Venezuela at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Venezuela at the
2023 Parapan American Games
Venezuela at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of Venezuela
IPC code	VEN
NPC	Venezuelan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/venezuela
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	97 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Marcos Blanco; Naibys Daniela Morillo
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 6 Silver 12 Bronze 16 Total 34
Parapan American Games appearances
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019;

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

Paralympic judoka Marcos Blanco and parathlete Naibys Daniela Morillo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Clara Fuentes Monasterio	Powerlifting	Women's 45 kg	November 19
Gold	Edwars Varela	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37	November 21
Gold	Yomaira Cohen	Athletics	Women's shot put F35/F36/F37	November 21
Gold	Lisbeli Vera Andrade	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T47	November 22
Gold	Enderson Santos	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T11	November 25
Gold	Naibys Daniela Morillo	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F46	November 25
Silver	Denisos Martinez	Table tennis	Men's singles C11	November 18
Silver	Heriberto Prieto	Athletics	Men's shot put F40/F41	November 21
Silver	Alejandra Pérez	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T12	November 21
Silver	Paola del Valle Garcia	Athletics	Women's long jump T47	November 21
Silver	Belkys Mota	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB12	November 21
Silver	Jackson Blanco	Athletics	Men's shot put F55	November 22
Silver	Leonela Vera	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T20	November 22
Silver	Enderson Santos	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T11	November 23
Silver	Carlos Camargo	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41	November 23
Silver	Reinaldo Naranjo	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F55	November 23
Silver	Alejandra Pérez	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T12	November 23
Silver	Wilmer Zambrano	Athletics	Men's shot put F11	November 25
Bronze	Roberto Quijada	Table tennis	Men's singles C3	November 18
Bronze	Carlos Alberto Betancourt	Powerlifting	Men's 65 kg	November 20
Bronze	Oswald Yzarra	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14	November 20
Bronze	Sol Rojas	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T11	November 21
Bronze	Ronny Valdes	Athletics	Men's shot put F20	November 22
Bronze	Wilmer Zambrano	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11	November 22
Bronze	Irene Suárez	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres T11	November 22
Bronze	Rosibel Colmenarez	Athletics	Women's long jump T11/T12	November 22
Bronze	Belkys Mota	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle S12	November 22
Bronze	Linda Pérez	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T11	November 23
Bronze	Greilyz Villarroel	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T13	November 23
Bronze	Yosmer Rojas	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T13	November 24
Bronze	Luis Felipe Rodríguez	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T20	November 24
Bronze	Valéria Morales	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	November 24
Bronze	Franklin Bracho	Athletics	Men's shot put F11	November 25
Bronze	Romy Rodriguez	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F64	November 25

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Athletics	5	10	11	26
Powerlifting	1	0	1	2
Swimming	0	1	2	3
Table tennis	0	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	6	12	16	34

Medals by day
Day				Total
18 November	0	1	1	2
19 November	1	0	0	1
20 November	0	0	2	2
21 November	2	4	1	7
22 November	1	2	5	8
23 November	0	4	2	6
24 November	0	0	3	3
25 November	2	1	2	5
26 November	0	0	0	0
Total	6	12	16	34

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	7	9	18
Female	4	5	7	16
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	6	12	16	34

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	18	14	32
Badminton	1	0	1
Boccia	1	0	1
Cycling	3	0	3
Football 7-a-side	14	—	14
Goalball	6	0	6
Judo	2	1	3
Powerlifting	4	2	6
Swimming	6	3	9
Table tennis	3	1	4
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Wheelchair basketball	12	0	12
Wheelchair tennis	2	0	2
Total	75	22	97

