Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

Paraguay is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Paraguay's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games except 1959 and 1963.

On 4 October 2023, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee officially named the team of 117 athletes (41 men and 76 women) competing in 22 sports.

Athlete Derlis Ayala and cyclist Agua Marina Espínola were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Athletics

Paraguay qualified eight athletes (six men and two women) for the games.

Men
Track & road events

Field events

Women
Track & road events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

Paraguay qualified one male athlete.

Men

Boxing

Paraguay qualified two boxers (one per gender).

Canoeing

Slalom
Paraguay qualified a total of two slalom athletes (one man and one woman).

Sprint
Paraguay qualified a female sprint canoist.

Cycling

Paraguay qualified two female cyclists.

BMX

Freestyle

Racing

Road
Paraguay qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

Track
Argentina qualified a team of 12 cyclists (8 men and 4 women).

Sprint

Keirin

Equestrian

Paraguay qualified two equestrians in Jumping.

Jumping

Fencing

Paraguay qualified one female fencer through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.

Individual

Football

Summary

Paraguay qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing fourth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Colombia.

Roster

Cristina Cabañas
Limpia Cáceres
Lorena Ortíz
Daisy Martínez
Hilda Izquierdo
María Segóvia
Celsa Barrientos
Deisy González
Rebeca Valiente
Jessica Villagra
Fany Caballero
Glória López
Dahiana Giménez
Camila Doerzbacher
Fanny Duarte
Ramona Martínez
María Auxiliadora Vecca
Camila Gómez

Golf

Paraguay qualified a team of four golfers (two men and two women).

Handball

Summary

Women's tournament

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games. 

Roster

Fátima Morel
María Cristina Espinoza
Delyne Morlas
Ana Giuliana Vera
María Paula Estigarribia
Camila Krussel
Fernanda Mora
Kamila Ledesma
Maggie Lara
Karina Rodríguez
Ada Lugo
Jazmín Peralta
Kiara Martínez
Fátima Insfrán

Group B

Karate

Paraguay qualified a team of two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2022 South American Games.

Kumite

Roller sports

Figure
Paraguay qualified a team of two athletes in figure skating (one man and one woman).

Speed
Paraguay qualified two male athletes in speed skating.

Rowing

Paraguay qualified 14 athletes (six men and eight women).

Rugby sevens

Women's tournament

Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games.

Roster

Ingrid Aquino
Cinthia Santander
María Villalba
Romina Ocampos
Sofia Flores
Liz Salinas
Araceli Franco
Lucero Martinez
Maira Cristaldo
Chiara Gaete
Kiara Gomez
Gladys López

Summary

Shooting

Paraguay qualified a total of two shooters.

Men
Pistol and rifle

Women
Shotgun

Swimming

Paraguay qualified eight athletes (four per gender).

Men
Benjamin Hockin
Matheo Mateos
Charles Daniel Hockin
Matias Chaparro

Women
Luana Méndez
Maria Villagra
Astrid Genes
Ayelet Coronel

Table tennis

Paraguay qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman) through the 2023 South American Championship and the Special Qualification Event.
 
Men

Women

Mixed

Tennis

Paraguay qualified a total of four tennis players (three men and one woman).

Men

Women

Volleyball

Beach

Paraguay qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.

Water skiing

Argentina qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship.

Argentina also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.

Wakeboard
Men

Weightlifting

Paraguay qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).

Wrestling

Paraguay qualified a male wrestler through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Men

See also
Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

Nations at the 2023 Pan American Games
2023
2023 in Paraguayan sport