Puerto Rico at the 2015 Pan American Games

Puerto Rico at the
2015 Pan American Games
Puerto Rico at the; 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
in Toronto, Canada; 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	252 in 26 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Luis Rivera
Flag bearer (closing)	Mónica González Rivera
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 13 Total 15
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Puerto Rico competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1] Unlike the 2011 Pan American games, Puerto Rico did not perform well, earning only 1 gold and silver each, and 13 bronze medals.

Artistic gymnast Luis Rivera was the flagbearer of the team during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

The following table lists Puerto Rico's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	0	2
Athletics	5	10	15
Baseball	24	18	42
Basketball	12	12	24
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Bowling	2	2	4
Boxing	3	2	5
Canoeing	0	2	2
Cycling	2	0	2
Diving	1	2	3
Equestrian	2	2	4
Fencing	3	0	3
Golf	1	1	2
Gymnastics	5	2	7
Handball	15	15	30
Judo	2	1	3
Roller sports	1	0	1
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	5	4	9
Softball	0	15	15
Swimming	4	3	7
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	3	3	6
Tennis	0	1	1
Triathlon	1	2	3
Volleyball	12	12	24
Water polo	0	13	13
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Wrestling	5	2	7
Total	120	132	252

Medalists

Medal	Name(s)	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Raúl Ríos Fernando Monllor	Sailing	Snipe	July 19
Silver	Javier Culson	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 23
Bronze	Augusto Miranda	Judo	Men's 73 kg	July 12
Bronze	Monica Puig	Tennis	Women's singles	July 16
Bronze	Franklin Gómez	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 65 kg	July 17
Bronze	Yarimar Mercado	Shooting	Women's 50 metre rifle three positions	July 18
Bronze	Jaime Espinal	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 86 kg	July 18
Bronze	Edgardo Lopez	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 125 kg	July 18
Bronze	Enrique Figueroa Franchesca Valdes	Sailing	Hobie 16	July 19
Bronze	Luis Colon III	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	July 20
Bronze	Carelyn Cordero Adriana Díaz Melanie Diaz	Table tennis	Women's team	July 21
Bronze	Brian Afanador Hector Berrios Daniel Gonzalez	Table tennis	Men's team	July 21
Bronze	José Rosario	Boxing	Men's lightweight	July 21
Bronze	Monica Gonzalez Rivera	Boxing	Women's flyweight	July 23
Bronze	Puerto Rico women's national softball team Karla Claudio Dayanira Diaz Quianna Diaz-Patterson Elicia D'Orazio Sahvanna Jaquish Galis Lozada Yairka Moran Yahelis Munoz Kiara Nazario Aleshia Ocasio Nicole Osterman Gabriela Palacios Shemiah Sanchez Monica Santos Yazmin Torres	Softball	Women's tournament	July 25

Archery

Puerto Rico qualified one male archer based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Championships.^[3] Later Puerto Rico qualified 1 more man based on its performance at the 2015 Copa Merengue.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jose Irizarry	Individual	624	24	Crispin Duenas (CAN) W 7–5	Thomas Flossbach (GUA) L 0–6	did not advance
Jean Pizarro	Individual	620	26	Hugo Franco (CUB) W 6–4	Daniel Pineda (COL) L 5–6	did not advance

Athletics

Puerto Rico qualified 15 athletes (five men and ten women).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
GR = Games record
PB = Personal best
DNF = Did not finish
NM = No mark
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Arroyo	800 m	1:49.36	8 q	1:49.08	7
James Cesar Rosa	5000 m	—		DNS
Joseph Cesar Rosa	5000 m	—		14:29.78	13
James Cesar Rosa	10,000 m	—		30:39.66	9
Eric Alejandro	400 m hurdles	51.32	12	did not advance
Javier Culson	400 m hurdles	50.54	6 Q	48.67

Women
Track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dayleen Santana Celiangeli Morales Beatriz Cruz Genoiska Cancel	4 x 100 metres relay	44.39	7 q	44.27	6
Carol Rodríguez Alethia Marrero Grace Claxton Pariis García	4 x 400 metres relay	3:32.04 SB	8 q	3:33.16	6

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Diamara Planell	Pole vault	4.15	10

