El Salvador at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Sporting event delegation
El Salvador at the
2023 Parapan American Games
IPC codeESA
NPCSalvadoran Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.org/el-salvador
in Santiago, Chile
17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors22 in 7 sports
Flag bearerHerbert Aceituno & Rebeca Duarte
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Parapan American Games appearances

El Salvador competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This is El Salvador's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Powerlifter Herbert Aceituno and boccia player Rebeca Duarte were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

Medalists

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Herbert Aceituno Powerlifting Men's 59 kg November 18
 Silver Rebeca Duarte Boccia Women's individual BC2 November 22

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
Boccia 1 1 2
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 3 2 5
Wheelchair basketball 0 7 7
Total 9 13 22

Archery

Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ever Lemus Individual compound open 578 12  Correa (COL)
L 115–144 		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 Final
Result Rank Result Rank
David Pleitez 100 m T37 — 12.72 5
200 m T37 — 25.87 6
400 m T37 — 1:00.75 4
Gerber Ayala 100 m T47 12.35 5 Did not advance
400 m T47 — 55.58 6
Women
Track events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sandra Flores 100 m T13 — DNS
400 m T13 — 1:11.54 4
Lucia Quijada 100 m T35 — 19.50 5
200 m T35 — 41.37 5
Norma Salinas 100 m T37 — 15.58 7
200 m T37 — 32.34 6

Boccia

Men
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mário Sayes Individual BC2  Santos (BRA)
L 0–16 		 Aquino (ARG)
W 8–0 		2 Q  Saraiva (BRA)
W 5–4 		 Allard (CAN)
L 1–7 		Bronze medal final
 Cristaldo (ARG)
L 2–5 		4
Women
Athlete Event Pool matches Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rebeca Duarte Individual BC2  Lynch (USA)
W 7–2 		 Leon (ECU)
W 7–2 		1 Q  Collins (CAN)
W 5–0 		 Martínez (MEX)
L 3–7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Men
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Herbert Aceituno –59 kg 192 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Josué Angel 50 m freestyle S7 36.24 10 Did not advance
50 m butterfly S6 38.72 8 Q 38.86 8
200 m individual medley SM6 3:25.86 10 Did not advance

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Javier Cordova Singles C8  Manara (BRA)
L 0–3 		 Barrientos (ARG)
L 1–3 		3 Did not advance
Melvin Muñoz Singles C10  Puerto (COL)
L 0–3 		 Sarfaraz (GUY)
W 3–0 		2 Q —  Echaveguren (CHI)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Josué Regalado  Massad (BRA)
L 0–3 		 Vasquez (USA)
L 1–3 		3 Did not advance
Javier Cordova
Melvin Muñoz 		Doubles C18 —  Neira / Pérez (ARG)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Josselyn Miranda Singles C4–5  Leonelli (CHI)
L 0–3 		 Rolph (USA)
L 0–3 		 Kuell (ARG)
L 0–3 		4 Did not advance
Ashley Rivera Singles C8  Kelmer (BRA)
L 0–3 		 Araya (CRC)
L 0–3 		— 3 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Javier Cordova
Ashley Rivera 		Doubles C14–17  Vargas / Mazuera (COL)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
El Salvador women Women's tournament  Colombia
L 25–68 		 Canada
L 17–69 		 Brazil
L 9–78 		4 5th–8th place classification
 Peru
L 19–48 		Seventh place match
 Chile
L 28–46 		8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.