Nicaragua at the 2019 Pan American Games

Nicaragua competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

In June 2019, the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee named a team of 60 athletes (41 men and 19 women) competing in 13 sports.

During the opening ceremony of the games, beach volleyball athlete Swan Mendoza carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics (track and field) 0 1 1Baseball 24 0 24Bodybuilding 1 12Boxing 459Judo 011Karate 3 0 3Rowing 2 2 4Taekwondo 1 1 2Shooting 2 1 3Swimming 2 2 4Volleyball 2 2 4Weightlifting 0 2 2Wrestling 0 1 1 Total 41 1960

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

| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"| MedalNameSportEventDate Kevin Arias Boxing Men's 49 kg Lesther Espino Boxing Men's 75 kg Baseball Men's tournament | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing 0 0 2 2Baseball 0 0 1 1Total 0 0 3 3

Athletics (track and field)

Nicaragua entered one female athlete. Originally two athletes were named to the team.

Key Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round

Women Field event AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionDalila RugamaJavelin throw47.6614

Baseball

Nicaragua qualified a men's team of 24 athletes by finishing in the top four at the 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier in Brazil.

Roster PlayerPos.DOB and ageTeamLeagueBirthplaceP Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueTicuantepe, NicaraguaP Tigres del ChinandegaNicaraguan Baseball LeagueLeón, NicaraguaP Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueMatagalpa, NicaraguaP Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueEl Sauce, NicaraguaP Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueEstelí, NicaraguaP Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueChinandega, NicaraguaP Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueCaribe Sur, NicaraguaP Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueJinotega, NicaraguaPLeón, NicaraguaP Gigantes de RivasNicaraguan Baseball LeagueSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicP Tigres del ChinandegaNicaraguan Baseball LeagueLeón, NicaraguaC Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueCiudad Bolívar, VenezuelaC Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueJinotega, NicaraguaIF Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueManagua, NicaraguaIF Gigantes de RivasNicaraguan Baseball LeagueBluefields, NicaraguaIF Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueManagua, NicaraguaIF Tigres del ChinandegaNicaraguan Baseball LeagueLeón, NicaraguaIF Tigres del ChinandegaNicaraguan Baseball LeagueManagua, NicaraguaIF Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueAcarigua, VenezuelaOF Florence FreedomFrontier LeagueWest Richland, Washington, United StatesOF Leones de LeónNicaraguan Baseball LeagueCorn Islands, NicaraguaOF Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueJinotepe, NicaraguaOF Indios del BóerNicaraguan Baseball LeagueMasaya, NicaraguaOF Tigres del ChinandegaNicaraguan Baseball LeagueLeón, Nicaragua

Group A

Super round

Bronze medal match

Bodybuilding

Nicaragua qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female).

AthleteEventPrejudgingFinalPointsRankPointsRankJorge Callejas Men's classic bodybuildingcolspan=2 796Grace Callejas Women's bikini fitnesscolspan=2 Did not advance No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Boxing

Nicaragua qualified nine boxers (four men and five women).

Men AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultKevin Arias49 kgW 3–2L 0–5Did not advanceJimmy Brenes69 kgL 0–5Did not advanceLesther Espino75 kgW RSCL 0–5Did not advanceDarwin Rodríguez+91 kgL 2–3Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultKaty Esquivel51 kgL 1–4Did not advanceKeyling Reyes57 kgL RSCDid not advanceScarleth Ojeda60 kgL 0–5Did not advanceKeyling Osejo69 kgL 0–5Did not advanceFredly Ramírez75 kgL 0–5Did not advance

Judo

Nicaragua qualified one female judoka.

Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIzayana Marenco +78 kgL 00S3–100S1Did not advanceW 100–000L 00S2–100=5

Karate

Nicaragua qualified three male karatekas. The team of three athletes was disqualified in the bronze medal match versus Brazil for going over the time limit.

Kata Men AthleteEventRound RobinFinal / PointsRankOppositionResultRankAlejandro HernandezDaniel LiraFranklin SanchezTeam kata21.403 QBL 0–24.42=5

Rowing

Nicaragua qualified two female rowers. Later two male quotas were redistributed to the country.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFelix PotoyEddy VanegaMen's double sculls7:00.616 R6:48.754 FB7:08.6610Evidelia GonzálezAna VanegasWomen's pair7:54.475 FAcolspan=2 8:07.305

Shooting

Nicaragua received three reallocated sports in shooting (two men and one woman).

AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAngel BarqueroMen's 10 m air pistol55229Did not advanceRafael Lacayo55628Did not advanceMaria LopezWomen's 10 m air rifle579.424Did not advance50 m rifle three positions112917Did not advance

Swimming

Nicaragua qualified four swimmers (two men and two women).

AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankMiguel MenaMen's 50 m freestyle24.0026Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle52.0719Did not advanceMen's 200 m freestyle1:57.6720Did not advanceEisner BarbarenaMen's 100 m backstroke1:00.5223Did not advanceMen's 200 m backstroke2:15.8323Did not advanceMaría HernándezWomen's 50 m freestyle27.7425Did not advanceWomen's 200 m freestyle2:17.2523Did not advanceWomen's 100 m backstroke1:11.7524Did not advanceMaria SchutzmeierWomen's 100 m freestyle59.3220Did not advanceWomen's 100 m butterfly1:03.9918Did not advance

Taekwondo

Nicaragua qualified one male and one female taekwondo practitioner.

Kyorugi AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJerry MansellMen's 58 kgL 8–19Did not advanceSolansh VargasWomen's 49 kgL 8–11Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Nicaragua qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).

AthletesEventPreliminary RoundQualifying roundPlacement roundPlacement matchRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRubén MoraDanny LópezMen'sL 0–2 (20–22, 28–30)L 1–2 (19–21, 21–19, 13–15)L 0–2 (16–21, 17–21)4Did not qualifyW 2–0 (21–7, 21–15)W 2–0 (21–16, 21–14) 13Swan MendozaLolette RodriguezWomen'sL 1–2 (17–21, 21–14, 9–15)L 0–2 (12–21, 11–21)W 2–0 (21–15, 21–18)3 QL 0–2 (14–21, 16–21)L 1–2 (21–18, 22–24, 11–15)L 0–2 (16–21, 18–21)12

Weightlifting

Nicaragua qualified two female weightlifters.

Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankMaría Navarro49 kg60118391439Sema Ludrick64 kg89511252225

Wrestling

Nicaragua received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.

Freestyle Women AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Final / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultPaula Ramírez57 kgL 0–10Did not advanceL 2–2F=5

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