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
Edixon Parada	Individual compound open	628	9	Paolorossi (ARG) W 138–129	Polish (USA) L 134–148	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
Enderson Santos	100 m T11	11.61	2 q	11.40
Yosmer Rojas	100 m T13	—		11.52	4
Daniel Rivero	100 m T35	13.80	5	Did not advance
Juan Ramón Valladares	100 m T54	15.21	5 q	15.39	7
Daniel Rivero	200 m T35	27.87	4 q	28.24	8
Enderson Santos	400 m T11	54.83	2 q	53.28
Yosmer Rojas	400 m T13	—		50.85
Luis Arturo Paiva	400 m T20	49.87	3 Q	50.11	7
Luis Felipe Rodríguez	400 m T20	49.14	2 Q	47.40
Juan Ramón Valladares	400 m T54	51.32	4 q	50.64	7
Juan Ramón Valladares	800 m T53/T54	1:46.23	5	Did not advance
Luis Arturo Paiva	1500 m T20	—		4:14.93	4
Luis José Loreto	1500 m T46	—		4:23.01	6
Juan Ramón Valladares	5000 m T54	—		12:58.82	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Rafael Augusto Uribe	High jump T42–T47/T63–T64	1.87	2
Yosmer Rojas	Long jump T13	5.29	5
Franklin Bracho	Shot put F11	11.37
Wilmer Zambrano	Shot put F11	11.49
Ronny Valdes	Shot put F20	13.43
Carlos Camargo	Shot put F40/F41	8.18	4
Heriberto Prieto	Shot put F40/F41	7.73
Jackson Blanco	Shot put F55	10.78
Reinaldo Naranjo	Shot put F55	8.57	7
Franklin Bracho	Discus throw F11	31.69	4
Wilmer Zambrano	Discus throw F11	32.41
Edwars Varela	Discus throw F37	52.68
Edwars Varela	Javelin throw F37/F38	32.24	5
Carlos Camargo	Javelin throw F41	30.21
Heriberto Prieto	Javelin throw F41	21.43	4
Reinaldo Naranjo	Javelin throw F55	26.46
Romy Rodriguez	Javelin throw F64	54.06
Henry José Veliz	Javelin throw F64	51.02	5

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Linda Pérez	100 m T11	12.39	3 q	12.44
Sol Rojas	100 m T11	12.35	1 Q	12.51	4
Alejandra Pérez	100 m T12	12.38	1 Q	12.58
Greilyz Villarroel	100 m T13	—		13.15
Jhulianny Mujica	100 m T35	—		18.38	4
Barbara Milagros Avila	100 m T36	—		16.02	6
Yescarly Medina	100 m T37	—		14.49	4
Paola del Valle Garcia	100 m T47	13.03	3 Q	12.99	6
Linda Pérez	200 m T11	26.46	3	Did not advance
Sol Rojas	200 m T11	26.25	2 q	26.27
Alejandra Pérez	200 m T12	25.56	1 Q	25.63
Jhulianny Mujica	200 m T35	—		38.26	4
Barbara Milagros Avila	200 m T36	—		32.71	4
Yescarly Medina	200 m T37	—		30.79	4
Lisbeli Vera Andrade	200 m T47	24.84	1 Q	24.88
Sol Rojas	400 m T11	1:00.41	2 q	DSQ
Alejandra Pérez	400 m T12	DNS		—
Greilyz Villarroel	400 m T13	—		DNS
Leonela Vera	400 m T20	—		57.36
Lisbeli Vera Andrade	400 m T47	1:00.20	2 Q	DSQ
Irene Suárez	1500 m T11	—		5:35.93

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Rosibel Colmenarez	Long jump T11/T12	4.06
Paola del Valle Garcia	Long jump T47	5.53
Yomaira Cohen	Shot put F35/F36/F37	10.39
Yomaira Cohen	Discus throw F38	24.57	5
Naibys Daniela Morillo	Javelin throw F46	39.15

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anthony Alejandro Camacaro	Singles SL4	Quinchanegua (COL) W 21–6, 21–4	Oliveira (BRA) L 8–21, 4–21	2	Did not advance

Boccia

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Págua	Individual BC1	Chagas (BRA) L 0–9	Hayward (BER) L 3–5	Calderón (CHI) W 3–2	3	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Cirio Molina	Time trial C1–5	30:44.68	16
Cirio Molina	Road race C1–3	1:29:51	11
Marcel Milano	Time trial C1–5	32:44.68	23
Marcel Milano	Road race C4–5	1:52:11	6
Richard Espinoza	Time trial H1–5	34:52.05	7
Richard Espinoza	Road race H3–5	1:50:46	5

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Cirio Molina	Pursuit C1–3	4:12.044	8	Did not advance
Marcel Milano	Pursuit C4–5	5:02.176	6	Did not advance
Cirio Molina	Time trial C1–5	—		1:15.924	15
Marcel Milano	Time trial C1–5	—		1:10.051	7

Football 7-a-side

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Venezuela men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 2–1	Chile W 4–2	Argentina L 0–4	United States L 0–1	Brazil L 0–5	4 FB	Bronze medal match United States L 0–3	4

