El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
competed in the
2019 Pan American Games
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in
Lima
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Peru
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from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
On July 1, 2019, archer
Roberto Hernández was named as the country's flag bearer during the
opening ceremony
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El Salvador Olympic Committee
The El Salvador Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico de El Salvador) (IOC code: ESA) is the National Olympic Committee for El Salvador. It was founded in 1925, and officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1938.
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announced the full team of 56 athletes (29 men and 27 women) competing in 21 sports.
Later three athletes (one man and two women) were added to the team.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
Medalists
The following competitors from El Salvador won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Archery
At the first qualifier, El Salvador won two quota spots (one each in men's recurve compound). El Salvador would later qualify a woman in the recurve category in the final qualification tournament.
Artistic swimming
El Salvador qualified a duet of two athletes, marking the first time the country has competed in the sport since
2003
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Athletics (track and field)
El Salvador qualified two male athletes.
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;Key
*Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
*NH = No height
*SB = Season's best
;Men
;Track event
;Field events
Badminton
El Salvador qualified a team of two badminton athletes (one per gender).
Basque pelota
El Salvador qualified one athlete in basque pelota.[
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Bodybuilding
El Salvador qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female). In the sport's debut at the Pan American Games
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, the country won both gold medals on offer.
*No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.
Bowling
El Salvador qualified a full team of two men and two women, for a total of four bowlers, by finishing among the top five at the PABCON Champion of Champions.
Boxing
El Salvador qualified two women boxers.
;Women
Fencing
El Salvador qualified one female fencer in the foil discipline, after Puerto Rico declined its quota.
;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
El Salvador qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast.
Judo
El Salvador qualified one male judoka. Juan Diego Turcios
Juan Diego Turcios (born September 22, 1992) is a Salvadoran judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated by Avtandil Tchrikishvili
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qualified to compete in the 81 kg event, but did not make weight. Therefore he did not compete in the event.
Roller sports
El Salvador qualified two women in the speed discipline.
Speed
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Rowing
El Salvador qualified one female rower.[
;Women
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Sailing
El Salvador qualified a spot in the men's laser event.
;Men
Shooting
El Salvador qualified nine sport shooters (three men and six women).
Swimming
El Salvador qualified six swimmers (two men and four women), including three in the open water discipline.
Squash
El Salvador qualified a men's team of three athletes, marking its return to the sport at the Pan American Games
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for the first time since 2011
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.[
;Men
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Surfing
El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women) in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games
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.
Tennis
El Salvador qualified three male tennis players.[
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]
Triathlon
El Salvador received a wild card to enter one male triathlete.[
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Volleyball
Beach
El Salvador qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).
Weightlifting
El Salvador qualified three weightlifters (two men and one woman).
Wrestling
El Salvador received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.
See also
*El Salvador at the 2020 Summer Olympics
El Salvador competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twelfth appeara ...
References
{{Nations at the 2019 Pan American Games
Nations at the 2019 Pan American Games
2019
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2019 in Salvadoran sport