Uruguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

Uruguay at the
2023 Pan American Games
Uruguay at the; 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile; 20 October 2023 – 5 November 2023
Competitors	178 in 28 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Rodrigo Chagas & Camila Piñeiro
Flag bearer (closing)	Fernando Becerra & Leonella Acosta
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 10
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1955; 1959; 1963; 1967; 1971; 1975; 1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Uruguay is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Uruguay's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games.

On 9 October 2023, the Uruguayan Olympic Committee officially named the team of 179 athletes (103 men and 76 women) competing in twenty nine sports.^[1]

Footballer Rodrigo Chagas and boxer Camila Piñeiro were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]^[3] Meanwhile, sailor Fernando Becerra and basque pelota athlete Leonella Acosta were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bruno Cetraro Marcos Sarraute Felipe Kluver Leandro Salvagno	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	October 23
Silver	Esteban Sosa Leandro Rodas	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	October 23
Silver	Bruno Cetraro Felipe Kluver Leandro Rodas Mauricio Lopez Marcos Sarraute Newton Seawright Leandro Salvagno Martin Zocalo Romina Cetraro	Rowing	Men's eight	October 23

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	4	4	8
Basketball	4	4	8
Basque pelota	3	4	7
Boxing	2	1	3
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	3	1	4
Equestrian	8	1	9
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	0	18
Handball	14	14	28
Golf	0	2	2
Judo	1	0	1
Karate	2	0	2
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Roller sports	0	2	2
Rowing	10	7	17
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sailing	4	3	7
Shooting	2	0	2
Surfing	2	1	3
Swimming	2	4	6
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	0	2	2
Triathlon	1	1	2
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	102	76	178

Artistic swimming

Uruguay qualified a team of two artistic swimmers at the 2022 South American Games.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Agustina Medina Lucía Ververi	Women's duet

Athletics

Uruguay qualified eight athletes (four men and four women) for the games.

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Catrofe	1500 m	—
	5000 m	—
	10000 m	—
Andrés Zamora	Marathon	—
Nicolás Cuestas	Marathon	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Emiliano Lasa	Long jump

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Déborah Rodríguez	800 m
María Pía Fernández	1500 m	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lorena Aires	High Jump
Manuela Rotundo	Javelin throw

Basketball

3x3

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uruguay men	Men's tournament
Uruguay women	Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Uruguay qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

Roster

Santiago Ramírez
Nicolás Borselino
Rodrigo Cardoso
Demian Álvarez

Women's tournament

Uruguay qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

Roster

Lucía Auza
Josefina Zeballos
Lucía Schiavo
Natasha Dolinski

Basque pelota

Uruguay qualified a team of seven athletes (three men and four women) through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / BM
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Rank	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Andrés Pintos Manuel Pelúa	Rubber Pelota Doubles Trinquete
José Airala	Frontball

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / BM
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Rank	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Macarena Morell	Fronton
Agustina Cuestas Sofía Vicente	Rubber Pelota Doubles Trinquete
Leonella Acosta	Frontball

Beach volleyball

Uruguay qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hans Hannibal Nicolás Llambías	Men's					Bye
Maribel Bianchi Sol Acuña	Women's					Bye

Boxing

Uruguay qualified three boxers (two men and one woman).^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucas Fernández	–57 kg	—	Reyes (EAI) W 5–0	Oliveira (BRA)
Alejandro Bottino	–63.5 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Camila Piñeiro	–60 kg

Canoeing

Sprint

Uruguai qualified a total of four male sprint canoists.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matías Otero	K-1 1000 m
Matías Otero Julián Cabrera	K-2 500 m
Matías Otero Julián Cabrera Sebastián Delgado Santiago Melo	K-4 1000 m

Cycling

Uruguay qualified a total of 4 cyclists (3 men and 1 woman).^[8]

Road

Uruguay qualified 4 cyclists (three men and one woman) at the Pan American Championships.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roderyck Asconeguy	Men's road race
Leonel Rodríguez	Men's road race
Eric Fagúndez	Men's road time trial
Agustina Reyes	Women's road race

Equestrian

Uruguay qualified a team of 9 equestrians (two in Dressage, four in Eventing and three in Jumping).^[9]^[10]

