Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

will compete at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

in Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 from October 14 to 30, 2011. Gerardo Paniagua will be the Chef de mission. Ben Hockin

Ben Hockin

Ben Hockin is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swum international for both Great Britain and Paraguay ....

, a swimmer who won multiple medals at the 2010 South American Games

2010 South American Games

The IX South American Games was a multi-sport event held between 19–30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia...

 was selected to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies. Paraguay's delegation consists of 28 athletes in 10 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Carlos Caballero	Squash Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games Squash competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 20 at the Squash Complex.-Medal Table:-Men's events:-Women's events:- Qualification:...	Men's Doubles	October 16
		Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...	Men's 200 metre freestyle Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 18th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	October 18

Athletics

Paraguay has qualified five athletes (four female and one male).

Men

Event	Athlete	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Augusto Stanley	400 m Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...			47.52	7th	Did not advance
Victor Fatecha	Javelin throw Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw The men's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...					76.92	5th SB

Women

Event	Athletes	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Catalina Amarilla	Pole vault Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's pole vault The women's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...					3.40	15th
Leryn Franco Leryn Franco Leryn Dahiana Franco Steneri is a Paraguayan model and athlete. She specializes in the javelin throw and became an internet sensation during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her personal best throw is 55.66 metres, achieved in June,2011 in Buenos Aires...	Javelin throw Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw The women's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...					48.70	13th
Olga Subeldia	Javelin throw Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw The women's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...					49.89	11th

Women

Heptathlon Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon The women's heptathlon event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium...	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.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valentina Basaglia	Free skating Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's free skating The women's free skating competition of the roller skating events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held between October 23 and 24 at the Pan American Skating Track in Guadalajara...	107.70	8th	102.80	10th

Rowing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Sosa	Single sculls (M1x) Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's single sculls The men's single sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 15–19 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is Santiago Fernández of Argentina.-Schedule:...	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) Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's lightweight single sculls The women's lightweight single sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 16–19 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. This event was not held at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.-Schedule:...	8:48.83	4th	8:09.09	2th	8:07.14	4th

Shooting

Paraguay has qualified two shooters.

Men

Event	Athlete	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
10 m air pistol Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol -Qualification round:34 athletes from 22 countries competed.-Final:...	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 Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:-External links:*...		W 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4	L 6-11, 4-11, 2-11	Did not advance
Andre L'Heureux	Singles Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:-External links:*...	W 7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-2	L 0-11, 3-11, 7-11	Did not advance
Carlos Caballero Esteban Casarino	Doubles		W WO 11-0, 11-0	W 11-9, 4-11, 11-10	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 Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team -Pool B:-Pool C:-Playoffs:-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-Final:...	L 0-3, 0-3, 0-3	L 1-3, 2-3, 0-3	W 0-3, 3-0, 3-2	Did not advance

Swimming

Paraguay has qualified six swimmers (five male and one female).

Men

Event	Athletes	Heats		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
100 m Freestyle Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place on the 16 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	Benjamin Hockin	49.91	8th Q	50.03	8th
200 m Freestyle Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 18th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	Benjamin Hockin	1:50.52	3rd	1:48.48
100 m Butterfly Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 20th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	Benjamin Hockin	53.87	6th Q	53.43	7th
	Jose Lobo	57.18	15th QB	56.10	7th B
100 m Backstroke Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 17th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	Charles Hockin	57.65	9th Q	57.63	8th
200 m Backstroke Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 21st of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	Charles Hockin	2:05.28	8th	Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place on the 16 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	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 Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 16 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion is the Brazil .This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool...	Charles Hockin Renato Prono Jose Lobo Benjamin Hockin	3:44.98	8th Q	3:26.19	4th
4×200 m Freestyle Relay Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 19 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion is the team from Brazil .This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool...	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 Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle The women's 1000 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 19th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center...	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
Victor Aguirre	Singles Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles The men's singles table tennis event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 18–20 at the CODE Dome in Guadalajara, Mexico.-Medals:-Round Robin:...	W 4 - 0	W 4 - 1	W 4 - 3		W 4 - 1	L 0 - 4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Paraguay has qualified received one wild card in taekwondo.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Osvaldo Caceres	Lightweight (-58kg)	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 Jose Benitez Jose Benitez is a tennis player from Paraguay.Jose is member of the 2011 Paraguay Davis Cup team....	Singles Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Singles -Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...	L 2 - 6, 5 - 7	Did not advance
Diego Galeano	Singles Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Singles -Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...	W 6(3) - 7, 7 - 5, 6 - 4	L 1 - 6, 4 - 6	Did not advance
Daniel Lopez Daniel-Alejandro Lopez Daniel-Alejandro López Cassaccia is a tennis player from Paraguay. He played on the 2011 Paraguay Davis Cup team.-Sources:...	Singles Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Singles -Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...	W 7 - 6(6), 6 - 4	L 6(4) - 7, 6(5) - 7	Did not advance
Jose Benitez Jose Benitez Jose Benitez is a tennis player from Paraguay.Jose is member of the 2011 Paraguay Davis Cup team.... Daniel Lopez Daniel-Alejandro Lopez Daniel-Alejandro López Cassaccia is a tennis player from Paraguay. He played on the 2011 Paraguay Davis Cup team.-Sources:...	Doubles Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Doubles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:...		W 6 - 4, 2 - 6, [10-8]	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 Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Singles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:...	W 6 - 2, 3 - 6, 6 - 2	W 6 - 3, 7 - 6(6)	L 5 - 7, 3 - 6	Did not advance
Isabella Robbiani	Singles Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Singles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:...	W 2 - 6, 7 - 5, 6 - 4	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 Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Mixed Doubles -Top Half:-Bottom Half:...		L 5 - 7, 0 - 6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Paraguay has received one wild card in the women's event.

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Tania Sapoznik	Individual Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's The women's individual competition of the triathlon events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 23 at the API Maritime Terminal in Puerto Vallerta...	20:50 19th	0:26 5th	LAP