United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games

United States at the
2023 Parapan American Games
United States at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of the United States
IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Paralympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile; November 17, 2023 – November 26, 2023
Competitors	240 (148 men and 92 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ben Goodrich & Dana Mathewson
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 55 Silver 58 Bronze 53 Total 166
Parapan American Games appearances (overview)
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

The United States is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from November 17 to 26, 2023. The United States will be represented by 240 competitors in 16 sports at the 2023 games.^[1]

Paralympic judoka Ben Goodrich and wheelchair tennis player Dana Mathewson were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists edit

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

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Athletics	16	22	16	54
Swimming	11	22	19	52
Cycling	9	7	4	20
Archery	4	2	2	8
Shooting	3	1	3	7
Table tennis	3	0	4	7
Badminton	2	1	0	3
Wheelchair tennis	2	0	1	3
Wheelchair basketball	2	0	0	2
Powerlifting	1	0	0	1
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Wheelchair rugby	1	0	0	1
Goalball	0	2	0	2
Judo	0	1	3	4
Football 7-a-side	0	0	1	1
Total	55	58	53	166

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	22	23	26	71
Female	26	31	22	79
Mixed	7	4	5	16
Total	55	58	53	166

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	4	5	9
Athletics	35	25	60
Badminton	2	2	4
Boccia	1	2	3
Cycling	8	7	15
Goalball	6	6	12
Judo	5	3	8
Powerlifting	6	1	7
Shooting	8	2	10
Football 7-a-side	14	—	14
Swimming	16	20	36
Table tennis	11	2	13
Taekwondo	4	0	4
Wheelchair basketball	12	12	24
Wheelchair rugby	11	1	12
Wheelchair tennis	4	2	6
Total	148	92	240

Archery edit

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
Lucas Herro	Individual W1	570	4	—		Tabansky (USA) L 123–132	Bronze medal final Saiz (CHI) L 111–115	4
Jason Tabansky	Individual W1	640	1	—		Herro (USA) W 132–123	Franco (BRA) L 123–135
Kevin Polish	Individual compound open	699	1	Bye	Parada (VEN) W 148–134	Sardina (MEX) W 145–143	Quesada (CRC) W 145–142
Eric Bennett	Individual recurve open	628	2	Bye	Aguirre (CHI) W 6–2	Ramirez (COL) W 6–0	Molina (MEX) L 2–6

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tracy Otto	Individual W1	556	1	—		Bye	López (CHI) W 101–83
Wendy Gardner	Individual compound open	638	5	Bye	Gonzabay (ECU) W 138–137	Zúñiga (CHI) L 137–141	Bronze medal final Peñaranda (COL) W 140–139
Teresa Wallace	Individual compound open	620	8	Martinez (PER) W 131–117	Zúñiga (CHI) L 127–141	Did not advance
Allison Brown	Individual recurve open	444	5	—	Caesar (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Candice Caesar	Individual recurve open	454	4	—	Brown (USA) W 6–0	Daza (COL) L 2–6	Bronze medal final Rocha (MEX) W 6–4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kevin Polish Wendy Gardner	Team compound open	1337	1	Bye	Brazil W 151–144	Ecuador W 148–143
Candice Caesar Eric Bennett	Team recurve open	1082	3	Argentina W 6–0	Mexico W 5–1	Colombia W 6–2

Athletics edit

Badminton edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Alcaraz	Singles SL4	De La Cruz (DOM) L 23–21, 14–21, 13–21	Johann (BRA) L 10–21, 12–21	—	3	Did not advance
Miles Krajewski	Singles SH6	Lightfoot (CAN) W 21–6, 21–10	Coloma (CHI) W 21–5, 21–6	Mattos (ARG) W 21–8, 21–2	1 Q	Bye	Quispe (PER) W 21–6, 21–19	Tavares (BRA) W 21–19, 21–15

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amy Laura Burnett	Singles WH1	Souza (BRA) L 9–21, 5–21	Clarke (BAR) W 21–7, 21–3	—	2 Q	Souza (BRA) L 3–21, 5–21	Bronze medal final Chokyu (CAN) L 5–21, 5–21	4
Jayci Simon	Singles SH6	Loyola (ARG) W 21–10, 21–8	Fernandez (PER) W 23–21, 21–16	Reis (BRA) W 21–3, 21–4	1 Q	Fernandez (PER) W 21–10, 21–14	Póveda (PER) L 10–21, 11–21

