Aruba at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Sporting event delegation

Aruba at the
2023 Parapan American Games

Flag of Aruba

IPC code| ARU
NPC| Aruba Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralympic.org/aruba
in Santiago, Chile
17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors| 1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening)| Elliott Loonstra
Flag bearer (closing)| Elliott Loonstra
Medals
Ranked 19th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Parapan American Games appearances

* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Aruba is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Aruba's third appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2015 edition.

Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Elliott Loonstra was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.[1] The only athlete of the country in the competition, Loonstra would later go on to win Aruba's first ever Parapan American Games medal, a bronze in the men's 80 kg event.[2]

## Medalists

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Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Bronze | Elliott Loonstra | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | November 25

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 1 | 0 | 1

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Elliott Loonstra | −80 kg |  Molina (CRC)
L 5–16  | Did not advance  |  Kacer (USA)
W 11–4  | Bronze medal final
Gomes (BRA)
W 27–22  |

## See also

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* Aruba at the 2023 Pan American Games
* Aruba at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
2. ^ "Santiago 2023. No gold medal for Brazil in the last day of para taekwondo". 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2023-11-30.

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Nations at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

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