Dressage

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Grand Prix Freestyle / Intermediate I Freestyle
		Grand Prix / Prix St. Georges		Grand Prix Special / Intermediate I		Total		Grand Prix Freestyle / Intermediate I Freestyle
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Carolin Mallmann	Individual
Ramón Becca	Individual

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edison Quintana		Individual
Gastón Marcenal
Rufino Domínguez
Federico Daners
Edison Quintana Gastón Marcenal Rufino Domínguez Federico Daners	See above	Team

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round A		Round B		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Martín Rodríguez		Individual
Sebastián Guarino
Juan Serra
Martín Rodríguez Sebastián Guarino Juan Serra	See above	Team									—

Field hockey

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uruguay women	Women's tournament	Argentina	Trinidad and Tobago	United States

Women's tournament

Uruguay qualified a women's team of 16 athletes by finishing fifth at the 2022 Pan American Cup.^[11]

Roster

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	34	1	+33	9	Semi-finals
2	United States	3	2	1	19	5	+14	6	Semi-finals
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	11	11	0	3	5th–8th classification
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	0	47	−47	0	5th–8th classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[12]

26 October 2023
09:30

Argentina	8–0	Uruguay
Gorzelany 8', 15' Jankunas 27', 43' Granatto 29', 32' Thome 35' Trinchinetti 55'	Report

Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Meghan McClennan (CAN)

28 October 2023
09:30

Uruguay	11–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Amadeo 13', 27', 29' Viana 21', 21', 48', 53' Algorta 26' Vilar 31', 35', 58'	Report

Umpires:
Melina Illanes (ARG)
Claudia Montino (CHI)

30 October 2023
17:30

Uruguay	0–3	United States
	Report	Tamer 27' Sholder 28' Sessa 29'

Umpires:
Megan Robertson (CAN)
Melina Illanes (ARG)

Football

Men's tournament

Uruguay qualified a men's team of 18 athletes by virtue of its campaign in the 2023 South American U-20 Championship.^[13]

Roster

Ramiro Méndez
Facundo Machado
Alan Saldivia
Renzo Orehuela
Martín Gianolli
Jairo O'Neill
Edhard Greising
Sebastián Figueredo
Vicente Poggi
Francisco Barrios
Rodrigo Chagas
Manuel Monzeglio
Joaquín Lavega
Juan Cruz de los Santos
Diego Hernández
Rodrigo Piñeiro
Emiliano Rodríguez
Dylan Nandín

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Uruguay men's	Men's tournament

Golf

Uruguay qualified two female golfers.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
María Paz Marques	Women's individual
Chloe Stevenazzi	Women's individual

Handball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uruguay men	Men's tournament	Cuba	Argentina	United States
Uruguay women	Women's tournament	Cuba	Brazil	Paraguay

Men's tournament

Uruguay qualified a men's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing as the second best team not yet qualified in the 2022 South American Games.^[15]

Roster

Felipe Navarrete
Andrés Viera
Facundo Liston
Gabriel Chapparro
Máximo Cancio
Rodrigo Botejara
Diego Falabrino
Maximiliano de Agrela
Federico Rubbo
Francisco Ancheta
Facundo Lima
Cristhian Rostagno
Matías Etcheverry
Bruno Borba

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	93	50	+43	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	1	78	86	−8	4	Semifinals
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	71	95	−24	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Cuba	3	0	3	72	83	−11	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

30 October 2023 10:00	Cuba	24–25	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Cordiés 8	(13–13)	Rubbo 9
	1× 2×	Report

31 October 2023 12:30	Uruguay	16–37	Argentina	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA)
	Cancio 5	(7–19)	F. Pizarro 9
		Report	1× 3×

1 November 2023 10:00	United States	34–30	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Fofana 6	(19–15)	Cancio 9
	3×	Report	1× 1× 1×

Women's tournament

Uruguay qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by winning the Last chance qualification tournament.