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Alysbeth Félix	Result	13.96	1.74	11.12	24.69	6.17	39.38	2:18.19	5810 NR	7
Alysbeth Félix	Points	984	903	603	915	902	655	848	5810 NR	7

Baseball

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's baseball teams (the men's team consisted of 24 athletes, while the women's team had 18, for a total of 42 athletes).^[5] Puerto Rico has also qualified a women's team of 18 athletes, for a total of 42 entered competitors.^[6] Both teams ended up finishing their respective tournaments in fourth place, just of the podium.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is Puerto Rico's men's baseball team for the 2015 Pan American Games. The position of the player is listed in parentheses.^[7]

Richard Gonzalez (INF)
Roberto Pena (C)
Gabriel Robles (INF)
Ramesis Rosa (P)
Aldo Mendez (OF)
Jeffry Dominguez (INF)
Jose Ayala (P)
Edgardo Baez (OF)
Miguel Martinez (P)
Joiset Feliciano (OF)
Raul Rivera (P)
Richard Thon (IF)
Luis Cintron (P)
Nelson Gomez (IF)
Roy Geiger (P)
Anthony Garcia (OF)
Tomas Santiago (P)
Andrés Santiago (P)
Luis Ramos (P)
Yomar Cruz (C)
Luis Gonzalez (P)
Hector Ponce (OF)
Jose Soler (P)
Beningno Cepeda (P)

Legend: C = Catcher, INF = Infielder, OF = Outfielder, P = Pitcher

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canada	6	5	1	38	15	+23	.833	—	Advance to the semifinals
2	United States	6	4	2	33	22	+11	.667^[a]	1
3	Cuba	6	4	2	41	23	+18	.667^[a]	1
4	Puerto Rico	6	4	2	40	44	−4	.667^[a]	1
5	Dominican Republic	6	3	3	30	35	−5	.500	2
6	Nicaragua	6	1	5	22	43	−21	.167	4
7	Colombia	6	0	6	22	44	−22	.000	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

11 July 2015 15:30	United States	9–10	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 400
		Boxscore

13 July 2015 12:00	Cuba	8–1	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 2,133
		Boxscore

14 July 2015 15:30	Dominican Republic	6–12	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 623
		Boxscore

15 July 2015 15:30	Puerto Rico	8–7	Colombia	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 738
		Boxscore

16 July 2015 19:00	Puerto Rico	4–11	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,727
		Boxscore

17 July 2015 12:00	Puerto Rico	5–3	Nicaragua	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 724
		Boxscore

Semifinals

18 July 2015 19:00	Canada	7–1	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,827
		Boxscore

Bronze medal match

19 July 2015 13:00	Cuba	7–6	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,914
		Boxscore

Women's tournament

Roster

The Puerto Rico women's national baseball team roster for the 2015 Pan American Games (as of July 19, 2015):^[8]^[9]^[10]

Lisandra Berríos (IF)
Angela Castro (U)
Yinoska Claudio (IF)
Katiria Dávila (P/IF)
Noelia De Jesús (P)
Luz Feliciano (P/IF)
Dayaniris Flores (C)
Marlene Gómez (OF)
Kiara Hernández (P)
Kiara Irizarry (IF)
Julitza López (OF)
Fiordelis Martínez (IF/OF)
Michelle Martínez (OF)
Adrix Paradizo (P/IF)
Diamilette Quiles (IF)
Janilis Rivera (C)
Enid Santana (P)
María Zayas (P)

Legend: C = Catcher, IF = Infielder, OF = Outfielder, P = Pitcher, U = Utility fielder

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	33	7	+26	1.000	—	Advanced to the Gold medal match
2	Canada	4	3	1	26	9	+17	.750	1	Advance to the Bronze medal match
3	Venezuela	4	2	2	32	30	+2	.500	2	Advance to the Bronze medal match
4	Puerto Rico	4	1	3	17	27	−10	.250	3
5	Cuba	4	0	4	8	43	−35	.000	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 July 2015 15:00	Cuba	5–6	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 975
		Boxscore

22 July 2015 15:00	Canada	3–2	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,775
		Boxscore

23 July 2015 19:00	Puerto Rico	0–9	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 547
		Boxscore

24 July 2015 15:00	Venezuela	10–9	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,803
		Boxscore

Basketball

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's teams. Each team will consist of 12 athletes, for a total of 24.^[11]

