Costa Rica at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Costa Rica sent 91 athletes in 18 sports.^[1]

Costa Rica at the 2011 Pan American Games
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Costa Rican Olympic Committee
Website	concrc.org
in Guadalajara 14–30 October 2011
Competitors	91[1] in 19 sports
Flag bearer	David Jimenez[2]
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nery Brenes	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	October 26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
400 m	Nery Brenes			45.42	3rd Q	44.65 PB
Marathon	Johnny Loria					DNF
20 km walk	Allan Segura					DSQ
50 km walk	Bernardo Calvo					4:21:19 PB	8th
	Allan Segura					DNF

Field events

Event	Athletes	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High jump	Henry Linton			1.95 m.	17th
Hammer throw	Roberto Sawyers			65.09 m.	7th

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m hurdles	Sharolyns Scott	57.23	1st Q	57.40	4th
Marathon	Gabriela Traña			3:04:29	12th

Basque pelota

Main article: Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Series 1	Series 2	Series 3	Series 4	Finals
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tomas Fernandez Jorge Lopez	Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton	Enrique Blas (GUA)  Juan Diego Blas (GUA) L 3 – 12, 4 – 12	Fernando Javier Celaya (CHI)  Pedro De Orte (CHI) L 1 – 12, 0 – 12	Fernando Gabriel Ergueta (ARG)  Javier Alejandro Nicosia (ARG) L 1 – 12, 0 – 12	Oscar Bustillo (NCA)  Victor Bustillo (NCA) L 1 – 12, 4 – 12	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified a men's and women's team in the beach volleyball competition.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Esteban Escobar Bryan Monge	Men	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Emanuel Rego (BRA) L 11-21, 7-21	Sergio González (CUB)  Karell Piña (CUB) L 23-25, 17-21	Yewddys Pérez (DOM)  Germán Recio (DOM) L 22-24, 18-21	Did not advance
Nathalia Alfaro Ingrid Morales	Women	Fabiana Gómez (URU)  Lucia Guigou (URU) L 21-16, 14-21, 13-15	Bibiana Candelas (MEX)  Mayra García (MEX) L 8-21, 9-21	Amalia Hernández (NCA)  Lollette Rodríguez (NCA) W 21-14, 21-15	Did not advance

Bowling

Main article: Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified two male and two female athletes in the individual and team bowling competitions.

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification															Eighth Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Block 1 (Games 1–6)						Block 2 (Games 7–12)						Total	Average	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12				Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Rank
Alejandro Reyna M.	Men's individual	203	233	224	216	245	235	190	252	236	210	187	168	2599	216.6	10th	Francisco Colon (PUR) L 619 – 624	Did not advance
Mario Valverde	Men's individual	223	160	204	205	206	246	201	197	206	248	180	179	2455	204.6	14th	Amleto Monacelli (VEN) W 645 – 614	Chris Barnes (USA) L 535 – 760	Did not advance

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Block 1 (Games 1–6)								Block 2 (Games 7–12)								Grand total	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Average	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Average
Alejandro Reyna M. Mario Valverde	Men's pairs	192	159	201	180	223	146	1101	183.5	165	275	278	154	227	198	2398	199.8	4664	10th
		202	203	180	178	188	166	1117	186.2	189	236	185	178	209	152	2266	188.8

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification															Eighth Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Block 1 (Games 1–6)						Block 2 (Games 7–12)						Total	Average	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12				Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Opposition Scores	Rank
Viviana Delgado	Women's individual	211	222	176	182	181	179	174	169	140	192	159	181	2166	180.5	23rd	Did not advance
Sylvia Villalobos	Women's individual	186	200	169	191	179	177	202	194	174	168	169	173	2182	181.8	22nd	Did not advance

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Block 1 (Games 1–6)								Block 2 (Games 7–12)								Grand total	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Average	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Average
Sylvia Villalobos Viviana Delgado	Women's pairs	143	158	156	177	154	158	946	157.7	170	180	193	193	164	186	2032	169.3	4253	12th
		212	178	188	186	236	205	1205	200.8	184	155	171	181	161	164	2221	185.1

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified one athlete in the 49 kg men's category, and one athlete in the 51 kg women's category

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Jimenez	Light Flyweight		Yosbany Veitia (CUB) L 2 – 14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pamela Sanchez	Flyweight	Karlha Magliocco (VEN) L 14 – 27	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified a cycling team.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gregori Brenes	Road race	3:50:58	31st
Deiber Esquivel		3:50:58	27th
Federico Ramirez		3:50:58	28th
Gregori Brenes	Time trial	50:43.00	4th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Natalia Navarro	Road race	2:18:29	25th
Edith Guillen		2:18:23	14th
Adriana Rojas		2:18:23	16th
Natalia Navarro	Time trial	30:15.33	13th

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying Lap Time Rank	Points Race Points Rank	Elimination Race Rank	Ind Pursuit Time	Scratch Race Rank	Time Trial Time	Final Rank
Marcela Rubiano	Women	16.135 10th	23 4th	10th	4:00.411 9th	8th	40.294 10th	51 10th

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jose Esquivel	Cross-country	1:39:55	9th
Federico Ramirez	Cross-country	1:40:44	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Adriana Rojas Cubero	Cross-country	1:40:55	6th

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Final Score1	Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gloriana Herrera Arauz	Rhapsody	Individual	61.105	37th	Did not advance
Michelle Batalla Navarro	Ferro	Individual	59.105	43rd	Did not advance
Anne Egerstrom	Amorino	Individual	64.790	26th	60.474	25th	Did not advance
Gretchen Luttmann	Dudrovnik	Individual	63.921	29th	Did not advance
Gloriana Herrera Arauz Michelle Batalla Navarro Anne Egerstrom Gretchen Luttmann	As above	Team	63.272	9th					63.272	9th

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified one athlete in the individual women's épée competition.

Women

Event	Athlete	Round of Poules		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Result	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Individual épée	Rayssa De Oliveira	0 V – 5 D	18th	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified a men's and women's team in the football competition.

Men

Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Squad

• Vianney Blanco
• Kevin Briceno
• Keyner Brown
• Jorge Davis
• Rudy Dawson
• Johnson Derrick
• Dylan Flores
• Jonathan McDonald
• Gualberto Montenegro
• Joseph Mora
• Carlos Ochoa
• Ricardo Rojas
• Jean Sanchez
• Jordan Smith
• Bryan Vega
• Deyver Vega
• Carlos Viales
• Oscar Villalovos

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to Semifinals
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Brazil	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Cuba	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Costa Rica	1 – 0	Cuba
Blanco 55'	Report[dead link‍]

October 19, 2011

10:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

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Costa Rica	0 – 3	Argentina
	Report[dead link‍]	Fragapane 40' Pezzella 60' Kruspzky 76'

October 21, 2011

10:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

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Brazil	1 – 3	Costa Rica
Henrique 30'	Report	B. Vega 1' McDonald 20', 43'

October 23, 2011

20:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

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Semifinals

Mexico	3 – 0	Costa Rica
Peralta 19', 38', 46'	Report[dead link‍]

October 26, 2011

17:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Erick Roberto Andino (Honduras)

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Bronze medal match

Costa Rica	1 – 2	Uruguay
McDonald 81' (pen.)	Report	G. Silva 48' Píriz 61'

October 28, 2011

17:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

Women

Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Squad

• Wendy Acosta
• Katherine Alvarado
• Julieth Arias
• Yirlania Arroyo
• Mariela Campos
• Daniela Cruz
• Shirley Cruz
• Karolina Durán
• María Gamboa
• Hazel Quirós
• Lixy Rodríguez
• Raquel Rodríguez
• Saudy Rosales
• Diana Sáenz
• Carol Sánchez
• Carolina Venegas
• Yendry Villalobos

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1
4	Argentina	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Canada	3 – 1	Costa Rica
Julien 29' Sinclair 52' Pietrangelo 82'	Report[dead link‍]	Cruz 28' (pen.)

October 18, 2011

11:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Shane De Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Brazil	2 – 1	Costa Rica
Debinha 59' Thaís Guedes 62'	Report[dead link‍]	Cruz 90+5'

October 20, 2011

17:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Diane Ferreiras (Guyana)

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Costa Rica	3 – 3	Argentina
Acosta 57' Rodríguez 76' Alvarado 81'	Report[dead link‍]	Pereyra 5' Vallejos 8' Ugalde 17' (o.g.)

October 22, 2011

13:00

Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara

Referee: Shane De Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games

Artistic

Costa Rica qualified one male and one female athlete in the artistic gymnastics competition.

