Shooting in its different disciplines continues to bring victories for the national delegation, and this time
Julio Barillas won gold for Guatemala at the 2025 Bolivarian Games within the modality of individual archery with a compound bow. His precision, consistency and dominance throughout the competition took him to the top of the podium again, consolidating another valuable contribution to the Guatemalan medal table. What pride!
Archery: Julio Barillas won gold for Guatemala at the 2025 Bolivarian Games
The Guatemalan Julio Barillas won gold for Guatemala at the 2025 Bolivarian Gamesproviding gold medal number eleven for the country and reinforcing the rise in the general medal table.
The goalkeeper added the third gold medal of the day of this Wednesday, November 23 for Guatemala after winning the individual compound bow modality against the Salvadoran Roberto Hernandez. This victory is added to the gold obtained hours before with the compound bow team, which confirms their outstanding performance on the day.
This was the participation of Julio Barillas
The path of Julio Barillas won gold for Guatemala at the 2025 Bolivarian Games It began with an outstanding performance in the qualification series held on Sunday, November 23 at the athletic stadium, where the men’s individual compound bow competition took place. From their first shots they showed firmness, precision and a competitive rhythm that made them dominate the round with a total of 713 pointsa brand that also became a new Bolivarian record of the category.
20 archers from countries such as El Salvador, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama participated in this stage.
Guatemala had full representation with José del Cid, who finished in sixth position with 702 points, and Pedro Salazareighth with 698 points. The three Guatemalans were located within the top 12which allowed them to advance directly to the round of 16.
The qualifying round also served to define the eliminatory brackets, while the archers ranked 13th to 20th competed in the round of 16 to complete the final draw. With his record and first place, Barillas became one of the main favorites to fight for the medals.
Road to the final rounds
On Monday, November 24, the direct qualifiers began, where Julio Barillas He received a bye in the first round and automatically advanced to the round of 16. There he faced the Panamanian Alexis Yanezwhom he defeated with authority by 149-139 to settle among the eight best in the tournament.
In that same instance they also competed José del Cid and Pedro Salazar. Del Cid beat Venezuelan Diego Camacho (147-145), while Salazar was eliminated. In this way, Guatemala advanced with two representatives to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, Barillas starred in an intense duel against the Chilean Alexander Martinending with a tie at 148 points. However, by tiebreaker criteria (20-19), the Guatemalan advanced to the semifinals. Del Cid was left out after falling 149-148 against the Colombian Pablo Gomezleaving Barillas as the only national archer in contention for the medals.
High level duel until the final
In the semifinals, Julio Barillas faced the Colombian Daniel Muñoz in a highly technical duel. With precise execution, Barillas won 147-145 and secured his ticket to the grand finalstarring in a Central American clash for the title.
The final was against the Salvadoran Roberto Hernandezan archer with extensive continental experience. Barillas maintained his serenity with each shot and closed with 144 pointssurpassing Hernández, who accumulated 141. In this way, the Guatemalan was crowned Bolivarian champion of the individual compound bow. The bronze went to Daniel Muñozwho beat his compatriot 146-144.
podium finish
- Oro: Julio Barillas (Guatemala)
- Plata: Roberto Hernandez (El Salvador)
- Bronze: Daniel Muñoz (Colombia)
With this achievement, Julio Barillas added two gold medals on the dayone as a team and another as an individual, consolidating a historic performance and providing another medal for Guatemala.
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