Men's tournament

The Puerto Rico men's national basketball team roster for the 2015 Pan American Games.^[12]

Puerto Rico men's national basketball team – 2015 Pan American Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	Villafañe, Luis	34 – 21 Jun 1981 (1981-06-21)	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Cangrejeros de Santurce
G	5	Barea, J. J.	31 – 26 Jun 1984 (1984-06-26)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Dallas Mavericks
PF	6	Young, Kevin	25 – 24 Jun 1990 (1990-06-24)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Brujos de Guayama
SG	7	Mojica, Javier	30 – 31 Aug 1984 (1984-08-31)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Cangrejeros de Santurce
PF	8	Clavell, Gilberto	25 – 10 Aug 1989 (1989-08-10)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Kouvot
F	9	Collier, Devon	24 – 20 Jan 1991 (1991-01-20)	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Bnei Herzliya
G	10	Ayuso, Elías Larry	38 – 27 Mar 1977 (1977-03-27)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Mets de Guaynabo
SF	11	Carmona, Alejandro	32 – 14 Jun 1983 (1983-06-14)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Brujos de Guayama
G	12	Browne, Gary	22 – 24 Mar 1993 (1993-03-24)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	West Virginia Mountaineers
G	13	De Jesús, Jezreel	24 – 5 May 1991 (1991-05-05)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Maratonistas de Coamo
PF	14	Clemente, Ramón	29 – 11 Dec 1985 (1985-12-11)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Obras Sanitarias
F	15	Graham III, Paul	29 – 2 Dec 1985 (1985-12-02)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Piratas de Quebradillas

Head coach

Rick Pitino

Legend

Age – as of 16 July 2015
Club – before start of Games

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	264	206	+58	6	Qualified for the semifinals
United States	3	2	1	270	225	+45	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	218	266	−48	4
Venezuela	3	0	3	198	253	−55	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 July 2015
10:30

Report

Brazil	92–59	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 31–6, 29–11, 19–25, 13–17
Pts: Hettsheimeir 19 Rebs: Batista 11 Asts: Lima 6		Pts: Clavell, De Jesús 8 Rebs: Villafañe, Young, Collier 4 Asts: Young 3

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

22 July 2015
21:00

Report

Puerto Rico	70–102	United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 10–36, 23–20, 18–27
Pts: Mojica 15 Rebs: Villafañe 8 Asts: Barea 3		Pts: Brown 16 Rebs: Tarczewski 7 Asts: Brown 6

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

23 July 2015
13:30

Report

Puerto Rico	89–72	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 23–25, 15–23, 28–11
Pts: Barea 27 Rebs: Clemente 7 Asts: Barea 6		Pts: Lewis 19 Rebs: Colmenares 8 Asts: Vargas, Vargas Diaz 3

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Fifth place match

24 July 2015
21:00

Report

Puerto Rico	85–105	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–20, 24–32, 22–31
Pts: de Jesus 12 Rebs: Clavell 7 Asts: Browne 5		Pts: Campazzo 17 Rebs: Delía 12 Asts: Campazzo, Laprovíttola 4

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Women's tournament

The Puerto Rico women's national basketball team roster for the 2015 Pan American Games.^[13]

Puerto Rico women's national basketball team – 2015 Pan American Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height
G	5	Delgado, Yashira	22 – 23 Jul 1992 (1992-07-23)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
SG	6	Sepúlveda, Jazmine	30 – 10 Apr 1985 (1985-04-10)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
C	7	Bermúdez, Angelica	26 – 2 Jul 1989 (1989-07-02)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG	8	Cortijo, Carla	27 – 21 Jul 1987 (1987-07-21)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
SG	9	Gibson, Allison	22 – 27 Mar 1993 (1993-03-27)	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
F	10	Meléndez, Tayra	21 – 29 Oct 1993 (1993-10-29)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
C	11	García, Sandra	24 – 7 Aug 1990 (1990-08-07)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	13	Diaz Hassan, Natalie	21 – 28 Apr 1994 (1994-04-28)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
F	14	Plácido, Marie	27 – 18 Aug 1987 (1987-08-18)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PF	21	Roma, Sofia Laura	18 – 21 Nov 1996 (1996-11-21)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	23	Vargas, Yoy Ling	23 – 26 Sep 1991 (1991-09-26)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G	32	Martínez, Damika	23 – 7 Jun 1992 (1992-06-07)	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)

