Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Dominican Republic at the
2024 Summer Paralympics

Flag of the Dominican Republic

IPC code| DOM
NPC| Paralympic Committee of the Dominican Republic
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors| 11 in 5 sports
Flag bearers | Darlenys de la Cruz Severino
Jesus Manuel Rodriguez Vallejo
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

The Dominican Republic competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1
Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2
Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3
Total | 8 | 3 | 11

## Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Track and field athletes from Dominican Republic has achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* DQ = Disqualified
* PR = Paralympic Record
* AR = Area (or continental) Record
* NR = National Record
* SB = Season's Best
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Luis Andres Vasquez Segura | Men's 100 m T47 | 11.09  | 7  | Did not advance
Men's 400 m T47 | 49.55  | 5 q | —  | 49.07  | 6
Darlenys de la Cruz Severino | Women's 100 m T12 | 12.37  | 1 Q | 12.40  | 3  | Did not advance
Women's 200 m T12 | 25.80  | 2 q | 25.58  | 3  | Did not advance
Diana Carolina Vivenes Paula | Women's 400 m T20 | 59.23  | 6  | Did not advance

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Wagner Astacio | Men's long jump T63 | 3.90  | 7
Men's high jump T63 | 1.85  | 5
Diana Carolina Vivenes Paula | Women's long jump T20 | 4.72  | 14

## Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

For the first time since 2016, Dominican Republic sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[1]

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jose Frank Rodriguez Hernandez | Men's road race C4-5 | 2:32:24  | 11
Men's time trial C4 | 43:23.39  | 11

### Track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jose Frank Rodriguez Hernandez | Men's pursuit C4 | 5:17.462  | 12  | Did not advance

## Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Attempts (kg)  | Result (kg)  | Rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4
Jesus Manuel Rodriguez Vallejo | Men's 80 kg | 190  | ~~197~~ | ~~197~~ | —  | 190  | 8

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Marcos Miguel Jimenez Sencion | Men's 50 m freestyle S5 | 38.28  | 13  | Did not advance
Men's 50 m backstroke S5 | 42.21  | 12  | Did not advance
Men's 100 m breaststroke SB4 | 2:06.03  | 10  | Did not advance
Alejandra Aybar | Women's 50 m butterfly S7 | 41.47  | 15  | Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 | 3:26.93  | 11  | Did not advance
Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6 | —  | 1:52.70  | 8

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Dominican Republic entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Geraldo Castro Encarnacion (men's under 63 kg), Julio Figuereo (men's above 80 kg) and Elisabeth Geraldo (women's under 52 kg) qualified for the games, in their respective classes, following the home crowd triumph of their gold medal results, at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the nation's debut at these sports.[2]

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Geraldo Castro Encarnacion | Men's −63 kg |  Al-Turayk (KSA)
W 23–9  |  Ganbat (MGL)
L 5–19  | —  |  Adouich (MAR)
L 13–19  | Did not advance
Julio Figuereo | Men's +80 kg |  Liu (CHN)
L 12–17  | Did not advance
Elisabeth Geraldo | Women's −52 kg |  Krassavtseva (KAZ)
L 8–10  | Did not advance

## See also

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* Dominican Republic at the 2023 Parapan American Games
* Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics
* Dominican Republic at the Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification – 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
2. ^ "Clasificatorios Olímpico, Paralímpico y Dominican Open se realizaron con éxito" [Olympic, Paralympic and Dominican Open qualifiers were successfully held] (in Spanish). Pan American Taekwondo Union. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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