A total of 47 national para-athletes secured their qualification to the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games, which will take place from November 17 to 26 in the Chilean capital.
The announcement was made by National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPPERÚ) after a first detailed evaluation of the classification processes.
When the names of those classified in other disciplines such as paraathletics, paraswimming or parapowerlifting, The 47 official qualifiers already constitute a record number of para-athletes, who will be sent in an official delegation to a Parapan American event. far surpassing the 28 that participated in Guadalajara 2011 and the 15 that attended Toronto 2015.
In Lima 2019, as hosts and with guaranteed classification in all sports, the Peruvian delegation competed with 138 athletes with disabilities.
For Santiago 2023, Peru will have a presence in women’s goalball, soccer for the blind, parataekwondo, paraarchery, paracycling, boccia, parabadminton, and judo.
The ANPPERÚ continues to make efforts to achieve a greater number of classifieds, and thus continue generating change in people with disabilities, linked to highly competitive sports.
Those classified for next November’s event in Santiago de Chile (ordered according to how they classified) are:
1-6 Women’s goalball team (the list of the 6 will be defined in September)
7-16 Men’s soccer team for the blind (the nominal relationship will be defined at the end of September)
17. Angélica Espinoza (For taekwondo) K44 – 47kg.
18. William Fernández (For taekwondo) K44 – 58kg.
19. Laly Puntriano (Taekwondo) K44 – +65kg.
20. Yuber Pichihua (For cycling) Route / Counterclockwise / Track
21. Israel Hilario (For cycling) Road / Time Trial
22. Daniela Campos (Archery) Recurve Open Female
23. Maleny Martínez (For archery) Women’s Open Compound.
24. Jenny Quispe (Boccia) BC4
25. Niurka Callupe (Boccia) BC3 Double/Single
26. Dean Acosta (Boccia) BC3 Double/Single
27. Marco Antonio Huaytalla (Archery) Recurve bow
28. Maria Cecilia Pancca (Boccia) BC3
29. Roly Castro (Boccia) BC1
30. Renzo Bances (For badminton) SL4 Mixed doubles / Single
31. Jenny Ventocilla (For badminton) SL4 Mixed doubles / Single
32. Jesús Salvá (For badminton) SH6 Mixed doubles / Single
33. Rubí Fernández (For badminton) SH6 Mixed doubles / Single
34. Giuliana Poveda (For Badminton) SH6 Mixed doubles / single
35. Nilton Quispe (For badminton) SH6 Mixed doubles / single
36. Pilar Jáuregui (Para badminton) WH1-WH2
37. Jacqueline Burgos (For badminton) WH1-WH2
38. Roberth Fajardo (For badminton) WH1-WH2
39. Fernando Vilcachagua (Para badminton) WH1-WH2
40. Rosa Velasquez (Para badminton) SH6
41. Jairo Arangui ((Para badminton) SU5
42. Diana Rojas (Para badminton) SU5
43. Leidy Quispe (Para badminton) SL5
44. Silvia Silva (For badminton) WH2
45. Pedro Pablo de Vinatea (Para badminton) SL3
46. Flor Arequipeño (Para badminton) SL3
47. Freed Villalobos (Judo) -73kg.
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Published: 7/24/2023
2023-07-24 18:45:35
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