Pilar Jáuregui won the gold medal in the Pan American parabadminton tournament in Colombia

The Peruvian parabadminton delegation swept the podium in Colombia. After five days of high competition with different rivals from all over the continent, the national team, along with the World Cup Pilar Jauregui As head of the group, he achieved 24 medals in the Pan American Championship of the discipline that developed in Colombia.

The badminton players returned to Lima after winning nine gold, four silver and 11 bronze medals, adding another outstanding participation at the international tournament level. In addition, they secured qualifying ranking points for the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games.

Peruvian athletes will continue to compete after their arrival in Peru. They will participate in the BWF Peru Parabadminton International 2022 that takes place in the SEEN with the participation of 206 parabadminton players from Asia, Europe and America.

During the last year, the world champions Pilar Jáuregui, Giuliana Poveda and the Peruvian parabadminton team have represented the country in various sports tournaments in which they have made history. In the last Parabadminton World Championship which was held in Japan, the national team won two world titles and three silver medals. An achievement that had not been achieved before.

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Gold medals

Pedro Pablo De Vinatea (MS SL3)

Giuliana Poveda (WS SH6)

Kelly Ari (WS SU5)

Pedro Pablo De Vinatea – Renzo Banks (MD SL3-SL4)

Pilar Jauregui – Jaqueline Burgos (WD WH1-WH2)

Nilton Quispe – Giuliana Poveda (XD SH6)

Nilton Quispe – Jesus Salva (D SH6)

Renzo Bances – Jenny Ventocilla (XD SL3-SU5)

Pilar Jauregui – Rodolfo Cano (Brazil) (XD WH1-WH2)

silver medals

Nilton Quispe (MS SH6)

Diana Rojas (WS SU5)

Pilar Jauregui (WS WH2)

Diana Rojas – Flor Arequipeno (WD SL3-SU5)

Bronze medalls

Albert Puente (MS SL3)

Renzo Bances (MS SL4)

Roberth Fajardo (MS WH2)

Jesus Salva – Rubí Fernández (XD SH6)

Roberth Fajardo – Jaqueline Burgos (XD WH1-WH2)

Ruby Fernandez (WS SH6)

Jenny Ventocilla (WS SL4)

Silvia Arizapana (WS WH2)

Rubí Fernández – Giuliana Poveda (D SH6)

Pablo Cueto – Gerson Vargas (MD SL3-SL4)

Jenny Ventocilla – Maria Rojas (Mexico) (WD SL3-SU5)

In Peru, parabadminton is a sport that is developing and growing. Proof of this, they are the Peruvians Giuliana Poveda and Pilar Jáuregui, who are among the six nominated for the best Parabadminton player of the year for the Badminton World Federationwhere they will compete with three participants from India and a competitor from Japan.

This sport has been practiced internationally in our country for more than 20 years and there is not a big difference between conventional badminton and parabadminton. The same three sets of 21 points are played, the only exception being the sports classes, in which categories such as SL3, are competed standing up and their athletes have lower extremity disabilities, while the para-athletes play on half court.

A long way has been traveled up to the present where within the delegation we have two world champions and soon, if the athletes continue to reap victories, also Paralympic champions, after the modality was officially included during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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