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Costa Rica at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Flag of Costa Rica
IPC code	CRC
NPC	Costa Rican Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/costa-rica
in Santiago, Chile 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	29 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 12
Parapan American Games appearances
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Costa Rica competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Costa Rica's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sherman Guity Athletics Men's 100 metres T64 November 18  Gold Sherman Guity Athletics Men's 200 metres T64 November 19  Gold Andrés Molina Taekwondo Men's 80 kg November 19  Gold Pilar Riveros Archery Women's individual compound open November 22  Silver Steven Roman Table tennis Men's individual C8 November 18  Silver Paola Arana Shooting P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 November 19  Silver Diego Quesada Archery Men's individual compound open November 22  Silver Camila Haase Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 November 24  Silver Melissa Calvo Athletics Women's 400 metres T13 November 25  Bronze Aneth Araya Table tennis Women's individual C8 November 18  Bronze Camila Haase Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9 November 19  Bronze Domingo Arguello Steven Roman Table tennis Men's doubles C14 November 20

Medals by sport/discipline Sport Total Athletics 2 1 0 3 Archery 1 1 0 2 Taekwondo 1 0 0 1 Table tennis 0 1 2 3 Swimming 0 1 1 2 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Total 4 5 3 12 Medals by day Day Total 18 November 1 1 1 3 19 November 2 1 1 4 20 November 0 0 1 1 21 November 0 0 0 0 22 November 1 1 0 2 23 November 0 0 0 0 24 November 0 1 0 1 25 November 0 1 0 1 26 November 0 0 0 0 Total 4 5 3 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 2 1 6 Female 1 3 2 6 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 4 5 3 12

Competitors

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

Athletics

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
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurens Molina	100 m T54	16.03	5	Did not advance
	400 m T54	DSQ		Did not advance
Sherman Guity	100 m T64	—		10.89
	200 m T64	—		21.59
Kermyth Forbes	400 m T20	53.68	6	Did not advance

Field events

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Melissa Calvo	100 m T13	—		13.55	4
	400 m T13	—		1:04.41
Argeri Sophia Orozco	100 m T38	15.78	4 q	16.03	8
	400 m T38	1:16.83	4 q	1:20.28	6

Cycling

Road

Men

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Paola Arana	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	524	3 Q	222.1

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrés Molina	−80 kg	Loonstra (ARU) W 16–5	Lopes (BRA) W 15–7	Bye	Najera (MEX) W 13–8

See also

• Costa Rica at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Costa Rica at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

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.

• 2023 in Costa Rican sport
• Costa Rica at the Parapan American Games
• Nations at the 2023 Parapan American Games