Dominican Republic: 74 Medals & 7th Place at Bolivarian Games

LIMA, Peru.– The Dominican Republic closed its participation in the XX Bolivarian Games Ayacucho-Lima 2025 with a positive balance, winning 74 medals and finishing in seventh place in the overall medal table.

The harvest was made up of 12 gold medals, 17 silver and 45 bronze medals. The men’s team contributed 48 medals (9 gold, 20 silver and 29 bronze), the women’s team added 24 (3 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze) and in mixed events two bronze medals were obtained.

The Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) valued the performance of the delegation and assured that the next step, facing the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, will be to “work to change the color of the medals” and continue raising the competitive level.

The Quisqueyan representation was made up of 222 athletes who competed in 33 sports disciplines, consolidating the country’s presence in this multidisciplinary event.

Athletics, judo and wushu were the most prominent federations in terms of medal production.
Athletics shone with nine medals (three gold, three silver and three bronze), judo also added nine (three gold, one silver and five bronze) and wushu contributed three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Wrestling added three silvers, while weightlifting, with only four athletes, achieved one gold, one silver and two bronzes.

Boxing added two silver and two bronze; Karate closed its performance with nine medals, all bronze, and women’s softball, clay pigeon shooting, artistic gymnastics, canoeing, sailing, handball, tennis, table tennis, taekwondo and rowing/coastal also contributed to the medal table.

Golf wrote a historic chapter with Willy Pumarol, who won the first medal for the Dominican Republic in that sport in international events, taking bronze in the senior individual category.

In athletics, Rosa Angélica Ramírez confirmed her dominance in the shot put by being crowned champion with a mark of 17.44 meters, the best of the event, surpassing Ivana Gallardo Cruchet, from Chile (17.22), and Ahymara Espinoza Echenique, from Venezuela (17.05).

The Bolivarian Sports Games are organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO), made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Since 2013, the Dominican Republic has participated as a guest country in this event, which marks the beginning of the Olympic cycle towards Los Angeles 2028. Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala and Paraguay also compete as guests.

Colombia was proclaimed champion of the medal table with 142 gold, 122 silver and 77 bronze (341 in total). Venezuela ranked second with 104 gold, 92 silver and 115 bronze (311), while Peru finished third with 78 gold, 80 silver and 104 bronze (262).

Gold medalists (12)

1. Cándida Vásquez – 48 kilos – Weights

2. Paolo Pigozi – Overal – Nautics Esquica

3. Medickson of the Orb – -81 kilos – Judo

4. Robert Florentino – -90 kilos – Judo

5. Makor Louis Pierre – -73 kilos – Judo

6. Liranyi Alonso – 100 meters smooth – Athletics

7. Yeral Núñez – 400 meter hurdles – Athletics

8. Rosa Angélica Ramírez – Bullet impulse – Athletics

9. Ignacio Vásquez – LM1x – Remo

10. Jephry Bax – +56 a -60 kilos – Wushu

11. Elián’s news – + +75 a -80 kilos – wushu

12. Kelvin Luis Moquete – -56 kilos – Wushu

Silver medalists (17)

1. Carlos Alberto Adames – 97 kilos Greco – Fight

2. Elison Adames García – 125 kilos freestyle – Fight

3. Julio Rafael Rodríguez – 74 kilos freestyle – Fight

4. Cándida Vásquez – 48 kilos – Weights

5. Nairobi Jiménez / Clarissa Confident Pie – Women’s Doubles – Badminton

6. Andrea Pigozzi – Men’s diving – Nautical skiing

7. Karla Ramos Jesurún – Individual recognition – Taekwondo

8. José Nova – +100 kilos – Judo

9. Ignacio Vásquez / Wilson José Restituyo – LM2 men – Rowing

10. Katherine Bera Cabral – 60 kilos – Boxeo

11. José Agustín Triset – +90 kilos – Boxing

12. Eva Brito – Women’s singles – Table tennis

13. Carlos Custodio – +65 to -70 kilos – Wushu

14. Yordaly Durán – +70 to -75 kilos – Wushu

15. Senior women’s 4×100 relay (Bianka Acosta, Milagros Durán G., Patricia Siné, Estrella De Aza) – Athletics

16. Senior men’s 4×100 relay (Christopher Reyes, Melbin José Marcelino Olivo, Lidio Andrés Feliz, Yancarlos Martínez) – Athletics

17. Senior women’s 4×400 relay (Patricia Siné, Bianka Acosta, Milagros Durán, Estrella De Aza) – Athletics

Bronze medalists (45)

1. José Antonio Encarnación – 130 kilos Greco – Fight

2. Luis Miguel Pérez Sosa – 97 kilos freestyle – Fight

3. Men’s skeet team (Julio Elizardo Dujarric, Máximo Tavárez, Stefano Hazoury) – Clay pigeon shooting

4. Dauri Vargas – 94 kilos clean and jerk – Weights

5. Pamela Rojas – +86 kilos clean and jerk – Weights

6. Cristian Guerrero García – K1 200 meters – Canoeing

7. Top Women’s Team – Softball

8. Samuel Pérez Camacho – IQFoil – Sail

9. Pedro Luis Martínez – 68 to 80 kilos – Taekwondo

10. Saúl Taveras – 58 to 68 kilos – Taekwondo

11. María Peña – 49 to 57 kilos – Taekwondo

12. Yean Sánchez – Individual recognition – Taekwondo

13. Men’s team (Cristofer Reyes, Pedro Martínez, Saúl Taveras) – Taekwondo

14. Wilfry Manuel Contreras – Vault – Artistic gymnastics

15. Oscar Santana – 100 kilos – Judo

16. Eiraima Silvestre – -78 kilos – Judo

17. Psalmsaaa sowerriaana – 52 killings ––––– A·ul

18. Heriberto De Aza – -66 kilos – Judo

19. Mixed national team – Judo

20. Men’s team (Ramón Vila, Abit Tejeda, Rafael Cabrera, Eduardo Darley) – Table tennis

21. Women’s team (Eva Brito, Arianna Star, Yasiris Ortiz

22. Elen Roble – 51 kilos – Boxing

23. Johan Agüero – 60 kilos – Boxing

24. Cristian Rodríguez Mota – 110 meter hurdles – Athletics

25. Men’s 4×400 meter relay (Cristopher Reyes, Lidio Feliz, Wilbert Encarnación, Yeral Núñez) – Athletics

26. Women’s 4x400m relay (Bianka Acosta M., Milagros Durán, Patricia Siné, Estrella De Aza) – Athletics

27. Larry Aracena – Men’s Kata – Karate

28. Ámbar García Mañón – -51 kilos – Karate

29. Penélope Polanco Díaz – -61 kilos – Karate

30. Ramphy Báez Bourbon – -67 kilos – Karate

31. Karen Madera Rodríguez – -68 kilos – Karate

32. Adoni Montero – +84 kilos – Karate

33. Anderson Antonio Soriano – -84 kilos – Karate

34. Men’s kata team – Karate

35. Men’s Kumite Team – Karate

36. Peter Bertrán – Men’s Singles – Tennis

37. Ignacio Vásquez – Single (MC1x) – Remo coastal

38. Wendy Simó Peña – Single (WC1x) – Remo coastal

39. Wendy Simó Peña – Single (W1x) – Remo

40. Roderlin Rosario / Jancarlos Tineo – MC2x – Remo coastal

41. Top Men’s Team – Handball

42. Jerika Lima – -52 kilos – Wushu

43. Home goes on – -65 kilos sand – Wushu

44. Jenifer García Jáquez – +56 to -60 kilos – Wushu

45. Willy Pumarol – Individual superior – Golf