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miles Krajewski Jayci Simon	Doubles SH6	Kendrick / Cloëtta (CAN) W 21–5, 21–7	Mattos / Loyola (ARG) W 21–4, 21–4	Quispe / Póveda (PER) W 21–18, 21–12	Salva / Fernandez (PER) W 21–10, 21–2

Boccia edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nick Taylor	Individual BC4	Arellano (CHI) W 8–2	Chica Chica (COL) L 3–8	2 Q	Ciobanu (CAN) L 2–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michele Lynch	Individual BC2	Duarte (ESA) L 2–7	Leon (ECU) L 2–4	—	3	Did not advance
Natalie Chastain	Individual BC3	Guérette (CAN) L 2–6	Oliveira (BRA) L 0–14	Pancca (PER) L 1–9	4	Did not advance

Cycling edit

Road edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Joseph Berenyi	Time trial C1–5	29:19.37	9
Alfredo de los Santos	Time trial H1–5	33:32.59	6
Brandon Lyons		31:38.33
Eric Ryan Pinney		31:19.05
Alfredo de los Santos	Road race H3–5	1:42:53
Brandon Lyons		1:42:54
Eric Ryan Pinney		1:42:53

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hannah Chadwick-Dias	Time trial B	DNS
Samantha Bosco	Time trial C1–5	15:08.01
Elizabeth Neag		16:21.86	6
Jamie Whitmore		15:29.13
Katerina Brim	Time trial H1–5	15:14.83
Jenna Rollman	Time trial H1–5	18:32.73
Hannah Chadwick-Dias	Road race B	2:23:29	4
Jamie Whitmore	Road race C1–3	1:11:37
Samantha Bosco	Road race C4–5	1:47:16
Elizabeth Neag	Road race C4–5	1:47:17	4
Katerina Brim	Road race H2–5	1:38:48
Jenna Rollman	Road race H2–5	1:38:49

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Dennis Connors	Time trial T1–2	17:14.27
Dennis Connors	Road race T1–2	56:55

Track edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Michael Stephens	Pursuit B	4:48.175	4 FB	Bronze medal final Villalba (ARG) L OVL	4
Michael Stephens	Time trial B	—		1:02.974
Joseph Berenyi	Pursuit C1–3	DNS		—
Joseph Berenyi	Time trial C1–5	—		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Hannah Chadwick-Dias	Pursuit B	3:56.122	2 FG	Quiroga (ARG) W 3:41.632
Jamie Whitmore	Pursuit C1–3	4:12.540	1 FG	Pemble-Chubb-Higgins (CAN) L 4:10.212
Samantha Bosco	Pursuit C4–5	3:50.412	2 FG	Toles (CAN) W 3:45.752
Katie Wen Walker	Pursuit C4–5	DNS		—
Hannah Chadwick-Dias	Time trial B	—		1:12.265
Samantha Bosco	Time trial C1–5	—		39.335	5
Katie Wen Walker		—		39.161	4
Jamie Whitmore		—		40.831	10

Football 7-a-side edit

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Chile W 4–2	Argentina L 1–2	Brazil L 0–2	Venezuela W 1–0	Canada W 6–0	3 FB	Bronze medal match Venezuela W 3–0

Goalball edit

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
United States men	Men's tournament	Canada W 9–2	Argentina W 9–5	Venezuela W 15–5	1 Q	Colombia W 11–2	Canada W 11–4	Brazil L 2–12
United States women	Women's tournament	Canada W 5–3	Chile W 9–1	Peru W 9–1	1 Q	Guatemala W 10–0	Argentina W 8–1	Canada L 3–4

Judo edit

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
Ronald Hawthorne	−60 kg	Bye	Marques (BRA) L 00S1–10S1	Did not advance	Bye	Aburto (MEX) L 00–11	Did not advance
Anthony Ferraro	−73 kg	Pérez (PUR) W 01S1–00S2	Pereira (BRA) L 00–11	Did not advance	Bye	Ramirez (ARG) W 10–00	Bronze medal final García (CUB) L 00–10	=5
Robert Kim	−73 kg	Ortiz (MEX) L 00–10	Did not advance
Ben Goodrich	−90 kg	—	Zamora (CUB) W 10–00	Azevedo (BRA) L 00S1–01	—	Bye	Bronze medal final Riquelme (CHI) W 10–00
Richard Ties	−90 kg	—	Riquelme (CHI) W 10–00	Cavalcante (BRA) L 00S1–10	—	Bye	Bronze medal final Espinoza (VEN) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maria Liana Mutia	−57 kg	Bye	Oliveira (BRA) W 10–00S1	González (ARG) W 10–00	Bye	Teixeira (BRA) L 00S2–10
Katie Davis	+70 kg	Bye	Hernández (CUB) L 00–11	Did not advance	Bye	Bronze medal final Mederos (URU) W 10–00
Christella Garcia	+70 kg	Bye	Mederos (URU) L 00–10	Did not advance	Sanabria (VEN) L 00S2–11	Did not advance

Powerlifting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Jacob Herbert	–59 kg	150	4
David Horvath	–59 kg	135	5
Garrison Redd	–65 kg	130	6
Ahmed Shafik	–88 kg	182	5
Bobby Body	–107 kg & +107 kg	136.3

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Ashley Dyce	–86 kg & +86 kg	78.1	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bobby Body Jacob Herbert Ashley Dyce	Team	198.4	5	Did not advance

Shooting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marco De La Rosa	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	555	3 Q	227.6
Yanxiao Gong		559	2 Q	204.7
Michael Tagliapietra		513	12	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marco De La Rosa	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	558	2 Q	16
Yanxiao Gong		569	1 Q	24
Michael Tagliapietra		540	4 Q	13
Yanxiao Gong	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	539	1 Q	145.0	5
Nick Beach	R1/R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	569.7	6 Q	177.5	5
Taylor Farmer	R1/R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	606.0	3 Q	156.6	6
Taylor Farmer	R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	619.2	9	Did not advance
Kevin Nguyen		628.3	3 Q	208.6	4
Landon Ruggera		627.3	4 Q	185.9	5
Madison Champion	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2	620.2	5 Q	183.8	5
Stetson Bardfield	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2	633.1	3 Q	253.4
Madison Champion	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2	631.4	6 Q	166.8	6
John Joss III	R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1	614.4	4 Q	198.3	4
Kevin Nguyen		615.8	2 Q	218.2
Landon Ruggera		614.0	5 Q	136.3	7

Swimming edit

Table tennis edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries					Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Godfrey	Singles C1	Leiva (CHI) L 2–3	Fernández (CUB) L 0–3	Bustamante (ARG) L 0–3	Eberhardt (ARG) L 0–3	5	—				5
Jenson Van Emburgh	Singles C3	Sanchez (COL) W 3–0	Silva (BRA) W 3–0	—		1 Q	—	Bye	Copola (ARG) W 3–1	Silva (BRA) W 3–1
Zachary Pickett	Singles C4	Gonzalez (CHI) L 0–3	Sandoval (VEN) W 3–1	—		2 Q	—	Rodriguez (CHI) L 1–3	Did not advance
Ahad Sarand	Singles C5	Arabian (BRA) L 0–3	Depergola (ARG) L 1–3	—		3	Did not advance
Samuel Altshuler	Singles C6	Yañez (PER) W 3–0	Torres (CHI) L 0–3	Pino (CHI) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance
Ian Seidenfeld	Singles C6	Arguello (CRC) W 3–0	Dettoni (CHI) W 3–0	Prado (PER) W 3–0	—	1 Q	—		Pino (CHI) W 3–1	Torres (CHI) W 3–2
Marco Makkar	Singles C8	Pérez (ARG) L 1–3	Mashki (BRA) L 2–3	Kent (CAN) W 3–2	—	3	Did not advance
Tahl Leibovitz	Singles C9	Reyes (CRC) W 3–0	Pavez (CHI) W 3–0	—		1 Q	—	Bye	Skliarsky (ARG) W 3–0	Carvalho (BRA) W 3–0
Logan Watson	Singles C9	Sarmiento (ECU) W 3–0	Syed (CAN) W 3–1	Rivera (PUR) W 3–0	—	1 Q	—	Pavez (CHI) W 3–1	Carvalho (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Jerry I Vasquez	Singles C10	Massad (BRA) L 1–3	Regalado (ESA) W 3–1	—		2 Q	—	Antunes (BRA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Raymond Sacco	Singles C11	Martinez (VEN) L 0–3	Rosas (CHI) L 0–3	—		3	Did not advance
Michael Godfrey Zachary Pickett	Doubles C8	—					Freitas / Moraes (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Ahad Sarand Jenson Van Emburgh	Doubles C8	—					Bye	Gonzalez / Reyes (MEX) L 1–3	Did not advance
Marco Makkar Ian Seidenfeld	Doubles C14	Pino / Torres (CHI) L 1–3	Córdoba / Evans (PAN) W 3–0	—		2 Q	—		Salmin / Stroh (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Samuel Altshuler Jerry I Vasquez	Doubles C18	—					Bahamondes / Echaveguren (CHI) L 1–3	Did not advance
Tahl Leibovitz Logan Watson	Doubles C18	—					Bye	Dettoni / Pavez (CHI) W 3–0	Antunes / Mashki (BRA) L 1–3	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
Pamela Fontaine	Singles C1–3	Oliveira (BRA) L 0–3	Blanco (ARG) L 0–3	—	3	Did not advance
Valerie Rolph	Singles C4–5	Kuell (ARG) L 0–3	Miranda (ESA) W 3–0	Leonelli (CHI) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Pamela Fontaine Valerie Rolph	Doubles C5–10	Oliveira / Oliveira (BRA) L 0–3	Guapi / Sanchez (COL) 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
Jenson Van Emburgh Pamela Fontaine	Doubles C4–7	Bye	Quijada / García (VEN) W 3–0	Babes / Severo (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Zachary Pickett Valerie Rolph	Doubles C10	—	Copola / Kuell (ARG) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Austin Osner	−70 kg	Bye	Cano (MEX) L DSQ	Did not advance	Peña (COL) L DSQ	Did not advance
Michael Kacer	−80 kg	—	Lopes (BRA) L 8–28	Did not advance	Loonstra (ARU) L 4–11	Did not advance
Reginald Amerson	+80 kg	Did not start
Evan Medell	+80 kg	—	Bye	Figuereo (DOM) W 10–7	Bye	Moraes (BRA) W 10–0

