Paraguay at the 2011 Pan American Games

Paraguay at the 2011 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website	www.cop.org.py
in Guadalajara 14–30 October 2011
Competitors	28[1] in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Ben Hockin[2]
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 2 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Paraguay will compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Gerardo Paniagua will be the Chef de mission.^[3] Ben Hockin, a swimmer who won multiple medals at the 2010 South American Games was selected to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies.^[2] Paraguay's delegation consists of 28 athletes in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Casarino, EstebanEsteban Casarino Carlos Caballero	Squash	Men's Doubles	October 16
Bronze	Hockin, BenjaminBenjamin Hockin	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	October 18

Athletics

Paraguay has qualified five athletes (four female and one male).^[4]

Men

Event	Athlete	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Augusto Stanley	400 m			47.52	7th	Did not advance
Victor Fatecha	Javelin throw					76.92	5th SB

Women

Event	Athletes	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Catalina Amarilla	Pole vault					3.40	15th
Leryn Franco	Javelin throw					48.70	13th
Olga Subeldia	Javelin throw					49.89	11th

Women

Heptathlon	Event	Anna Pirelli
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	14.87	7th	943
	High jump	1.56	12th	689
	Shot put	11.74	2nd	727
	200 m	26.20	11th	780
	Long jump	5.17	13th	606
	Javelin throw	36.40	7th	696
	800 m	2:24:24	5th	767
Final			9th	5157

Roller skating

Paraguay has qualified one female athlete in artistic roller skating.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valentina Basaglia	Free skating	107.70	8th	102.80	10th

Rowing

Paraguay has qualified two athletes in the rowing competition (one male and one female).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Sosa	Single sculls (M1x)	7:51.40	6th	7:40.59	5th	7:29.38	6th

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriela Mosqueira	Lightweight single sculls (LW1x)	8:48.83	4th	8:09.09	2nd	8:07.14	4th

Shooting

Paraguay has qualified two shooters.

Men

Event	Athlete	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
10 m air pistol	Marcelo De Souza	554- 6x	25th	Did not advance
	Oscar Ricciardi	560-10x	20th	Did not advance

Squash

Paraguay has qualified three athletes in the squash competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Esteban Casarino	Singles		Andres Vargas (COL) W 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4	Arturo Salazar (MEX) L 6-11, 4-11, 2-11	Did not advance
Andre L'Heureux	Singles	Shawn Simpson (BAR) W 7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-2	Shawn Delierre (CAN) L 0-11, 3-11, 7-11	Did not advance
Carlos Caballero Esteban Casarino	Doubles		Andrés Duany (PER)  Diego Elias (PER) W WO 11-0, 11-0	Andres Vargas (COL)  Javier Castilla (COL) W 11-9, 4-11, 11-10	Christopher Gordon (USA)  Julian Illingworth (USA) L 8-11, 10-11	Did not advance

Athletes	Event	Preliminaries Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Carlos Caballero Esteban Casarino Andre L'Heureux	Team	Brazil (BRA) L 0-3, 0-3, 0-3	Argentina (ARG) L 1-3, 2-3, 0-3	Peru (PER) W 0-3, 3-0, 3-2	Did not advance

Swimming

Paraguay has qualified six swimmers (five male and one female).^[4]

Men

Event	Athletes	Heats		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
100 m Freestyle	Benjamin Hockin	49.91	8th Q	50.03	8th
200 m Freestyle	Benjamin Hockin	1:50.52	3rd	1:48.48
100 m Butterfly	Benjamin Hockin	53.87	6th Q	53.43	7th
	Jose Lobo	57.18	15th QB	56.10	7th B
100 m Backstroke	Charles Hockin	57.65	9th Q	57.63	8th
200 m Backstroke	Charles Hockin	2:05.28	8th	Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke	Genaro Prono	1:03.79	11th QB	1:04.22	3rd
	Renato Prono	1:05.72	17th	Did not advance
4×100 m Freestyle Relay	Charles Hockin Renato Prono Jose Lobo Benjamin Hockin	3:44.98	8th Q	3:26.19	4th
4×200 m Freestyle Relay	Charles Hockin Renato Prono Jose Lobo Benjamin Hockin Genaro Prono	8:13.03	8th Q	7:54.78	7th
4×100 m Medley Relay	Charles Hockin Genaro Prono Jose Lobo Benjamin Hockin Renato Prono	3:51.42	5th Q	3:45.78	5th

Women

Event	Athletes	Heats		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
Karen Riveros	100 m Freestyle	1:00.11	16th QB	59.96	7th B

Table tennis

Paraguay has qualified one male athlete in table tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin			1st Round	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marcelo Aguirre	Singles	Geovanny Coello (ECU) W 4 - 0	Dexter St. Louis (TRI) W 4 - 1	Juan Acosta (PER) W 4 - 3		Pierre-Luc Hinse (CAN) W 4 - 1	Ju Lin (DOM) L 0 - 4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Paraguay has qualified received one wild card in taekwondo.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Osvaldo Caceres	Lightweight (-58kg)	Angel Modesto Mora (CUB) L WDR Ronda3 0:50	Did not advance

Tennis

Paraguay has qualified five tennis players (three male and two female).

Men

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jose Benitez	Singles	Duilio Beretta (PER) L 2 - 6, 5 - 7	Did not advance
Diego Galeano	Singles	Darian King (BAR) W 6(3) - 7, 7 - 5, 6 - 4	Denis Kudla (USA) L 1 - 6, 4 - 6	Did not advance
Daniel Lopez	Singles	Martín Cuevas (URU) W 7 - 6(6), 6 - 4	Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) L 6(4) - 7, 6(5) - 7	Did not advance
Jose Benitez Daniel Lopez	Doubles		Eduardo Schwank (ARG)  Horacio Zeballos (ARG) W 6 - 4, 2 - 6, [10-8]	Julio César Campozano (ECU)  Roberto Quiroz (ECU) L 4 - 6, 1 - 6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Veronica Cepede	Singles	María Irigoyen (ARG) W 6 - 2, 3 - 6, 6 - 2	Ximena Hermoso (MEX) W 6 - 3, 7 - 6(6)	Christina McHale (USA) L 5 - 7, 3 - 6	Did not advance
Isabella Robbiani	Singles	Karen Castiblanco (COL) W 2 - 6, 7 - 5, 6 - 4	Florencia Molinero (ARG) L 3 - 6, 1 - 6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Veronica Cepede Diego Galeano	Mixed Doubles		Ana Paula de la Peña (MEX)  Santiago González (MEX) L 5 - 7, 0 - 6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Paraguay has received one wild card in the women's event.^[6]

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Tania Sapoznik	Individual	20:50 19th	0:26 5th	LAP

References

1. Paraguay entries
2. Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos (Spanish)
3. Pan American Venues Impress Chefs de mission
4. Paraguay suma más atletas para México (Spanish)
5. PARAGUAY ESTARA EN EL PANAMERICANO DE TAE KWON DO WTF DE GUADALAJARA MEJICO, CON UN REPRESNTANTE (Spanish)
6. 2011 Guadalajara Pan American Sports Games Triathlon Event Women Athletes List