Roster

Agustina Modernell
Viviana Hergatacorzian
Catalina Tournier
Valentina Bastarrica
Lucía Merlí
Julieta Pessina
Alejandra Scarrone
Rosina González
Viviana Ferrari
Sabrina Grieco
Camila Bianco
Paula Eastman
Martina Barreiro
Sabrina Golda

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	104	35	+69	6	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	68	76	−8	2^[a]	Semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	62	101	−39	2^[a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uruguay	3	1	2	53	75	−22	2^[a]	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
Notes:

24 October 2023 10:00	Cuba	25–21	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Reyes, Téllez 5	(13–6)	Barreiro 5
	7×	Report	2×

25 October 2023 10:00	Uruguay	9–28	Brazil	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Bianco 6	(5–17)	Araújo 5
	2×	Report	2×

26 October 2023 10:00	Paraguay	22–23	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Fernández 8	(9–11)	Bianco 5
	5× 1×	Report	3×

Judo

Uruguay has qualified one male judoka.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alain Aprahamian	Men's 81 kg

Karate

Uruguay qualified a team of 2 male karatekas at the 2022 South American Games.^[17]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maximiliano Larrosa	Men's −60 kg
Francisco Barrios	Men's −75 kg

Modern pentathlon

Uruguay qualified two modern pentathletes (one man and one woman).^[18]^[19]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (Show jumping)			Shooting / Running (10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)			Total
Athlete	Event	V – D	Rank	MP points	BP	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	MP points	Rank
Bryan Blanco	Men's individual
Valentina la Cruz	Women's individual
Bryan Blanco Valentina la Cruz	Mixed relay

Roller sports

Figure

Uruguay qualified a female athlete in figure skating.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Short program		Long program		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Romina Franca	Women's

Skateboarding

Uruguay qualified a female athlete in skateboarding.^[21]

Women

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Julieta González	Street	144.25	5

Rowing

Uruguay qualified a team of 17 athletes (ten men and seve women).^[22]^[23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					—
	Quadruple sculls			—
	Pair			—
	Four			—
	Lightweight Double sculls					—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					—
	Pair			—
	Lightweight Double sculls					—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Eight

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Uruguay qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) after finishing third at the 2022 South American Games.^[24]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uruguay men	Men's tournament

Sailing

Uruguay has qualified 5 boats for a total of 7 sailors.^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
Stefano Caiafa	Laser radial											—
Fernando Diz Hernán Umpierre	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
Dolores Fraschini	Laser radial											—
Agnese Caiafa	Laser radial											—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
Pablo Defazio Dominique Knuppel	Snipe											—

Shooting

Uruguay qualified a total of two shooters.^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rudi Lausarot	10 m air rifle

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Franco González	Trap

Surfing

Uruguay qualified three surfers (two men and one woman).^[27]

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Repechage 5	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julián Schweizer	Men's Longboard
Inés Beisso	Women's Longboard

Race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lukas Rodríguez	Men's stand up paddleboard

Swimming

Uruguay qualified a team of six swimmers (two men and four women).

Men

Leo Nolles
Diego Aranda

Women

Abril Aunchayna
Nicole Frank
Luna Chabat
Angelina Solari

Taekwondo

Uruguay qualified two athletes for a Kyorugi event.^[28]

Kyorugi
Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Federico González	Men's 68 kg
María Sara Grippoli	Women's 49 kg

Tennis

Uruguay qualified two female tennis players.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Taly Licht	Singles
Juliana Rodríguez	Singles
Taly Licht Juliana Rodríguez	Doubles	—	Bye

Triathlon

Uruguay qualified a team of two triathletes (one per gender).

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Federico Scarabino	Men's individual
Clara Zubillaga	Women's individual

Weightlifting

Uruguay qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).^[29]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Lucas Olivera	Men's 73 kg
Emiliano Picún	Men's 102 kg
Paola Marsicano	Women's 71 kg
Eugenia Berger	Women's 81 kg

Wrestling

Uruguay received a wildcard to enter one female wrestler.^[30]

Key:

VT – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
VA – Decision by withdrawal

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mahealani Ramírez	76 kg

Demonstration Sports

E-sports

Uruguay qualified one athlete.

Men

Williams Freire

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Uruguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	178 in 28 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Rodrigo Chagas & Camila Piñeiro
Flag bearer (closing)	Fernando Becerra & Leonella Acosta
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 10
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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