m freestyle | 25.90 | 9 QB | 26.19 | 11 |
| Allyson Ponson | Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.28 | 9 QB | 57.06 | 9 |

## Taekwondo

Aruba received one wildcard in the men's +80 kg event.

### 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 |
| Stuart Smit | +80 kg | Andrade (BRA) L 6–19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |