El Salvador at the 2023 Parapan American Games

El Salvador at the
2023 Parapan American Games
El Salvador at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of El Salvador
IPC code	ESA
NPC	Salvadoran Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/el-salvador
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	22 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Herbert Aceituno & Rebeca Duarte
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Parapan American Games appearances
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Gerber Ayala	400 m T47	—		55.58	6

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sandra Flores	100 m T13	—		DNS
Sandra Flores	400 m T13	—		1:11.54	4
Lucia Quijada	100 m T35	—		19.50	5
Lucia Quijada	200 m T35	—		41.37	5
Norma Salinas	100 m T37	—		15.58	7
Norma Salinas	200 m T37	—		32.34	6

Boccia

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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	Silva (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
Athlete	Event	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

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Herbert Aceituno	–59 kg	192

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	Singles C10	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
El Salvador women's	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

References

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

[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.

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