Paraguay at the 2015 Pan American Games

Paraguay at the
2015 Pan American Games
Paraguay at the; 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website	www.cop.org.py
in Toronto, Canada; 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	49 in 14 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Benjamin Hockin
Flag bearer (closing)	Anna Camila Pirelli
Medals; Ranked =20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1955; 1959–1963; 1967; 1971; 1975; 1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Paraguay competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

Swimmer Benjamin Hockin was the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors edit

The following table lists Paraguay's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	2	3
Canoeing	0	1	1
Football	18	0	18
Golf	1	2	3
Roller sports	1	0	1
Rowing	3	2	5
Shooting	1	0	1
Squash	1	0	1
Swimming	5	1	6
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	1	3	4
Triathlon	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	36	13	49

Medalists edit

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Marcelo Aguirre Axel Gavilán Alejandro Toranzos	Table tennis	Men's team	July 21
Bronze	Diego Galeano Verónica Cepede Royg	Tennis	Mixed doubles	July 16
Bronze	Julieta Granada	Golf	Women's individual	July 19

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Golf	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Medals by day
Day				Total
July 16	0	0	1	1
July 19	0	0	1	1
July 21	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Athletics edit

Paraguay qualified three athletes (one man and two women).

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Víctor Fatecha	Javelin throw	73.81	10

Women
Road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Carmen Martinez	Marathon	DNF

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anna Camila Pirelli	Result	13.72	1.56	13.32	25.48	5.54	47.38	2:18.59	5663 SB	9
Anna Camila Pirelli	Points	1082	689	749	843	712	809	843	5663 SB	9

Key

SB = Seasonal best
DNF = Did not finish

Canoeing edit

Slalom edit

Paraguay qualified the following boats:^[3]

Athlete(s)	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Fernández	Women's C-1	153.92	4	194.49	4	206.49	4	189.03	5	Did not advance
Ana Fernández	Women's K-1	188.20	7	DNS		394.20	7	270.98	7	DNF

Football edit

Men's tournament edit

Paraguay qualified a men's team of 18 athletes.^[4]

Roster

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ignacio Don	(1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 33)	Nacional
2	2DF	Miller Mareco	(1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 21)	San Lorenzo
3	2DF	Luis Gimenez	(1998-08-01)1 August 1998 (aged 16)	Olimpia
4	2DF	Gustavo Villamayor	(1993-03-29)29 March 1993 (aged 22)	Unattached
5	2DF	Ivan Cañete	(1995-04-22)22 April 1995 (aged 20)	Atletico Madrid
6	3MF	Ivan Ramirez	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 20)	Unattached
7	3MF	Alan Benítez	(1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (aged 21)	Unattached
8	3MF	Angel Cardozo	(1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 20)	Unattached
9	4FW	Walter González	(1995-05-21)21 May 1995 (aged 20)	Olimpia
10	4FW	Miguel Almirón	(1994-02-10)10 February 1994 (aged 21)	Cerro Porteño
11	3MF	Derlis Alegre	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 21)	Sportivo Luqueno
12	1GK	Gabriel Perrota	(1998-12-26)26 December 1998 (aged 16)	Nacional
13	2DF	Juan Escobar	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 20)	Sportivo Luqueno
14	3MF	Cristhian Paredes	(1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 17)	Sol de America
15	3MF	Arturo Aranda	(1998-04-20)20 April 1998 (aged 17)	Libertad
16	4FW	Sebastián Ferreira	(1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 17)	Olimpia
17	3MF	Walter Clar	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 20)	Rubio Ñu
18	4FW	Cristian Colman	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 21)	Nacional

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Medal round
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6	Medal round
3	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: Toronto 2015

July 13, 2015

20:35

Paraguay	1–1	Mexico
Cardozo 71'	Report	Zúñiga 15'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

July 17, 2015

20:35

Paraguay	5–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira 63', 71' Ramírez 65' Alegre 76' Aranda 79'	Report	Garcia 53'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

July 21, 2015

20:35

Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay
Gorriarán 52'	Report

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Golf edit

Paraguay qualified a team of three golfers (one man and two women).^[5]

