Peru at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Peru at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codePER
NPCNational Paralympic Association of Peru
in Tokyo
Competitors11 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Leonor Espinoza
Efraín Sotacuro
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Peru competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Leonor Espinoza Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 2 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Rosbil Guillén has been selected to compete in the 2020 Summer Paralympics after obtaining the qualifying mark for the 2020 Summer Paralympics at the 2019 Parapan American Games where he won the gold medal.[1][2]

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Rosbil Guillén Men's 1500m T11 4:19.49 SB 4 DNA 11
Men's 5000m T11 — 15:35.82 PB 5
Melissa Baldera Women's 100m T11 13.90 PB 3 DNA 10
Women's 200m T11 29.16 4 DNA 13
Women's 400m T11 1:04.44 PB 4 DNA 4
Efrain Sotacuro Men's marathon T46 N/A 2:41:20 7
Carlos Sangama N/A 3:00:50 SB 11

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pilar Jáuregui Women's singles WH2  Gureeva (RPC)
L (22–20, 11–21, 10–21) 		 Liu (CHN)
L (5–21, 9–21) 		3 Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Peru sent one male cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Americas.[3][4][5]

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Israel Hilario Rimas Men's road time trial C2 37:25.86 6
Men's road race C1-3 2:18:00 15

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage

First round

Repechage

Final

Final / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Freed Villalobos Men's −81 kg BYE  Gerardo Rodríguez (CUB)

L 0–10IPP

Did not advance 9

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Niel García Men's -59 kg 151 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Peruvian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[6][7] A second swimmer qualified via tripartite invitation.[8]

Men's events

Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Rodrigo Santillán 50 m backstroke S2 1:06.99 6 Did not advance 11
100 m backstroke S2 2:20.41 4 Q 2:21.95 8

Women's events

Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Dunia Felices 50 m butterfly S5 1:00.29 6 Did not advance 12
200 m freestyle S5 3:47.77 6 Did not advance 11

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Peru qualified one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Leonor Espinoza qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2020 Americas Qualification Tournament in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Leonor Espinoza Women's –49 kg —  Aruna (IND)
W (84-21) 		 Isakova (UZB)
W (17-7) 		 Meryem (TUR)
W (34-21)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lima 2019 Gold-Medal Winner Obtains Qualifying Mark for Tokyo 2020". Lima 2019. 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Dubai 2019: Rosbil Guillen revalido marco Tokio 2020 (in Spanish)". elpoli.pe. 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Paranadadora Dunia Felices clasifica a los próximo Juegos Paralímpicos Tokio 2020". elperuano.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.