Bolivia at the 2023 Pan American Games

Bolivia is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Bolivia's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games.

Bolivia at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeBOL
NOCBolivian Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors69 in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Conrrado Moscoso & Noelia Zeballos
Flag bearer (closing)Juan Terceros & Mayra Mancilla
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

On 8 October 2023, the Bolivian Olympic Committee officially named the team of 52 athletes competing in 18 sports.[1] On 10 October 2023, tennis player Juan Carlos Prado gave up his position in the Games in order to prioritize the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors.[2] The following day, the female football team was invited to participate after Venezuela's withdrawal, increasing the nation's total to 69 athletes in 19 sports.[3]

Racquetball athlete Conrrado Moscoso and tennis player Noelia Zeballos were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4] Meanwhile, golfer Marcos Moneta and race walker Mayra Mancilla were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 7 7
Badminton 0 1 1
Basque pelota 1 1 2
Cycling 2 2 4
Equestrian 2 0 2
Football 0 18 18
Golf 2 2 4
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Karate 0 1 1
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Racquetball 3 3 6
Shooting 2 2 4
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 0 2 2
Tennis 1 1 2
Triathlon 1 0 1
Volleyball 2 0 2
Weightlifting 1 2 3
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 22 47 69

Medallists

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

Athletics

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Bolivia qualified seven female athletes for the games.[5]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nery Cornejo 400 m 50.97 10 Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Guadalupe Torrez 100 m 12.17 21 Did not advance
Mayra Quispe 20 km walk No resultN 8
Valeria Quispe Fuentes
Leticia Soria
Guadalupe Tórrez
Lauren Mendoza
Alinny Delgadillo
4 × 100 m relay 45.85 9 Did not advance

N - The results for the women's 20 km race walk were declared void after the race distance was remeasured and found to be 3 km short.[6]

Field events

Athlete Event Result Rank
Valeria Quispe Fuentes Triple jump 12.40 8

Badminton

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Bolivia qualified one female athlete.[7][8]

Women
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Juanita Siviora Singles Bye   Wynter (JAM)
L 3–21, 8–21
Did not advance

Basque pelota

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Bolivia qualified two pelotari (one man and one woman) through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.[9]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Carlos Javier Pérez Men's individual fronton   Bolelli (CHI)
L 0–15, 0–15
  Pérez (MEX)
L 0–15, 0–15
  González (CUB)
L 0–15, 0–15
  Fernández (ARG)
L 0–15, 0–15
5 Did not advance
Julia Pérez Women's frontball   Leoncio (CUB)
L 12–11, 7–12, 6–7
  Blas (EAI)
W 12–3, 12–10
  Acosta (URU)
L 5–12, 7–12
3 Did not advance

Cycling

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Bolivia qualified a total of 4 cyclists (2 men and 2 women).[10]

Bolivia qualified four cyclists in BMX race through the UCI World Ranking of Nations.[11]

Racing
Athlete Event Ranking round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nicolás Arze Gómez Men 37.110 19 14 5 Did not advance
Sebastián Arze Gómez 37.340 20 15 5 Did not advance
María Peinado Pizarro Women 42.310 15 15 5 Did not advance
María Enriquez Anaya 43.870 16 18 6 Did not advance

Equestrian

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Bolivia qualified two equestrians in Jumping.[12]

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Round A Round B Total
Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank
Diego Bedoya Skara Glen's Para Bellum Individual 55.31 42 Did not advance
Reynaldo Cardozo Doria One Loar Mystic Rose 17.96 41 25 28 25 37 67.96 37 Did not advance

Football

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Women's tournament

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Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Bolivia women Men's tournament   United States
L 0–6
  Argentina
L 0–3
  Costa Rica
D 0–0
4   Jamaica
W 2–1
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Bolivia qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after reallocation following Venezuela's withdrawal.[13] Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Semi-finals
2   Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3   Costa Rica 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 Fifth place match
4   Bolivia 3 0 1 2 0 9 −9 1 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
United States  6–0  Bolivia
Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

Bolivia  0–3  Argentina
Report

Costa Rica  0–0  Bolivia
Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

Seventh place match

Jamaica  1–2  Bolivia
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Golf

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Bolivia qualified a team of four golfers (two men and two women).[14]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Juan Cristian Terceros Men's individual 69 73 72 74 288 E 21
Flavio Semeja 80 72 70 71 293 +5 25
Sofia Blanco Women's individual 75 79 74 81 309 +21 22
María José Savoca 83 81 78 80 322 +34 31

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Bolivia qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Oliver Sánchez Individual all-around 11.000 9.200 12.600 13.766 11.300 10.833 68.699 30

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
V UB BB F
Diana Seoane Individual all-around Did not start

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Trampoline

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Bolivia qualified one female gymnast in trampoline at the 2023 Pan American Championships.[15]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Maya Zaballa Women's 40.820 11 Did not advance

Karate

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Bolivia qualified 1 female karateka at the 2022 South American Games.[16]

Kumite
Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nazira Gonzales Women's –68 kg   Rodrigues (BRA)
L 0–0
  Bratic (CAN)
L 0–0
  Campos (MEX)
L 0–0
  Cuervo (VEN)
L 0–0
3 Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Bolivia qualified four modern pentathletes (two men and two women).[17][18]

Athlete Event Fencing ranking round
(Épée one touch)
Semifinal Final
Fencing Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Shooting / Running
(10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)
Total Fencing Swimming Riding
(Show jumping)
Shooting / Running Total
V – D Rank MP points BP Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points MP points Rank BP Time Rank MP points Time Faults Rank MP points Time Rank MP points MP points Rank
Francesco Chumacero Men's individual 8–22 27 172 2 2:23.51 15 263 11:55 15 585 1022 30 Did not advance
Jeiny Cerda Women's individual 5–27 51 192 0 2:40.63 23 229 15:46 31 354 731 31 Did not advance
Fátima Casas 18–14 13 148 0 2:32.94 15 247 14:19 27 441 819 30 Did not advance

