USA TO ARRIVE WITH 67 PARALYMPIC MEDALLISTS TO LIMA 2019 PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

The team consists of 257 Para athletes, with a total of 36 Paralympic champions, who will compete in Peru starting on August 23.

 With the goal of winning as many medals as possible, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced the team that will compete at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, which will take place from August 23 to September 1 in Peru.

The US delegation consists of 159 men and 98 women, including six guides. The US will participate in 16 sports, with the exception of football 5-a-side. There are 257 athletes on the list; 114 of them have experience competing in Paralympic Games.

The US will arrive at Lima 2019 with 67 Paralympic medalists; 36 of them are Paralympic champions, demonstrating the power of team USA. The women’s and men’s wheelchair basketball team and women’s sitting volleyball will arrive in Lima as the current Paralympic champions.

Other notable athletes of the US delegation are four-time Paralympic cycling medalist Joe Berenyi, three-time Paralympic champion Jeremy Campbell and two-time Paralympic champion Deja Young.

Other Paralympic champions that will be in Lima are: Brian Bell, Aaron Gouge, Trevon Jenifer, Michael Paye, Matt Scott, Steven Serio, Joshua Turek y Jake Williams, from the men’s wheelchair basketball team, and Megan Blunk, Abigail Dunkin, Rose Hollermann, Darlene Hunter, Becca Murray and Natalie Schneider, from the women’s wheelchair basketball team.

Lisa Czechowski (goalball) and Jennifer Johnson, Tahl Leibovitz and Terese Terranova (table tennis) will also be in Lima. Para athletes David Brown, Jeremy Campbell, Breanna Clark, Gianfranco Iannotta, Jerome Singleton, Deja Young and Jerome Avery will also compete at Lima 2019.

And, finally, the women’s sitting volleyball team will also be present: Monique Burkland, Tia Edwards, Heather Erickson, Katie Holloway, Kaleo Kanahele, Nichole Millage, Nicole Nieves, Alexis Shifflett, Lora Webster and Bethany Zummo.

INTERESTING FACTS

Team USA is bringing 31 Spanish-speaking Para athletes. Their youngest Para athlete is Para swimmer Keegan Knott (14), while the oldest athlete is Para table tennis player Terese Terranova (72).

A married couple will compete in Para athletics for team USA: Kym Crosby and Erik Hightower. A total of 23 Para athletes coming to Peru have times to the military: 16 with the army, three with the Air Force, two with the Marine Corps and two with the US Navy. The men’s sitting volleyball team has the most military veterans, with six Para athletes on the team. 

• With information from the US Paralympic Committee

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES

If you would like to go to the competitions and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, tickets are already on sale and they start at PEN 10. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment.

At VIDENA and Villa Maria del Triunfo, there will be a “Day Pass” ticket that can be used to watch all the Para sports taking place in the venue for one price.

Tickets can only be bought at the 11 Lima 2019-authorized points of sale around the city. Learn where they are located:

Tickets can also be purchased online at www.lima2019.pe/tickets, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with the detailed competition schedules. E-tickets will no longer need to be printed out; clients will be able to show their e-ticket on their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue.