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Aruba at the 2023 Pan American Games

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Aruba at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeARU
NOCAruban Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors14 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Mikel Schreuders & Shanayah Howell
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Netherlands Antilles (1987–)

Aruba is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Aruba's 10th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1987.

The Aruban delegation consisted of 14 athletes.[1] Swimmer Mikel Schreuders and BMX cyclist Shanayah Howell were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

Medalists

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

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
Artistic swimming 0 2 2
Bowling 0 2 2
Cycling 0 1 1
Karate 1 0 1
Sailing 2 1 3
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 2 2 4
Total 6 8 14

Artistic swimming

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Aruba qualified a team of two artistic swimmers after the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
Kyra Hoevertsz
Mikayla Morales
Women's duet Did not start

Bowling

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Aruba qualified a team of two women through the 2022 South American Games held in Asuncion, Paraguay.[3][4][5]

Athlete Event Ranking round Semifinal Final
Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kamilah Dammers Women's singles 3251 5 Did not advance
Abigail Dammers 2862 24 Did not advance
Kamilah Dammers
Abigail Dammers
Women's doubles 2732 11

Cycling

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Aruba qualified a total of 2 cyclists (2 women). [6]

BMX

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Aruba qualified one cyclist in BMX race through the UCI World Ranking of Nations.[7]

Racing
Athlete Event Ranking round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shanayah Howell Women's 37.900 11 11 4 Q 15 5 Did not advance

Karate

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Aruba qualified a male karateka at the 2023 Pan American Championships.[8]

Kumite
Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rob Timmermans Men's +84 kg  Salgado (BRA)
W 2–1
 Lenis (COL)
W 2–0
 Oporta (NCA)
W 3–1
 Fernandes (BRA)
L 1–7
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sailing

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Aruba qualified 3 boats for a total of 3 sailors.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Opening series Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points Rank QF SF M / F Points Rank
Ethan Westera IQFoil 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 11
UFD
1 4 4 21 1 Q Bye 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Just van Aanholt Laser 9 2 12 15 15 6 12 3 1 7 67 7 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Opening series Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points Rank QF SF M / F Points Rank
Philipine van Aanholt Sunfish 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 29 2 Q 6 32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Shooting

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Aruba qualified one shooter.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Philip Elhage 10 m air pistol 561 20 Did not advance

Swimming

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Aruba qualified a total of three swimmers in the pool events plus one swimmer for the open water event.

Key
  • Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
  • NR – National record
  • Q – Qualified to the medal final
  • q – Qualified to the non-medal final
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Mikel Schreuders 50 m freestyle 22.69 11 q 22.58 10
100 m freestyle 49.88 13 q 49.69 10
100 metre butterfly 55.92 19 Did not advance
Patrick Groters 100 m backstroke 56.36 12 q 55.96 9
200 m backstroke 2:04.50 9 q 2:02.83 9
200 metre individual medley 2:03.76 11 q 2:06.69 16
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Elisabeth Timmer 50 m freestyle 26.38 19 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.86 18 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:08.59 19 Did not advance
Britta Schwengle 10 km open water 2:07:28.0 16

Non-competing sports

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Weightlifting

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Aruba qualified one female weightlifter though it did not compete.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aruba Presentó a Deportistas Que Competirán en Juegos Panamericanos 2023" [Aruba Presented Athletes Who Will Compete in the 2023 Pan American Games]. www.espanol.24ora.com (in Spanish). 24ora. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ Andrés, Aragón; Cavanna, Joaquín (20 October 2023). "Conoce a todos los abanderados de la Ceremonia de Apertura de los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Meet all the flag bearers of the Opening Ceremony of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games]. www.olympics.com/ (in Spanish). International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Asuncion 2022 South American Games will feature 18 qualifying sports for Santiago 2023". www.panamsports.com/. Pan American Sports. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Brasil perde para Aruba e é prata no boliche" [Brazil loses to Aruba and it's silver in bowling]. www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/ (in Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Clasificación a JJPP 2023" [Qualification to 2023 Pan Am Games]. www.panambowling.com/ (in Spanish). Pan Am Bowling. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Pan American Games Santiago 2023 Winners Quotas" (PDF). www.copaci.org. Confederación Panamericana de Ciclismo (Pan American Cycling Confederation). 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ^ "BMX Racing Rankings". www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Clasificados Santiago 2023" [Qualified Santiago 2023] (PDF). www.pkfkarate.com (in Spanish). Pan American Karate Federation. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  9. ^ "STATUS of NOC QUALIFICATION: 2023 PAN AMERICAN GAMES - SAILING" (PDF). www.panamsailing.org/. Panam Sailing. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. ^ "REF: Cupos Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Quotas 2023 Pan American Games] (PDF). www.teamusa.org (in Spanish). Pan Am Pesas. 8 February 2023. p. 18-19. Retrieved 5 April 2023.