Racquetball

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Bolivia qualified six racquetball athletes (three men and three women).[19]

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Conrrado Moscoso Singles Bye   Moyet (CUB)
W 3–0
(11–4, 11–0, 11–6)
  Acuña (CRC)
W 3–0
(11–1, 11–6, 15–13)
  Portillo (MEX)
W 3–0
(11–3, 14–12, 12–10)
  Carlos Keller (BOL)
W 3–0
(11–3, 14–12, 12–10)
 
Carlos Keller Bye   Galicia (EAI)
W 3–0
(11–9, 11–5, 11–8)
  Murray (CAN)
W 1–3
(11–9, 11–13, 14–12, 11–6)
  Montoya (MEX)
W 3–2
(6–11, 11–6, 11–13, 11–9, 11–8)
  Conrrado Moscoso (BOL)
L 3–0
(11–3, 14–12, 12–10)
 
Kadim Carrasco
Conrrado Moscoso
Doubles Bye   Galicia /
Salvatierra (EAI)
L 1–3
(10–12, 11–8, 6–11, 5–11)
Did not advance
Kadim Carrasco
Carlos Keller
Conrrado Moscoso
Team Bye   Argentina
W 2–0 (3–1, 3–0)
  United States
W 2–1 (3–0, 2–3, 3–2)
  Canada
W 2–0
(3–2, 3–0)
 

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Angélica Barrios Singles Bye   Key (USA)
W 3–0
(11–7, 11–3, 11–6)
  Mejia (MEX)
L 1–3
(8–11, 11–8, 2–11, 13–11)
Did not advance
Yasmine Sabja Aliss Bye   Manilla (USA)
L 1–3
(11–8, 9–11, 4–11, 6–11)
Did not advance
Angélica Barrios
Jenny Daza
Doubles Bye   M. J. Muñoz /
Sotomayor (ECU)
W 3–2
(12–10, 6–11, 11–5, 8–11, 11–7)
  Martinez /
Rodriguez (ECU)
L 1–3
(13–11, 9–11, 10–12, 10–12)
Did not advance  
Angélica Barrios
Jenny Daza
Yasmine Sabja Aliss
Team Bye   United States
L 0–3 (2–3, 0–3)
Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Angélica Barrios /
Conrrado Moscoso
Doubles Bye   Murray
Lambert (CAN)
W 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–4)
  D. Garcia
Vargas (ARG)
L 2–3 (11–9, 8–11, 8–11, 12–10, 9–11)
Did not advance  

Shooting

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Bolivia qualified a total of four shooters.[20][21][22]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rudolf Knijnenburg 10 m air pistol 563 16 Did not advance
César Menacho Trap 97 25 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Selenia Ledezma 10 m air rifle 609.7 20 Did not advance
Madeleine Velasco Trap 78 17 Did not advance

Swimming

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Bolivia qualified two swimmers through the Universality criteria.

Key
  • Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
  • NR – National record
  • QA – Qualified for Final A
  • QB – Qualified for Final B
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Esteban Pizarro Men's 100 m butterfly 55.10 17 q 54.71 15
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:07.39 16 q 2:06.21 14
María José Pinto Women's 50 m freestyle 26.89 23 Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Bolivia qualified two female athletes during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.[23][24]

Kyorugi

Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
María Jireh Hurtado –49 kg   Orozco (CAN)
W 2–0
  Grippoli (URU)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Maria Celeste Añez –57 kg   Lindo Alvarez (CRC)
W 2–1
  Carstens (PAN)
L 0–2
Did not advance

Tennis

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Bolivia qualified two tennis players (one man and one woman).

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Federico Zeballos Men's singles Bye   Bagnis (ARG)
L 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6
Did not advance
Noelia Zeballos Women's singles Bye   Pérez (COL)
W 6–0, 7–5, 7–6
  Meligeni Alves (BRA)
L 4–6, 2–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

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Bolivia qualified a male triathlete.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Rodrigo Leaño Men's individual 21:21 0:56 Did not finish

Volleyball

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Beach

Bolivia qualified a men's pair for a total of two athletes.

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luis Calvo
Ruddy Salvatierra
Men's   Webber /
Smith (USA)
L 0–2 (15–21, 15–21)
  Hannibal /
Llambias (URU)
L 0–2 (16–21, 21–23)
  Betancourt /
Leonardo (EAI)
W 2–0 (21–15, 21–14)
3 q   León /
Tenorio (ECU)
L 0–2 (21–23, 10–21)
9th-10th
semifinals

  Murray /
Noriega (COL)
L 1–2 (21–19, 15–21, 10–15)
11th place
match

  Massare /
Melgarejo (PAR)
L 0–2 (14–21, 20–22)
Did not advance 12

Weightlifting

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Bolivia qualified three weightlifters (one man and two women).[25]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Eduardo Noriega +102 kg 140 9 160 9 300 9
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Yessica Torrez 49 kg 63 8 90 =5 153 8
Natalia Rivero 71 kg 72 15 93 15 165 15

Wrestling

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Bolivia qualified one wrestler.

Key:

  • VT – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • VA – Decision by withdrawal
Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marvin Chávez Claros Freestyle 65 kg   Destribats (ARG)
L 0–11
Did not advance

Demonstration Sports

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E-sports

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Uruguay qualified one athlete.

Men

See also

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References

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