Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will gather America’s best Para table tennis players who will compete against each other starting on August 22 at the Sports Center 3, at VIDENA. 127 Para athletes divided into 11 types of impairments will try to reach the highest position in the podium where the Peruvian delegation hopes to stand out.

Trained by coach Wilson Chian Pon from Chiclayo, the four athletes part of the Peruvian team have been preparing at Jockey Club courts in Chiclayo, city where most of  Para table tennis players are located. In fact, Chian Pon has been discovering new promising athletes for more than 20 years now.

Some information about the Peruvian athletes. They will compete against the best players of the continent. This is a unique opportunity to watch these great athletes in individual, double and team competitions.

1. Guillermo Yañez (Class 6)

He is from Arequipa and he has been practicing this discipline 12 consecutive years after having to deal with poliomyelitis. In his category, he is competing using a wheelchair and these will be his third Parapan American Games, after Rio 2007 and Guadalajara 2011. He also participated in Chile 2013 Para South American Games. He is a professional accountant and he also has parallel activities to sports, as a referee and a table tennis trainer at ArequipaColiseum.

2. Luis Traverso (Class 3)

After participating in Mar del Plata 95 Parapan American Games, he retired due to health problems. However, he went back to permanent activity a few years ago since he wanted to be in Lima 2019. He is a business administrator and has a currency exchange business in his hometown. In his category, he is ready to face the current Parapan American champion, the Brazilian David Freitas. “The level of Para table tennis has improved a lot in the continent.But with my family's support (coming from home next week) and Peru's support we will try to do our best”, he pointed out.

3. Jesús Yampufé (Class 3)

Native from Ferreñafe, he’s very passionate about sports, since he also practices and trains shooting Para sport, sheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball. After overcoming a deficiency that affected his legs, he specialized, since 2014, in Para table tennis and he even represented the country in many Open International Competitions. “This time we are more prepared to do things in a better way. We have been training for several months and we will try to show our experience playing as locals”, he said.

4. Shirley Aguilar (Class 2)

She has had the chance to participate in several national and international Para table tennis events since 1982. In fact, she was in the Guadalajara 2011 Games. In Lima 2019, she will compete against the current champion, the Brazilian Cátia Oliveira, another motivation to improve. She also works as a marinera teacher in Lambayeque and she is an ambassador, in her city, of this dance in wheelchair. “This performance will remain in the history of Peruvian sports. We are really motivated to shine as locals and we are counting on the support of each and every of our compatriots.

HISTORICAL DELEGATION IN LIMA 2019

Peru will be represented by 139 Para athletes, the highest number in this kind of continental events. It will participate in 16 disciplines, where sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball will have the highest number of athletes, 24 in each (12 women and same number in men’s team).

Other Para athletes will participate in boccia (4), football 5-a-side (10), CP football (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), wheelchair tennis (5) and shooting Para sport (3).

BUY YOUR TICKETS

If you want to attend the competitions, besides the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, tickets for sale from 10 soles. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment. You can buy your tickets only at the 11 authorized points of sale.

You can also buy them online on thelima2019.pe/ticketsweb page, where the detailed competition schedule is available. In the case of digital tickets, known as e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket on their mobile phones screen at the entrance of the sports venue.

Lima 2019 is ready to live the next part of the Pan American Games. Now it is turn for the best Para athletes of the Americas, who are coming to our country to compete for the Parapan American Games medals, in its sixth edition held this time in Peru.

The competitions of this multi-sports competition will start one day before the Opening Ceremony. The first Para sport to be premiered is Para table tennis, which will be held in the modern Sports Center 3 built specially for Lima 2019.

The best 127 Para table tennis players will be participating in this competition. The events on August 22 will be carried out in two turns: from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 22:00. Peru will be represented by four Para athletes: Shirley Aguilar, Luis Alberto Traverso, Jesús Yampufe and Guillermo Yáñez.

AUGUST 23

Likewise, the next day, on August 23, date set for the Parapan American Games Opening Ceremony at the National Stadium, men’s sitting volleyball and mixed wheelchair rugby will take place. Both Para sports will be starting at 08:00 in the Callao Sports Center and Villa El Salvador Sports Center Venues, respectively.

On August 24, wheelchair basketball and Judo competitions will start at 08:00 in VIDENA. Also, shooting Para Sport will be starting at 09:00 in Las Palmas Air Base; and football 7-a-side and football 5-a-side will begin at 09:30 and 15:00, respectively, at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center.

Wheelchair tennis is set to start by 10:00 at the Lawn Tennis Club, and Para athletics will begin at 15:00 in VIDENA.

It is also worth mentioning that 33 countries will be participating in the Parapan American Games: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Mexico and Nicaragua.

In addition, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela will be participating too.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

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

Competitions will take place in 14 venues from August 22 to September 1, 2019. This is the first time that Peru will organize the most important multi-sports event of the Americas and the most significant sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parapan American Games will be qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

ABOUT IPC AND APC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.

The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was established in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held by the city that hosts the Pan American Games.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC ASSOCIATION OF PERU

The National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPP) is the governing body of the Paralympic sports movement in Peru. Since 2016, it promotes individual and group Para sports participation. The association also works to transform society by promoting Para sports, as part of the legacy that the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will leave.

