Aruba at the 2023 Pan American Games

Aruba is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Aruba's 10th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1987.

Aruba at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	ARU
NOC	Aruban Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	14 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Mikel Schreuders & Shanayah Howell
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Other related appearances
Netherlands Antilles (1987–)

The Aruban delegation consisted of 14 athletes.^[1] Swimmer Mikel Schreuders and BMX cyclist Shanayah Howell were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Bowling	0	2	2
Cycling	0	1	1
Karate	1	0	1
Sailing	2	1	3
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Total	6	8	14

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date   Silver Ethan Westera Sailing Men's IQFoil November 3   Silver Philipine van Aaholt Sailing Women's sunfish November 4   Bronze Rob Timmermmans Karate Men's +84 kg November 4 Artistic swimming Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified a team of two artistic swimmers after the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games. Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Final) Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Kyra Hoevertsz Mikayla Morales Women's duet Did not start Bowling Main articles: Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified a team of two women through the 2022 South American Games held in Asuncion, Paraguay.^[3]^[4]^[5] Athlete Event Ranking round Semifinal Final Score Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Kamilah Dammers Women's singles 3251 5 Did not advance Abigail Dammers 2862 24 Did not advance Kamilah Dammers Abigail Dammers Women's doubles 2732 11 — Cycling Main articles: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified a total of 2 cyclists (2 women). ^[6] BMX Aruba qualified one cyclist in BMX race through the UCI World Ranking of Nations.^[7] Racing Athlete Event Ranking round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Time Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank Shanayah Howell Women 37.900 11 11 4 Q 15 5 Did not advance Karate Main articles: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified a male karateka at the 2023 Pan American Championships.^[8] Kumite Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Rob Timmermans Men's +84 kg   Salgado (BRA) W 2–1   Lenis (COL) W 2–0   Oporta (NCA) W 3–1 —   Fernandes (BRA) L 1–7 Did not advance   Sailing Main articles: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified 3 boats for a total of 3 sailors.^[9] Men Athlete Event Opening series Finals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points Rank QF SF M / F Points Rank Ethan Westera IQFoil 2 1 1 1 (5) 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 (11) UFD 1 4 4 21 1 Q Bye 2 —   Just van Aanholt Laser 9 2 12 (15) 15 6 12 3 1 7 — 67 7 — Did not advance Women Athlete Event Opening series Finals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points Rank QF SF M / F Points Rank Philipine van Aanholt Sunfish (3) 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 — 29 2 Q — 6 32   Shooting Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified one shooter. Men Athlete Event Qualification Final Points Rank Points Rank Philip Elhage 10 m air pistol 561 20 Did not advance Swimming Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified a total of three swimmers in the pool events plus one swimmer for the open water event. Key Note – Ranks given are for the entire round NR – National record QA – Qualified for Final A QB – Qualified for Final B Men Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Mikel Schreuders 50 m freestyle 22.69 11 q 22.58 10 100 m freestyle 49.88 13 q 49.69 10 100 metre butterfly 55.92 19 Did not advance Patrick Groters 100 m backstroke 56.36 12 q 55.96 9 200 m backstroke 2:04.50 9 q 2:02.83 9 200 metre individual medley 2:03.76 11 q 2:06.69 16 Women Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Elisabeth Timmer 50 m freestyle 26.38 19 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 57.86 18 Did not advance 200 m freestyle 2:08.59 19 Did not advance Britta Schwengle 10 km open water — 2:07:28.0 16 Weightlifting Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Aruba qualified one female weightlifter though it did not compete.^[10] References "Aruba Presentó a Deportistas Que Competirán en Juegos Panamericanos 2023" [Aruba Presented Athletes Who Will Compete in the 2023 Pan American Games]. www.espanol.24ora.com (in Spanish). 24ora. 10 October 2023. 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