Men

Individual qualification & Team Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification
		Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Jossimar Calvo	Ind Qualification	13.650	10.500	9.050	14.850	11.800	12.700	72.550	29th

Women

Individual qualification & Team Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification
		Vault	Uneven bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total	Rank
Yurany Avendaño	Ind Qualification	12.400	2.825	11.925	12.075	39.225	45th

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified one athlete in the 68 kg women's category.

Athlete	Event	Round robin (Pool A/B)			Semifinals	Final
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ashley Binn	Women's -68 kg	Lucelia Ribeiro (BRA) L PTS 1:6	Elizabeth Retamal (CHI) W PTS 1:0	Yoandra Moreno (CUB) HWK 2:2	Did not advance

Racquetball

Main article: Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified two male athletes in the racquetball competition.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round (2 or 3)	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Felipe Camacho	Singles	Ricardo Monroy (BOL) L 6 – 15, 8 – 15  Ro Carson III (USA) L 8 – 15, 7 – 15  Jose Ugalde (ECU) W 15 – 8, 15 – 4	Selvin Cruz (HON) W 15 – 8, 15 – 11	Vincent Gagnon (CAN) L 9 – 15, 11 – 15	Did not advance
Teobaldo Fumero	Singles	Carlos Keller (BOL) L 14 – 15, 7 – 15  Luis A. Perez (DOM) L 13 – 15, 11 – 15  Michael Green (CAN) L 8 – 15, 11 – 15	Jose Ugalde (COL) W 15 – 12, 11 – 15, 11 – 8	Álvaro Beltrán (MEX) L 3 – 15, 3 – 15	Did not advance
Teobaldo Fumero Felipe Camacho	Doubles	Francisco J. Gomez Juan Torres (CRC) W 15 – 13, 15 – 9  Roland Keller Ricardo Monroy (BOL) W 9 – 15, 15 – 2, 11 – 6  Christopher Crowther Shane Vanderson (USA) W 9 – 15, 15 – 12, 11 – 7		Jorge Hirsekorn Cesar Castillo (VEN) L 15 – 9, 11 – 15, 6 – 11	Did not advance
Teobaldo Fumero Felipe Camacho	Team	Argentina L 0 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 2	Did not advance

Roller skating

Main article: Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified a women's team in the roller skating competition.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jennifer Monterrey	300 m time trial			28.965	7th
Jennifer Monterrey	1,000 m	1:38.337	5th Q	1:40.194	7th
Susanne Piedra	10,000 m			DNF

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liliana Boruchowicz	Single Sculls	9:50.02	4th R	9:05.57	5 qB	8:54.91	3rd B

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m Freestyle	Mario Montoya	51.86	16th qB	51.83	6th B
200 m Freestyle	Mario Montoya	1:54.70	15th qB	1:53.13	1st B
10 km marathon	Rodolfo Sanchez			2:11:53.1	14th

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m Freestyle	Marie Meza Peraza	1:01.13	18th	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Marie Meza Peraza	1:04.78	17th	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified a duet in the synchronized swimming competition.

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Violeta Mitinian Nadezdha Gomez	Women's duet	69.875	9th	70.638	9th	140.513	9th

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games

Costa Rica qualified two athletes in the 58 kg and 80+kg men's categories and one athlete in the 67 kg women's category.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Heiner Oviedo	Flyweight (-58kg)	Jocelyn Addison (CAN) L 3 – 9	Did not advance
Kristopher Moitland	Heavyweight(+80kg)	Jurmen Amiena (SUR) W 8 – 5	Juan Carlos Diaz (VEN) L 6 – 7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Katherine Alvarado	Welterweight (-67kg)	Taimi Castellanos (CUB) L 0 – 10	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Leonardo Chacon	Individual	18:26 15th	0:25 15th	57:12 10th	0:16 20th	34:39 12th	1:50:59	11th
Roger Rodriguez	Individual	19:31 31st	0:28 35th	1:05:18 34th	0:22 33rd	43:31 32nd	2:04:28	30th

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Alia Cardinale	Individual	20:48 18th	0:27 12th	1:03:04 5th	0:17 11th	42:19 13th	2:06:58	14th

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
		Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
Carlos Manuel Campos	Men's +105 kg	166	170	171	145	210	215	224	6th

References

1. Costa Rica entries
2. "Medallita" dice que ser el abanderado es lo mejor que le ha pasado Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
3. Racquetball tico tiene representantes para los Panamericanos (in Spanish)