Wheelchair basketball edit

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
United States men	Men's tournament	Brazil W 82–42	Puerto Rico W 81–44	Colombia W 66–51	1 Q	Chile W 88–14	Argentina W 88–54	Colombia W 81–45
United States women	Women's tournament	Chile W 96–10	Peru W 80–12	Argentina W 87–26	1 Q	—	Brazil W 60–30	Canada W 62–56

Wheelchair rugby edit

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States team	Mixed tournament	Chile W 62–27	Argentina W 55–31	Colombia W 57–42	Brazil W 54–36	Canada L 41–46	2 Q	Colombia W 52–45	Canada W 57–51

Wheelchair tennis edit

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
Casey Ratzlaff	Singles	Bye	Muro (MEX) W 6–0, 6–1	Casco (ARG) W 6–3, 6–4	Cataldo (CHI) L 5–7, 1–6	Bronze medal match Rodrigues (BRA) L 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6	4
Conner Stroud	Singles	Bye	Venos (CAN) W 6–3, 6–1	Rodrigues (BRA) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Casey Ratzlaff Conner Stroud	Doubles	—	Bye	Henderson / Venos (CAN) W 6–1, 7–5	Carneiro / Rodrigues (BRA) L 6–1, 2–6, 5–10	Bronze medal match Cataldo / Tapia (CHI) L 3–6, 3–6	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dana Mathewson	Singles	Duval (BRA) W 6–2, 6–1	Meza (ECU) W 6–1, 6–1	Moreno (ARG) W 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	Bernal (COL) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Maylee Phelps	Singles	Alves (BRA) W 6–4, 6–3	Cabrillana (CHI) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Dana Mathewson Maylee Phelps	Doubles	—	Dolinar / Lanucha (CAN) W 6–0, 6–2	Cabrillana / Fuentes (CHI) W 6–1, 6–0	Alves / Duval (BRA) W 3–6, 6–2, 10–8

Quad

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrew Bogdanov	Singles	Campaz (COL) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
David Wagner	Singles	Bye	Pena (BRA) L 0–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Andrew Bogdanov David Wagner	Doubles	—	McIntyre / Shaw (CAN) W 6–3, 3–6, 10–2	Cayulef / Pérez (CHI) L 4–6, 0–6	Bronze medal match Campaz / Moreno (COL) W 6–4, 6–4

References edit

^ "2023 ParaPan American Games by the numbers". www.teamusa.com. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
^ "Dana Mathewson to serve as Team USA flagbearer at the 2023 Parapan Games". www.usta.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
^ "USOPC Announces 240-member 2023 Parapan American Team". www.usopc.org. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[1] "2023 ParaPan American Games by the numbers". www.teamusa.com. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[2] "Dana Mathewson to serve as Team USA flagbearer at the 2023 Parapan Games". www.usta.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[3] "USOPC Announces 240-member 2023 Parapan American Team". www.usopc.org. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

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