Muchos momentos quedarán en nuestros recuerdos, comenzando el 22 de agosto, cuando comenzaron las competiciones de los Juegos Parapanamericanos Lima 2019 . Un total de 1890 atletas para para de 30 países que nos visitaron en Lima 2019 nos dieron hermosos momentos de victoria y pérdida; Permanecerán para siempre en los recuerdos de todos.

1. La chilena Tamara Leonelli ganó la primera medalla de oro en Lima 2019 en el segundo día de competencia y se convirtió en la primera en clasificarse para los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio 2020.
2. El Estadio Nacional estuvo abarrotado durante la Ceremonia de Apertura de los Juegos Parapanamericanos de Lima 2019, que impresionó a todos con la inclusión emocional de las personas con discapacidad en el espectáculo. El campeón paralímpico peruano Jimmy Eulert fue elegido para encender el caldero.
3. La para atleta Rosbil Guillén ganó la primera medalla de oro para Perú en la clase T11 de 1500 metros. Con esta victoria, el atleta Para de Huancayo se vengó, ya que días antes había perdido la medalla de oro en los 5000 metros después de ser descalificado por separarse de su guía en la línea de meta.
4. Perú alcanzó un número histórico de medallas de oro en los Juegos Parapanamericanos con las victorias de Pedro Pablo de Vinatea y Pilar Jáuregui en el bádminton Para. Para ciclista Israel Hilario y la atleta de Para taekwondo Angélica Espinoza también encabezaron el podio para un total de cinco medallas de oro. Además, Perú reclamó tres medallas de plata y siete de bronce, lo que representa un total de 15 medallas.
5. Brasil encabezó la mesa final de medallas por cuarta vez consecutiva en los Juegos Parapanamericanos. Con la mayor delegación en su historia, Brasil también superó el mayor número de medallas en un solo evento continental: 124 de oro y 308 en total. Un récord impresionante.
6. México, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador y Colombia también superaron sus mejores actuaciones en la historia de los Juegos Parapanamericanos.
7. El judoca mexicano Eduardo Ávila entró en la historia del deporte en su país después de ganar su cuarto título parapanamericano consecutivo. Con sus dos medallas de oro en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Beijing 2008 y Río 2016, y otros dos títulos mundiales, es considerado como uno de los judokas más exitosos de América.
8. La para atleta brasileña Verónica Hipólito es el mejor ejemplo de que todo es posible en la vida. Después de superar dos cirugías en la cabeza que la dejaron en cama durante dos años, llegó al último lugar de la cuota unos días antes del inicio de Lima 2019. Los médicos le dieron pocas oportunidades de competir nuevamente y ganar medallas, ya que asumieron que esto era poco probable . Sin embargo, ganó tres medallas de plata y todo el continente estaba encantado con su historia de superación personal.
9. Después de ganar el evento de estilo libre de 50 metros, la nadadora de Para, Joana Silva, rompió a llorar en el podio. Meses antes, había perdido a su padre y estaba a punto de abandonar esta disciplina. Sin embargo, ella se recuperó, prometiéndole a su difunto padre que haría lo mejor que pudiera, y así sucedió: ganó seis medallas en Lima 2019, un total de 15 desde su debut en los Juegos Parapanamericanos de Guadalajara 2011.
10. Las gemelas brasileñas Debora y Beatriz Carneiro fueron una curiosidad en los Juegos. Han estado entrenando juntos desde que eran niños y, cuando compiten entre ellos, siempre comparten los títulos. En Lima 2019, obtuvieron el primer y segundo lugar en los eventos de braza de 100m y de popurrí individual de 200m. Por supuesto, Debora ganó el primer evento y Beatriz el segundo, para mantener la tradición.
11. Brasil ganó en el fútbol 5, un deporte para personas con discapacidad visual, alcanzando la gloria de los Juegos Parapanamericanos por cuarta vez en el Centro Deportivo Villa María del Triunfo. Los cinco veces campeones mundiales derrotaron a Argentina por 2-0 en la final, con las estrellas Jefinho y Cassio anotando los goles ganadores.
12. El equipo brasileño de fútbol 7, compuesto por personas con parálisis cerebral, también se llevó la medalla de oro después de derrotar a Argentina. Con esta victoria, los "canarinhos" aseguraron su tercer título en la competencia, después de ganar en Río 2007 y Toronto 2015.
13. En el juego más emotivo de Lima 2019, Canadá venció a Estados Unidos en la final de baloncesto femenino en silla de ruedas. El equipo femenino canadiense ganó el partido por una diferencia de tres puntos, pero este juego apretado se fue al grano, ya que los estadounidenses estaban en posesión de la pelota en la última jugada. Tenían ocho segundos para jugar, pero perdieron su última oportunidad de igualar y forzar un período de tiempo extra. Así es el deporte: no hay ganadores hasta que termine la competencia.
14. Con más de 170,000 espectadores, Lima 2019 batió un récord de asistencia a los Juegos Parapanamericanos. Además de este hito, Lima 2019 fue considerada la competencia multideportiva mejor organizada en la historia parapanamericana, así como el evento con el sistema de transporte más accesible en todas las ediciones de los Juegos.
15. El penúltimo día de la competencia Para Badminton se jugó en un ambiente deportivo emocional, lleno de fanáticos peruanos en el Centro Deportivo 2 de VIDENA, incluida la base oficial de fanáticos de Perú, "La Blanquirroja". El mismo día en que Pedro Pablo de Vinatea reclamó oro para Perú, el guatemalteco Raúl Anguiano hizo historia para su país después de ganar su primera y única medalla de oro en seis ediciones de los Juegos Parapanamericanos.

The Parapan American Games are in their final stage and this long weekend, which starts on August 29, will be the best chance to enjoy the last days of the event that has left a permanent mark in Peru’s sports history.

The experience of watching the competitions will, of course, be a win-win: our Para athletes will have the warm support of the public, while the public will be filled with motivation and pride when they see them triumph.

Guide for the Long Weekend

There are several Para sports that you can experience as a family, inside the impressive competition venues that, after the Games, will remain as a legacy for all Peruvians.

The competitions include the women’s wheelchair basketball semifinals, which will take place tomorrow with Canada versus Brazil and USA versus Argentina, in Sports Center 1 of VIDENA, starting at 18:30.

The boccia competition will take place during the morning session in the Villa El Salvador Sports Center, between 09:00 and 15:00. The Peruvian team will be competing thanks to Dean Tierry Acosta, Carlos Cano, María Cecilia Pancca and Javier Soto.

Boccia—an adaptation of the ancient Italian game ‘bocce’, played since the times of the Roman Empire—is just as much a sports event as it is a cultural one. Take part in these competitions from Thursday, August 29, to Sunday, September 1.

During the weekend, a good option is to cheer on Peruvian representative and flagbearer, Angélica Espinoza, in Para taekwondo (Miguel Grau Coliseum, Callao). The women’s and men’s competition, as well as the qualifiers, will take place this Friday and Saturday from 09:00 to 13:00. The medals will be decided on Friday and Saturday, starting at 15:00 until 20:00.

Another interesting option is wheelchair tennis. The defining matches will be contested starting tomorrow at Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, with the participation of the best tennis players in the world, such as Argentinian Gustavo Fernández. The winners will be decided between tomorrow and Friday, the final day of this Para sport.

Peruvian Support

Other Peruvians who need our support are Dunia Felices, Rodrigo Santillán and Harrison Linares, who will compete in Para swimming (VIDENA) until August 31, as well as the well-known and beloved Lima 2019 ambassadors, Pedro Pablo Vinatea and Pilar Jáuregui, who will compete in Para badminton (VIDENA) and will fight for the gold from August 29 to September 1. The competitions will take place in Sports Center 3 of VIDENA, with a good chance that our Para athletes will make it to the podium.

Another good option is goalball (Miguel Grau Coliseum, Callao), the only sport created specifically for people with a visual impairment. Support our fellow Peruvians until Saturday during two daily sessions (10:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 20:00). The ranking will be determined in the men’s semifinals, starting tomorrow.

Buy Your Tickets

Tickets for Lima 2019 Parapan American Games competitions can be purchased at the points of sale located in the Jockey Plaza shopping center in Santiago de Surco and Metro and Wong supermarkets in the districts of Chorrillos, Independencia, La Molina, Lima, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Juan de Miraflores, San Miguel and Surco. 

You can also get your tickets on the Lima 2019 website www.lima2019.pe or Teleticket website https://teleticket.com.pe/lima2019.

Tickets start at PEN 10 and there will be a 50% discount for people under the age of 18 and over the age of 60, as well as people with an impairment.

Additionally, if you live in one of the districts where a Lima 2019 Parapan American Games sports venue is located, you can purchase general tickets for the various competitions for only PEN 5.

All you have to do is show your DNI at the ticket booths of the venues in Callao, Villa El Salvador, Villa María del Triunfo, San Luis, San Miguel, Santiago de Surco and Jesús María.

Once again, the world’s best fanbase showed its unconditional support for Peru in every sport. This time, it won over the women's wheelchair basketball team. The fans cheered incessantly at VIDENA Sports Center 1, where Peru lost to Chile in matchday 3 of Group B, as part of the Lima 2019 Games. 

Dozens of Peruvian and Chilean families were in attendance, cheering for their respective teams. This turned into a beautiful competition between both fanbases. Peru took an early lead, but their rivals showed their experience, eventually winning 33-28. 

Starting tomorrow, Peru will play the round of matches defining positions five to eight. The first rivals will be Mexico (12:30). If the Peruvian team wins, it will go through to the fifth-place match. Meanwhile, the women's semifinals will be Argentina vs. USA and Brazil vs. Canada. 