Head coach

Omar Gonzalez

Legend

Age – as of 15 July 2015
Club – before start of Games

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	262	201	+61	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Brazil	3	2	1	204	186	+18	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	210	209	+1	4
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	163	243	−80	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 July 2015
13:30

Report

Puerto Rico	76–54	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 24–14, 13–19, 14–7
Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 15 Rebs: Cortijo Sanchez 8 Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo Sanchez 3		Pts: Monsac 16 Rebs: Andujar 7 Asts: Monsac 3

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG)

17 July 2015
13:30

Report

Puerto Rico	57–62	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 12–11, 14–15, 17–16
Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 20 Rebs: Bermudez 7 Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 2		Pts: de Paula 13 Rebs: Jacob 10 Asts: Teixeira, Santos 2

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

18 July 2015
21:00

Report

United States	93–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 22–18, 21–23, 26–13
Pts: Stewart 24 Rebs: Coates 13 Asts: Jefferson 6		Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 24 Rebs: Gibson, García, Martinez 3 Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 5

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Fifth place match

19 July 2015
21:00

Report

Puerto Rico	56–77	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 14–15, 19–22, 13–21
Pts: Delgado 19 Rebs: Bermudez, García 9 Asts: Delgado 2		Pts: Vega 18 Rebs: Vega 9 Asts: Gretter 8

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Beach volleyball

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's
	Women's

Boxing

Puerto Rico qualified five boxers (three men and two women).^[15]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeyvier Cintrón	Men's flyweight	Bye	Vargas (USA) L 1–2	did not advance		=5
José Rosario	Men's lightweight	Bye	Zalazar (HON) W WO	Delgado (MEX) L 0–3	Did not advance
Magdiel Cotto	Men's middleweight	Sánchez (DOM) L 0–3	did not advance			=9
Monica Gonzalez Rivera	Women's flyweight	—	Cedeno (VEN) W 2–0	Esparza (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Kiria Tapia	Women's light welterweight	—	Veyre (CAN) L 1–2	did not advance		=5

Bowling

Canoeing

Sprint

Puerto Rico qualified 2 athletes in the sprint discipline (2 in women's kayak).^[16]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melissa Reyes	K-1 500 m	46.247	5 QS	46.228	4	Did not advance	10
Melissa Reyes	K-1 500 m	2:06.734	5 QS	2:06.818	3 QF	2:17.128	9
Mariecarmen Rivera Melissa Reyes	K-2 500 m	—				2:01.956	8

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; QS = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Puerto Rico qualified two male cyclists, one each in the road and track disciplines.

Road

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Efren Ortega	Road race	3:46:35	12
Efren Ortega	Time trial	52:14.62	15

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Time trial		Points race	Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Total points	Rank
Eduardo Colon Ortiz	Men's omnium	DNF		4:57.454	11	10	1:08.419	9	14.127	9	DNF
11

Diving

Puerto Rico qualified three divers (one male and two women).

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rafael Quintero	Men's 3 m springboard	350.15	10 Q	409.00	5
Rafael Quintero	Men's 10 m platform	378.65	10 Q	328.80	12
Luisa Jimenez Aragunde	Women's 3 m springboard	262.05	8 Q	288.80	7
Jeniffer Fernandez	Women's 3 m springboard	256.80	9 Q	256.35	10
Luisa Jimenez Aragunde Jeniffer Fernandez	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard	—		241.59	6

Equestrian

Puerto Rico qualified four equestrians across all three disciplines.^[17]^[18]^[19]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total	Score	Rank
Luis Denizard	Royal Affair	Individual	69.395	13	70.211	9 Q	139.606	70.725	=13

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Puerto Rico qualified 3 male fencers. Originally the country also qualified men's sabre and women's foil teams, but for unknown reasons the country declined those quotas.

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angelo Justiniano	Foil	1	14 Q	Van Haaster (CAN) L 9–15	did not advance
Jonathan Lugo	Foil	1	15 Q	Meinhardt (USA) L 8–15	did not advance
Angelo Justiniano Jonathan Lugo Jabnyell Ortega Rexach	Foil Team	—			Brazil L 19–45	Canada L 21–45	Chile L 30–45	8

Golf

Puerto Rico qualified two golfers (one male and one female).^[20]

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Erick Juan Morales	Men's individual	71	76	74	76	297 (+9)	=20
Maria Torres	Women's individual	77	75	79	76	307 (+19)	=16
Erick Juan Morales Maria Torres	Mixed team	148	151	153	152	604 (+28)	14

Gymnastics

Artistic

Puerto Rico qualified 7 gymnasts, only six competed (five men and one woman).^[21]^[22]

Men
Team & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Rafael Morales Casado	Qualification	14.100	11.850	13.600	14.150			53.700	45
Tommy Ramos Nin				15.400 Q		13.000	13.050	41.450	50
Angel Ramos		14.050	11.650	13.450	14.300	13.850	14.600	81.900	11 Q
Tristian Perez		13.900	12.350		14.650	13.250	14.150	68.300	31
Alexis Torres			10.550	15.050Q	13.950	12.800	12.750	65.100	35
Total	Team	42.050	35.850	44.050	43.100	40.100	41.800	246.950	7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Angel Ramos	All-around	13.300	1.500	13.300	14.400	13.350	13.250	65.800	23
Tommy Ramos Nin	Rings	—		15.350	—			15.350	4
Alexis Torres	Rings	—		15.125	—			15.125	6

Women
Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Paula Mejias	Qualification	14.900Q	8.550	10.400	13.950Q	47.800	24 Q

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Paula Mejias	All-around	13.500	11.650	10.150	13.000	48.300	19
	Floor	13.125	—			13.125	7
	Vault	—	6.112	—		6.112	8

Handball

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's teams. Each team will consist of 15 athletes, for a total of 30.^[23]^[24]

Men's tournament

The Puerto Rico handball men's team that will compete at the 2015 Pan American Games:^[25]

Head coach: Harold Millan

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)
1	Pascual Pacheco	(1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
2	Alberto Pizarro	(1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 (age 40)
3	Jose Antonio Sanchez	(1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38)
5	Orlando Garcia	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 38)
6	Angel Benitez	(1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 41)
8	Jorge Nazario	(1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 31)
9	Jose Ceballos	(1988-04-08) 8 April 1988 (age 36)
10	Hector Hiraldo	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 31)
11	Jesus Arroyo	(1981-06-27) 27 June 1981 (age 42)
12	Steven Rodriguez	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 30)
14	Kristopher Semidey	(1985-06-09) 9 June 1985 (age 39)
17	Joshua Mercado	(1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 32)
18	Ruben Ayala	(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 33)
22	Edwin Brtio	(1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 35)
24	Juan Santos Ramos	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38)

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	3	0	0	103	63	+40	6	Qualified for the Semifinals
Chile	3	1	1	1	87	84	+3	3	Qualified for the Semifinals
Cuba	3	1	1	1	87	89	−2	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	68	109	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 17 20:30	Chile	33–23	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Araya 8	(18–7)	Nazario 9
	3× 2× 1×	report	3× 7×

July 19 18:30	Puerto Rico	22–38	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Mercado 7	(8–18)	Fernandez 8
	2× 4×	report	4× 3×

July 21 18:30	Cuba	38–23	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Toledano 13	(22–13)	Hiraldo 7
	1× 6×	report	4× 5×

Classification semifinals

July 23 11:00	Canada	24–29	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Walder 7	(10–14)	Hiraldo 15
	3× 3×	report	3× 2×

Fifth place match

July 25 13:00	Puerto Rico	39–38 (ET)	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Hiraldo 13	(17–15)	Hernandez 15
	3× 3×	report	3× 4× 2×
	FT: 33–33 ET: 6–5

Women's tournament

coach: Camilo Estevez^[26]

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	0	120	52	+68	6	Qualified for the Semifinals
Mexico	3	2	0	1	83	86	−3	4	Qualified for the Semifinals
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	72	98	−26	1
Canada	3	0	1	2	55	94	−39	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 16 11:30	Brazil	38–21	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Nascimento, Silva 7	(15–10)	Ceballos 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

July 18 13:30	Puerto Rico	30–39	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Cabrera, Ceballos 6	(17–14)	Rocha 6
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 3×

July 20 11:30	Puerto Rico	21–21	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 7	(10–7)	Perry 7
	2× 3×	report	2× 5×

Classification semifinals

July 22 11:00	Puerto Rico	36–34	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 11	(21–18)	Feuchtmann 6
	2×	report	2× 3×

Fifth place match

July 24 13:00	Puerto Rico	27–40	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	three players 5	(14–20)	Reyes, Barrio 7
	2× 2×	report	1× 6×

Judo

Puerto Rico qualified a team of five judokas (two men and three women).^[27] However, the nation only sent three judokas to compete.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Augusto Miranda	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Arthur Margelidon (CAN) W 001S1-000	Magdiel Estrada (CUB) L 000S2-100S1	Bye	Fernando Ibañez (ECU) W 000S1-000S2
Gadiel Miranda	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Magdiel Estrada (USA) L 000S2-101	Did not advance	Bye	Magdiel Estrada (BRA) L 000S1-101S1	=5
Jeannette Rodriguez	Women's −57 kg	Anriquelis Barrios (VEN) L 100-000	did not advance

Roller sports

Puerto Rico qualified one male roller skater.

Speed

Men

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Javier Sepulveda	200 m time trial	—		17.184	6
	500 m	40.224	4	did not advance
	10,000 m points race	—		did not start

Sailing

Puerto Rico qualified 4 boats (6 sailors).^[28]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net Points	Final Rank
Juan Carlos Perdomo	Laser	2	6	11	10	14	8	8	10	7	(15)	14	8	DNQ	98	9
Ramón González	Sunfish	(12)	11	11	11	6	6	4	12	9	9	7	6	DNQ	92	9
Raúl Ríos Fernando Monllor	Snipe	2	2	2	(7)	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	2	20
Enrique Figueroa Franchesca Valdes	Hobie 16	5	1	5	(7)	3	1	1	3	6	6	4	7	2	44

Shooting

Puerto Rico qualified nine shooters.^[29]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giovanni Gonzalez Rivera	10 metre air pistol	570	6 Q	—		155.7	4
Giovanni Gonzalez Rivera	50 metre pistol	531	14	—		did not advance
Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz	Trap	97	22	did not advance
Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz	Double trap	118	10	did not advance
José Torres Laboy	Double trap	105	14	did not advance
Luis Bermudez	Skeet	120	2 Q	12	5	did not advance
Jesus Medero	Skeet	113	20	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Amy Bock	10 metre air rifle	408.9	8 Q	—		163.3	4
Yarimar Mercado	10 metre air rifle	405.4	15	—		did not advance
Amy Bock	50 metre rifle three positions	557	20	—		did not advance
Yarimar Mercado	50 metre rifle three positions	571	6 Q	—		435.2
Ana Latorre	Trap	58	6 Q	11	3 QB	11	4
Vivian Rodriguez	Trap	50	8	did not advance

Softball

Puerto Rico qualified a women's squad of 15 athletes.^[30]

Women's tournament

Roster

Puerto Rico's roster consisted of 15 athletes.^[31]

Karla Claudio
Dayanira Diaz
Quianna Diaz-Patterson
Elicia D'Orazio
Sahvanna Jaquish
Galis Lozada
Yairka Moran
Yahelis Munoz
Kiara Nazario
Aleshia Ocasio
Nicole Osterman
Gabriela Palacios
Shemiah Sanchez
Monica Santos
Yazmin Torres

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Qualification
United States	5	5	0	43	4	+39	Qualified for the semifinals
Canada	5	4	1	21	14	+7
Puerto Rico	5	3	2	18	17	+1
Brazil	5	2	3	7	19	−12
Cuba	5	1	4	10	23	−13
Dominican Republic	5	0	5	14	36	−22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 July 2015 19:00	Puerto Rico	2 – 9	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 234
		Boxscore

20 July 2015 16:30	Puerto Rico	11 – 5	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 375
		Boxscore

21 July 2015 14:00	Puerto Rico	3 – 2	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 832
		Boxscore

22 July 2015 14:00	Puerto Rico	2 – 0	Brazil	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 460
		Boxscore

23 July 2015 19:00	Canada	1 – 0	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,050
		Boxscore

Semifinals

24 July 2015 16:30	Puerto Rico	12 – 2 (4)	Brazil	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,050
		Boxscore

Bronze medal match

25 July 2015 17:00	Canada	7 – 4	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,267
		Boxscore

Swimming

Puerto Rico qualified seven swimmers (four men and three women).

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Risolvato	50 m freestyle	22.48	8 FA	22.22	4
Christian Bayo	400 m freestyle	3:53.93	10 FB	3:54.11	12
Christian Bayo	1500 m freestyle	—		15:49.47	14
Yeziel Morales	1500 m freestyle	—		DNS
Yeziel Morales	200 m backstroke	2:02.89	12 FB	2:02.26	11
Andrew Torres	100 m butterfly	54.69	15 FB	54.77	13
Andrew Torres	200 m butterfly	1:59.83	8 FA	1:59.37	5
Christian Bayo	400 metre individual medley	4:28.54	12 FB	4:27.15 NR	12
Yeziel Morales	400 metre individual medley	DNS		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vanessa García	50 m freestyle	25.37	8 FA	25.21	8
Vanessa García	100 m freestyle	55.45	7 FA	55.26	7
Tereysa Lehnertz	100 m butterfly	1:02.43	16 FB	1:02.02	14
Tereysa Lehnertz	200 m butterfly	2:18.57	12 FB	2:18.05	12
Barbara Caraballo	200 metre individual medley	DNS		did not advance

Table tennis

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's team for a total of six athletes.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador	Singles	Diaz (VEN) W 4–0	Tabachnik (ARG) L 1–4	Gavilan (PAR) W 4–1	2 Q	Rodriguez (PER) W 4–2	Monteiro (BRA) L 0–4	did not advance			=9
Hector Berrios		Madrid (MEX) L 0–4	Martinez (CUB) W 4–3	Ramirez (GUA) L 0–4	3	did not advance
Daniel Gonzalez		Villa (MEX) W 4–2	Aguirre (PAR) L 0–4	Blas (PER) W 4–2	2 Q	Campos (CUB) L 0–4	did not advance				=17
Brian Afanador Hector Berrios Daniel Gonzalez	Team	Canada W 3–2	Guatemala W 3–0	—	1 Q	—		United States W 3–2	Paraguay L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carelyn Cordero	Singles	Zheng (USA) L 0–4	Kumahara (BRA) L 1–4	Gonzalez (VEN) L 2–4	4	did not advance					=21
Adriana Díaz		Umbacia (ARG) W 4–0	Castillo (CUB) W 4–3	Umbacia (COL) W 4–1	1 Q	Bye	Arvelo (VEN) W 4–1	Wu (USA) L 1–4	did not advance		=5
Melanie Diaz		Galvez (ECU) W 4–1	Zhang (USA) L 0–4	Low (CHI) W 4–2	2 Q	Arguelles (ARG) W 4–2	Zhang (CAN) L 0–4	did not advance			=9
Carelyn Cordero Adriana Díaz Melanie Diaz	Team	Mexico W 3–2	Chile W 3–2	—	1 Q	—		Argentina W 3–0	Brazil L 1–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Puerto Rico qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).^[32]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafael Mota Jr	Men's -58kg	Peralta (ECU) L 13–14	did not advance
Luis Colon III	Men's -68kg	Morales (CHI) W 17–5	van Dijk (SUR) W 8–7	Gutiérrez (MEX) L 2–5	—	Precioso (BRA) W 6–3	Did not advance
Elvis Barbosa	Men's -80kg	Robles (CHI) L 1–2	did not advance
Victoria Stambaugh	Women's -49kg	Pimentel (ARU) W 13–6	Zamora (GUA) L 3–4	did not advance
Brieanna Hernandez	Women's -67kg	Vasconcelos (BRA) L 5–12	did not advance
Crystal Weekes	Women's +67kg	Bye	Bravo (COL) L 3–11	did not advance

Tennis

Puerto Rico qualified one female tennis player.^[33]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Monica Puig	Singles	Bye	Abanda (CAN) W 6–0, 6–3	Gámiz (VEN) W 6–0, 6–1	Rodríguez (MEX) L 6–2, 3–6, 2–6	Davis (USA) W 2–6, 6–3, 6–3

Triathlon

Volleyball

Puerto Rico qualified a men's and women's volleyball team, for a total of 24 athletes (12 men and 12 women).^[34]

Men's tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	Canada	3	3	0	12	280	249	1.124	9	3	3.000
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	10	268	248	1.081	7	4	1.750
3	United States	3	1	2	7	295	294	1.003	6	7	0.857
4	Mexico	3	0	3	1	195	247	0.789	1	9	0.111

Source: Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

17 July 2015 15:30	United States	1–3	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 1,700
	(23–25, 26–24, 20–25, 26–28) result statistics

19 July 2015 16:46	Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 4,500
	(25–23, 25–23, 21–25, 25–20) result statistics

21 July 2015 15:47	Mexico	0–3	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 600
	(23–25, 14–25, 20–25) result statistics

Quarterfinals

22 July 2015 21:12	Puerto Rico	3–2	Cuba	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 3,100
	(20–25, 22–25, 25–21, 25–20, 15–11) result statistics

Semifinals

24 July 2015 21:53	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 3,000
	(25–16, 25–17, 25–23) result statistics

Bronze medal match

26 July 2015 11:05	Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre, Toronto Attendance: 4,900
	(25–11, 25–12, 23–25, 25–18) result statistics

2015 Pan American Games 4th place
Puerto Rico

Women's tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	Brazil	3	3	0	10	320	273	1.172	9	5	1.800
2	United States	3	2	1	12	254	200	1.270	8	3	2.667
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	7	232	247	0.939	5	6	0.833
4	Peru	3	0	3	1	164	250	0.656	1	9	0.111

Source: Archived 2015-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 16	Brazil	3–2	Puerto Rico	23–25	28–26	25–17	24–26	15–10	115–104	P2 P3
Jul 18	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–17	25–22	25–14			75–53	P2 P3
Jul 20	Puerto Rico	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 22	Argentina	2–3	Puerto Rico	21–25	27–25	10–25	25–11	13–15	96–101	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 23	Brazil	3–2	Puerto Rico	18–25	24–26	25–22	25–19	15–11	107–103	P2 P3

2015 Pan American Games 4th place
Puerto Rico

Water polo

Puerto Rico qualified a women's team. The team consists of 13 athletes. The men's team also qualified, but the country did not compete and was replaced by Ecuador for unknown reasons.

Women's tournament

Roster

The following was the Puerto Rico women's water polo team for the 2015 Pan American Games.^[35]

Angelik Alicea
Nichole Colon
Guarina Garcia
Maria Gutierrez
Carolin Matos
Paola Medina
Alejandra Ortiz
Amanda Ortiz
Cristina Ortiz
Osmarie Quinones
Anaid Ralat
Perla Del Mar Roman
Mairim Rosario

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	2	1	0	41	16	+25	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Brazil	3	2	1	0	42	18	+24	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	16	44	−28	1
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	26	47	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 08:08	Report	Venezuela	11–11	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 1–5, 2–1
		Herrera 3	Goals	Montero 4

9 July 2015 12:08	Report	Canada	19–3	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 5–0, 6–2
		Robinson 4	Goals	Delgado 2

11 July 2015 12:08	Report	Brazil	17–10	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Mark Maretzki (USA).
		Score by quarters: 4-2, 3-5, 5-1, 5-2
		Badocco 4	Goals	Montero 3

Fifth to Eighth place playoffs

12 July 2015 12:00	Report	Argentina	6–14	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Humberto Navarro (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-3, 3-4
		Font 3, Comba 2, Hatcher 1	Goals	Medina 5

Fifth place match

14 July 2015 14:00	Report	Puerto Rico	12–11	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Juan Menendez (CUB), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 4–1, 2–4
		Nazario 4	Goals	Castro 4

Weightlifting

Puerto Rico qualified a team of 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).^[36]^[37] However, only the two women ended up competing.

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Lely Burgos	48 kg	71	5	91	7	162	6
Cecilly Morales Melendez	69 kg	85	10	112	7	197	9

Wrestling

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Puerto Rico at the 2015 Pan American Games

IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	252 in 26 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Luis Rivera
Flag bearer (closing)	Mónica González Rivera
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 13 Total 15
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Puerto Rico at the 2015 Pan American Games

Competitors

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Baseball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Bowling

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Roller sports

Speed

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Women's tournament

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References