Goalball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Venezuela men's	Men's tournament	Canada L 1–11	United States L 5–15	Argentina L 2–11	4 Q	Brazil L 0–10	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcos Blanco	−60 kg	Bye	González (CUB) L 00–10	Did not advance	Herrera (CHI) L 00S2–01S1	Did not advance
Hector Espinoza	−90 kg	—	Azevedo (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance	—	Zamora (CUB) W 10–00	Bronze medal final Ties (USA) L 00–10	=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danitza Sanabria	+70 kg	Emmerich (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance	Garcia (USA) W 11–00S2	Bronze medal final Souza (BRA) L 00–10	=5

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Andrés Bernardo Díaz	–49 kg	NM
Jhonatan Montero	–49 kg	142	4
Carlos Alberto Betancourt	–65 kg	168
José Pérez González	–107 kg & +107 kg	122.5	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Clara Fuentes Monasterio	–45 kg	110
Wiunawis Nairobys Hernandez	–50 kg & –55 kg	NM

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Alberto Betancourt Jhonatan Montero Clara Fuentes Monasterio	Team	329.1	3	Did not advance
Andrés Bernardo Díaz José Pérez González Wiunawis Nairobys Hernandez	Team	102.1	6	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Montilla	50 m freestyle S3	—		1:15.87	6
José Montilla	50 m breaststroke SB2	—		1:42.27	5
Antonio Henriquez	50 m freestyle S5	51.16	10	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke S4	—		57.63	6
	50 m butterfly S5	—		49.50	6
Uriel Machado	100 m backstroke S14	1:11.17	8 Q	1:11.07	8
Ericsson Bermudez	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:28.87	6 Q	1:29.96	6
Salomon Mejias	100 m breaststroke SB11	—		1:29.22	6
Oswald Yzarra	100 m breaststroke SB14	—		1:15.23

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Belkis Mota	100 m freestyle S12	—		1:08.00
Belkis Mota	100 m breaststroke SB12	—		1:29.80
Viviana Moraes	200 m freestyle S14	2:41.89	8 Q	2:43.44	8
	100 m backstroke S14	1:24.78	8 Q	1:23.74	8
	100 m breaststroke SB14	—		1:26.76	5
	100 m butterfly S14	1:29.08	9	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM14	3:03.52	9	Did not advance
Genesis Leal	400 m freestyle S9	5:27.29	4 Q	5:18.23	4
Genesis Leal	100 m butterfly S9	—		1:26.28	5

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Quijada	Singles C3	Avendaño (GUA) W 3–0	Copola (ARG) W 3–2	Valencia (COL) W 3–1	1 Q	—	Bye	Silva (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Noel Sandoval	Singles C4	Gonzalez (CHI) L 0–3	Pickett (USA) L 1–3	—	3	Did not advance
Denisos Martinez	Singles C11	Rosas (CHI) W 3–2	Sacco (USA) W 3–0	—	1 Q	—		Suquillo (ECU) W 3–0	Simões (BRA) L 0–3
Roberto Quijada Noel Sandoval	Doubles C8	—				Bienati / Depergola (ARG) W WDR	Arabian / Silva (BRA) L 0–3	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
Evelyn García	Singles C1–3	Sigala (MEX) L 0–3	Padilla (CRC) W 3–0	Severo (BRA) 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
Roberto Quijada Evelyn García	Doubles C4–7	Flores / Ortiz (CHI) W 3–1	Van Emburgh / Fontaine (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claudio Andrade	−58 kg	Espinoza (ECU) W 36–5	Marques (BRA) L 21–39	Did not advance	Nascimento (BRA) L 26–31	Did not advance
Orlando Figueroa	−63 kg	—	Torquato (BRA) L 2–33	Did not advance	Liborio (MEX) L 8–36	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valéria Morales	−57 kg	Matias (BRA) W 34–3	Fernandes (BRA) L 5–23	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Venezuela men's	Men's tournament	Argentina L 44–72	Canada L 42–82	Chile W 67–44	3 Q	Colombia L 22–70	Did not advance	Fifth place match Brazil L 38–79	6

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Orlando Bello	Singles	Varela (URU) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Miguel Godoy	Singles	Oquendo (COL) L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Orlando Bello Miguel Godoy	Doubles	—	Bye	Carneiro / Rodrigues (BRA) L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance

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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