Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

Paraguay is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Paraguay's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games except 1959 and 1963.

On 4 October 2023, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee officially named the team of 117 athletes (41 men and 76 women) competing in 22 sports.

Athlete Derlis Ayala and cyclist Agua Marina Espínola were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, golfers Fabrizio Zanotti and Sofia Garcia were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

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

Athletics
Paraguay qualified eight athletes (six men and two women) for the games.

Men Track & road events

Field events

Women Track & road events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton
Paraguay qualified one male athlete.


 * Men

Boxing
Paraguay qualified two boxers (one per gender).

Slalom
Paraguay qualified a total of two slalom athletes (one man and one woman).

Sprint
Paraguay qualified a female sprint canoist.

Cycling
Paraguay qualified two female cyclists.

BMX

 * Freestyle


 * Racing

Road
Paraguay qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

Track
Argentina qualified a team of 12 cyclists (8 men and 4 women).


 * Sprint


 * Keirin

Equestrian
Paraguay qualified two equestrians in Jumping.

Fencing
Paraguay qualified one female fencer through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.


 * Individual

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Paraguay qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing fourth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Colombia.


 * Roster


 * Cristina Cabañas
 * Limpia Cáceres
 * Lorena Ortíz
 * Daisy Martínez
 * Hilda Izquierdo
 * María Segóvia
 * Celsa Barrientos
 * Deisy González
 * Rebeca Valiente
 * Jessica Villagra
 * Fany Caballero
 * Glória López
 * Dahiana Giménez
 * Camila Doerzbacher
 * Fanny Duarte
 * Ramona Martínez
 * María Auxiliadora Vecca
 * Camila Gómez

Golf
Paraguay qualified a team of four golfers (two men and two women).

Handball

 * Summary

Women's tournament
Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games.


 * Roster


 * Fátima Morel
 * María Cristina Espinoza
 * Delyne Morlas
 * Ana Giuliana Vera
 * María Paula Estigarribia
 * Camila Krussel
 * Fernanda Mora
 * Kamila Ledesma
 * Maggie Lara
 * Karina Rodríguez
 * Ada Lugo
 * Jazmín Peralta
 * Kiara Martínez
 * Fátima Insfrán


 * Group B

Karate
Paraguay qualified a team of two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2022 South American Games.


 * Kumite

Figure
Paraguay qualified a team of two athletes in figure skating (one man and one woman).

Speed
Paraguay qualified two male athletes in speed skating.

Rowing
Paraguay qualified 14 athletes (six men and eight women).

Women's tournament
Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games.


 * Roster


 * Ingrid Aquino
 * Cinthia Santander
 * María Villalba
 * Romina Ocampos
 * Sofia Flores
 * Liz Salinas
 * Araceli Franco
 * Lucero Martinez
 * Maira Cristaldo
 * Chiara Gaete
 * Kiara Gomez
 * Gladys López


 * Summary

Shooting
Paraguay qualified a total of two shooters.


 * Men
 * Pistol and rifle


 * Women
 * Shotgun

Swimming
Paraguay qualified eight athletes (four per gender).


 * Men
 * Benjamin Hockin
 * Matheo Mateos
 * Charles Daniel Hockin
 * Matias Chaparro


 * Women
 * Luana Méndez
 * Maria Villagra
 * Astrid Genes
 * Ayelet Coronel

Table tennis
Paraguay qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman) through the 2023 South American Championship and the Special Qualification Event.
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Tennis
Paraguay qualified a total of four tennis players (three men and one woman).


 * Men


 * Women

Volleyball

 * Beach

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

Water skiing
Argentina qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship.

Argentina also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.


 * Wakeboard
 * Men

Weightlifting
Paraguay qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).

Wrestling
Paraguay qualified a male wrestler through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.

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


 * Men