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Gustavo Silvero	Men's individual	80	83	79	74	316 (+28)	=31
Milagros Chaves	Women's individual	83	73	73	73	302 (+14)	10
Julieta Granada	Women's individual	68	71	72	72	283 (–5)
Gustavo Silvero Milagros Chaves Julieta Granada	Mixed team	148	154	151	146	599 (+23)	=10

Roller sports edit

Paraguay qualified one male athlete.^[6]

Figure edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Short program		Free program		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Víctor López	Free skating	120.20	5 Q	115.40	5	466.40	5

Rowing edit

Paraguay qualified a total of five rowers and four boats (three male and two female).

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arturo Rivarola	Men's single sculls (M1x)	7.46.35	6 R	8.02.01	5 FB	8:09.37	7
Franco Chiola Daniel Sosa	Men's double sculls (M2x)	7:06.97	6 R	7:19.25	4 FB	7:01.43	10
Alejandra Alonso	Women's single sculls (W1x)	8:02.95	4 R	8:42.41	2 FA	7:57.05	6
Gabriela Mosqueira	Women's lightweight single sculls (LW1x)	8:20.42	4 R	8:50.50	3 FB	9:57.20	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting edit

Paraguay qualified one shooter.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paulo Reichardt	Trap	95	24	Did not advance
Paulo Reichardt	Double trap	108	13	Did not advance

Squash edit

Paraguay received a men's wildcard slot.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nicolas Caballero	Men's singles	Khalil (GUY) W (11–2, 11–5, 11–4)	Salazar (MEX) L (6–11, 4–11, 7–11)	Did not advance

Swimming edit

Paraguay qualified six swimmers (five men and one woman).

Key

Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
FA = Qualified for the A Final
FB = Qualified for the B Final
NR = National record

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maximiliano Abreu	200 m butterfly	2:05.61	15 FB	2:06.91	15
Benjamin Hockin	100 m freestyle	50.14	12 FB	49.88	10
	200 m freestyle	1:49.59	8 FA	1:50.03	8
	100 m butterfly	53.63	11 FB	53.45	9
Charles Hockin	50 m freestyle	23.57	15 FB	23.76	16
	100 m backstroke	56.56	10 FB	57.25	11
	200 m backstroke	2:10.94	21	Did not advance
Matías López	200 m backstroke	2:01.05	6 FA	2:00.91 NR	7
	200 m individual medley	2:05.09 NR	12 FB	2:04.94 NR	13
	400 m individual medley	4:30.27 NR	14 FB	4:27.47 NR	14
Renato Prono	100 m breaststroke	1:03.75	13 FB	1:04.57	15
Renato Prono	200 m breaststroke	2:27.13	21	Did not advance
Maximiliano Abreu Benjamin Hockin Charles Hockin Matías López	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:36.52	6 FA	3:27.60	6
Maximiliano Abreu Benjamin Hockin Charles Hockin Matías López Renato Prono	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:47.72	8 FA	3:45.37	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Riveros	50 m freestyle	27.17	20	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.94	23	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:10.32	19	Did not advance

Table tennis edit

Paraguay qualified a men's team of three athletes. The men's table tennis team won a silver medal, the first ever for the country in table tennis at the Pan American Games. The silver also equaled the best result by any athlete/team from the country at the games.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre	Singles	Blas (PER) W 4–2	Gonzalez (PUR) W 4–0	Villa (MEX) W 4–1	1 Q	Bye	Tabachnik (ARG) L 2–4	Did not advance			=9
Axel Gavilan		Tabachnik (ARG) L 1–4	Diaz (VEN) L 3–4	Afanador (PUR) L 1–4	4	Did not advance
Alejandro Toranzos		Mino (ECU) L 0–4	Gatica (GUA) W 4–0	Campos (CUB) L 2–4	3	Did not advance
Marcelo Aguirre Axel Gavilan Alejandro Toranzos	Team	Cuba W 3–1	Chile L 2–3	—	1 Q	—		Mexico W 3–0	Puerto Rico W 3–0	Brazil L 0–3

Taekwondo edit

Paraguay received a wildcard to enter one male athlete.^[9] Matias Fernandez was disqualified prior to the event, and did not compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matias Fernandez	58 kg	Carlos Navarro (MEX) L DSQ	Did not advance		Harold Avella (COL) L DSQ	Did not advance

Tennis edit

Paraguay qualified four tennis players (one male and three female).^[10]

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Galeano	Men's singles	Hernández (CUB) W 6–3, 6–1	Arévalo (ESA) W 7–5, 6–3	Lapentti (ECU) W 6–3, 6–2	Andreozzi (ARG) L 6–2, 1–6, 6–7 ^6–8	Did not advance		=5
Camila Giangreco Campiz	Women's singles	—	Gámiz (VEN) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance				=17
Montserrat González		—	Herazo (COL) W 6–3, 6–7, ^5–7 6–3	Zhao (CAN) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance			=9
Verónica Cepede Royg		—	Ormaechea (ARG) W 7–6, ^9–7 6–4	Gonçalves (BRA) W 6–4, 6–1	Davis (USA) L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance		=5
Camila Giangreco Campiz Montserrat González	Women's doubles	—	—		Dabrowski / Zhao (CAN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance		=5
Diego Galeano Verónica Cepede Royg	Mixed doubles	—	—	Subervi / Segarelli (DOM) W 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]	Austin / Vickery (USA) W 6–0, 6–3	Andreozzi / Irigoyen (ARG) L 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]	Struvay / Duque (COL) W 6–3, 7–5

Triathlon edit

Paraguay received a wildcard to enter one female triathlete.^[11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Nicole Wood	Individual	25:16	0:54	LAP

Wrestling edit

Paraguay received one wildcard in women's freestyle. However, later Stephanie Bragayrac was disqualified from the games for doping. Bragayrac did not compete in the event, and her opponent in the first round won by default.^[12]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stephanie Bragayrac	63 kg	Dennisse Antes (ECU) L DQ	Did not advance

References edit

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^ "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.huffingtonpost.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ "Boats Qualified after the Pan American Olympic Festival" (PDF). copaconline.com. Pan American Canoe Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ Milton, Steve (9 February 2015). "Brazil, Uruguay bound for Hamilton's Pan Am soccer stage". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Canada. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Counting down to the TO2015 Pan Am Games". www.golfcanada.ca/. Golf Canada. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Roller Skating Pan American Championships". Pan American Confederation of Roller sports. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ "Pan Am Quotas 2015 Preliminary by Countries" (PDF). www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas (CAT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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^ Pavitt, Michael (20 July 2015). "Wrestling medallist among five more doping cases to emerge at Toronto 2015". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[1] "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[2] "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.huffingtonpost.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[3] "Boats Qualified after the Pan American Olympic Festival" (PDF). copaconline.com. Pan American Canoe Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[4] Milton, Steve (9 February 2015). "Brazil, Uruguay bound for Hamilton's Pan Am soccer stage". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Canada. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[5] "Counting down to the TO2015 Pan Am Games". www.golfcanada.ca/. Golf Canada. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[6] "Roller Skating Pan American Championships". Pan American Confederation of Roller sports. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

[7] "Pan Am Quotas 2015 Preliminary by Countries" (PDF). www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas (CAT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[8] "Brazil & the USA are the 2015 Pan American Champions" (Press release). Singapore: International Table Tennis Federation. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[9] "PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico". scribd.com. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[10] "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[11] "2015 Pan American Sports Games Triathlon Event Country List". www.scribd.com/. Confederación Americana de Triathlon (CAMTRI). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[12] Pavitt, Michael (20 July 2015). "Wrestling medallist among five more doping cases to emerge at Toronto 2015". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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Paraguay at the 2015 Pan American Games

Contents

Competitors edit

Medalists edit

Athletics edit

Canoeing edit

Slalom edit

Football edit

Men's tournament edit

Golf edit

Roller sports edit

Figure edit

Rowing edit

Shooting edit

Squash edit

Swimming edit

Table tennis edit

Taekwondo edit

Tennis edit

Triathlon edit

Wrestling edit

See also edit

References edit