Delegations from all the Americas will start arriving in Peru to participate in the Parapan American Games, to be held for the first time in our country, after the successful delivery of the Pan American Games, considered the best Games in history.

To repeat this success, Lima 2019 is already prepared to host the best competitions at the best stages, that also hosted the Pan American Games. For this, the Parapan American Games competitions will start one day before the opening ceremony, on August 22.

Para table tennis will be the sport opening the competitions, at the modern Sports Center 3, especially built for Lima 2019. The best 127 players of the Americas will participate in this competition. The matches of August 22 will be divided into two shifts from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 22:00.

Peru will be represented by four athletes: Shirley Aguilar, Luis Alberto Traversso, Jesús Yampufe and Guillermo Yáñez.

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES

To attend the competitions, such as Para table tennis, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Parapan American Games, get your tickets, starting at 10 soles. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment.

Tickets can be bought at ten Lima 2019-authorized points of sale around the city. Learn more about their location:

Tickets can be also purchased online at lima2019.pe/ Tickets, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with the detailed competition schedule. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket from their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

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

Competitions will take place in 14 venues from August 22 to September 1, 2019. This is the first time that Peru will organize the most important multi-sports event of the Americas and the most significant sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parapan American Games will give quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

About IPC and APC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.

The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was established in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held by the city that hosts the Pan American Games.

About the National Paralympic Association of Peru

The National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPP) is the governing body of the Paralympic sports movement in Peru. Since 2016, it promotes individual and group Para sports participation. The association also works to transform society by promoting Para sports, as part of the legacy that the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will leave.

With high hopes and expectation for its performance in the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, Uruguay will present its best five athletes for the biggest multi-sport event of the Americas, to be held from August 23 to September 1.

Uruguay will be represented by Henry Borges in the 60 kg judo category, Gonzalo Dutra in Para swimming, Eduardo Dutra in Para athletics, Carmelo Milán in shooting Para sport and Gonzalo Acosta in Para table tennis. Eduardo Dutra holds the national record in 800 m, with 1 minute, 50 seconds and 80 hundredth. He will be competing in that same event in Lima 2019.

Gonzalo Dutra will compete in 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 m breaststroke at the Aquatics Center of VIDENA, where the Para swimming competitions will be held. Carmelo Milán will compete in the 10m air rifle prone and 10 m air rifle standing events, at the Las Palmas Shooting Range in Surco.

Henry Borges will compete in the -60 kg judo category, for athletes with visual impairment. Borges is an experienced athlete that also competed in the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games. Judo competitions will be held at the Sports Center 2 in VIDENA.

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES

To attend the competitions, such as Para table tennis, Para swimming, judo, shooting Para sports or Para athletics, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Parapan American Games, get your tickets, starting at 10 soles. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment. Tickets can be bought at ten Lima 2019-authorized points of sale around the city. Learn more about their location:

Tickets can be also purchased online at lima2019.pe/ Tickets, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with the detailed competition schedule. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket from their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

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

Competitions will take place in 14 venues from August 22 to September 1, 2019. This is the first time that Peru will organize the most important multi-sports event of the Americas and the most significant sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parapan American Games will give quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

About IPC and APC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.

The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was founded in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held by the city that hosts the Pan American Games.

About the National Paralympic Association of Peru

The National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPP) is the governing body of the Paralympic sports movement in Peru. Since 2016, it promotes individual and group Para sports participation. The association also works to transform society by promoting Para sports, as part of the legacy that the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will leave.

The best wheelchair tennis player in the world will be present at Lima 2019. Gustavo “Gusti” Fernández will carry the flag of the Argentinian delegation that will participate in the Parapan American Games, scheduled to start on August 23. The wheelchair tennis player will arrive in Peru as the singles world number one. 

Fernández is the star of the Argentinian delegation, as he has claimed three Grand Slam titles this year: the Australia Open, the Roland-Garros in France, and the Wimbledon in England. Therefore, he was chosen as the flag-bearer of his country. “Gusti” will come to Lima to compete for his third consecutive gold medal at the Parapan American Games, after winning at Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015. 

The President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, handed the Argentinian flag to Fernández. During the handover, the wheelchair tennis player was accompanied by Silvio Velo, top scorer of the football 5-a-side team, known as “Los Muerciélagos”, that features athletes with a visual impairment. Velo is considered one of the best football players in his category worldwide.  

Argentina has entered 223 Para athletes for Lima 2019. Its delegation for this Parapan American Games is the largest one in the history of this country. They will participate in 15 Para sports: Para athletics (49), Para badminton (1), women’s and men’s wheelchair basketball (24), boccia (15), goalball (6), football 5-a-side and 7-a-side (24), judo (9), Para swimming (37), Para cycling (17), Para powerlifting (4), wheelchair rugby (12), Para taekwondo (3), wheelchair tennis (4), Para table tennis (14), and shooting Para sport (3). 

Argentina ranked 7th at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, with 18 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze medals. 

The Lima 2019 wheelchair tennis competitions will be held at the Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, in the district of Jesús María, from August 24 to 30. 

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES  

Ticket sales are already open, and the ticket prices to attend the competitions and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Parapan American Games start at PEN 10.00. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment.  

Tickets can be bought in 11 authorized points of sale around the city. Learn more about their location: 

Tickets can be also purchased online through www.lima2019.pe, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with detailed competition schedules. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket from 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.