“The support from the fans was exciting and we’ll treasure it in our hearts. Unfortunately, we couldn’t keep up the level we showed at the beginning. But we’ll have our revenge against Chile if we meet in the next round,” said a tearful Jaquelin Burgos. 

CHEER ON THEM FROM THE STANDS! 

You can keep cheering on the Peruvian wheelchair basketball teams in the matches defining positions five to eight. Buy your tickets, whose prices start at PEN 10. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment. Tickets can be bought in the VIDENA ticket offices and the 11 authorized points of sale across Lima. 

They can also be purchased online on the website lima2019.pe/tickets, where the competition schedules are detailed. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since spectators can show their e-tickets from their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue. 

In the sixth day of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games competitions, the “Classic of the Pacific” will come to life when the Peruvian women's national team faces the Chilean team, in the preliminary round of group B. 

The competition will be held at Sports Center 1 of the National Sports Village, at 18:30. Mexico, Canada, Brazil, USA, among other countries, will be also competing in this amazing sport, both in men’s and women’s categories. 

The Peruvian sitting volleyball team will fight for its pass to the final against the experienced USA team, at 19:00, at the Callao Regional Sports Village. The other semifinal will have Brazil and Canada, at 17:00. 

In addition, the Peruvian wheelchair tennis team will be looking to defeat their rivals in singles and doubles quarterfinals against USA and Canada, at the Club Lawn Tennis, starting at 11:00. 

Likewise, in the goalball group stage, Peruvian women’s and men’s trios will be facing Mexico and USA at the Miguel Grau Coliseum of Callao, starting at 10:00. 

As for Para table tennis, players will be fighting for the gold in the 2-5, 3-5, 6-8, 9-10 and 1-2 classes at the Sports Center 3 of Videna, starting at 10:00. 

The Villa El Salvador Sports Center will be the stage of gold, silver and bronze wheelchair rugby matches, starting at 10:00. 

And last, but not least, the best Para athletes of the Americas will be looking for the glory in Para athletics, Para cycling track, Para swimming and shooting Para sport. For more information about schedules and sport venues, visit https://www.lima2019.pe/resultados

On Friday, August 23, Peru will be able to enjoy a wonderful multi-sport experience during the Parapan American Games, where 1890 of the best athletes from the Americas will be participating.

On Saturday, August 17 a Para sport festival will take place at Plaza Manco Cápac, located in the center of the district of La Victoria.

From 10:00 all the spectators will be able to watch the exhibitions of four Para sports that will be part of the Parapan American Games. They are the following: Para athletics, wheelchair basketball, football 5-a-side (where only the goalkeeper is the one without a visual impairment) and sitting volleyball.

All spectators will have the chance to enjoy some recreational games right in the center of Plaza Manco Cápac. Pan American Games medalists as John Trebejo, Carlos Lam, Saida Salcedo, Thalía Mallqui, Claudia Suárez, Luis Miranda and Alexia Sotomayor will be attending too.

Milco, the Games' mascot who earned the affection of Peruvian families, will also be participating.

There will be a stand selling tickets to attend the Parapan American Games ceremonies and the different competitions with the best Para athletes of the continent. No more excuses to miss the greatest multi-sport event in the Americas.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

1890 Para athletes (1247 men and 643 women) from 33 countries will participate in 17 sports and 18 disciplines in these Parapan American Games. The Peruvian delegation will consist of 139 Para athletes participating in 16 out of 17 sports.

Parapan American Games will be qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 13 Para sports.

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.

The National Paralympic Association of Peru announced that a total of 139 athletes will represent Peru at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, which will begin on August 23, becoming the largest delegation in its history.

The announcement was made by its President, Lucha Villar. “It’s an honor to announce that Peru will be represented by 139 young athletes. They successfully qualified and are the large group of Para athletes who will make us proud,” she said.

Peru will take part in 16 sports, including sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball as the ones with the largest number of competitors: 24 each (12 in women’s team and 12 in men’s team)

Furthermore, there will be Para athletes participating in boccia (4), football 5-a-side (10), football 7-a-side (14), goalball (12), judo (1), Para athletics (14), Para badminton (10), Para cycling (2), Para swimming (4), Para powerlifting (4), Para taekwondo (4), Para table tennis (4), Shooting Para sport (3) and wheelchair tennis (5).

As confirmed by Lucha Villar, the Peruvian delegation will be led by José González-Mugaburu, bronze medalist at the Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games.

“We are very confident, not only in good results that Peruvians will achieve but also in what they will represent. They are the best ambassadors for Para sports,” he said.

LET’S ALL PLAY: BUY YOUR TICKETS

Tickets for Lima 2019 competitions can be purchased at the 11 points of sale set up at Jockey Plaza shopping center in Santiago de Surco and Metro and Wong supermarkets in the districts of Chorrillos, Independencia, La Molina, Lima, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Juan de Miraflores, San Miguel and Surco.

Also, on the website www.lima2019.pe and on the Teleticket website: https://teleticket.com.pe/lima2019. The tickets for the Parapan American Games start at PEN 10 and there will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment.