Chile at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Chile at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCHI
NPCChilean Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors19 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Francisca Mardones & Alberto Abarza
Medals
Ranked 45th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldAlberto AbarzaSwimmingMen's 100 metre backstroke S225 August
 GoldFrancisca MardonesAthleticsWomen's shot put F5430 August
 SilverAlberto AbarzaSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S229 August
 SilverMariana ZúñigaArcheryWomen's individual compound open30 August
 SilverAlberto AbarzaSwimmingMen's 50 metre backstroke S22 September
 BronzeKatherinne WollermannParacanoeingWomen's KL14 September

Archery
Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile qualified one female archer. Mariana Zuñiga qualified by winning gold at the Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mariana Zuñiga Women's individual compound open 671 14  Zhou (CHN)
W 144–137		  Cüre (TUR)
W 143–140		  Lin (CHN)
W 138(X+)-138(10)		  Artakhinova (RPC)
W 142–141		  Paterson Pine (GBR)
L 133–134

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Four Chilean athlete has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics (three women and one man).

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Cristian Valenzuela
Guide: Matías Andrés Silva		 5000m T11 — 17:15.14 8
1500m T11 4:14.85 6 4:30.04 7
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Amanda Cerna 200m T47 27.13 4 did not advance
400m T47 1:00.04 4 1:00.12 6
Margarita Faundez 1500m T11 5:46.50 5 did not advance
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Francisca Mardones Women's discus throw F55 18.53 10
Women's shot put F54 8.33

Paracanoeing
Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Chilean paracanoeist has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after being placed in the top five at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for are within the athlete's heat only
  • Qualification Legend: FA =Qualify to final (medal); FB =Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF =Qualify to semifinal
Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katherinne Wollermann Women's KL1 57.121 1 FA Bye 55.921

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Juan Garrido Acevedo Men's – 59kg 183 4
Camila Campos Women's – 55kg 115 4
Jorge Carinao Men's – 65kg —
Marion Serrano Women's – 86kg 117 6

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Chilean male swimmers has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via MQS.[2][3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alberto Abarza 100m backstroke S2 2:02.28 2 2:00.40
200m freestyle S2 4:18.25 2 4:14.17
50m backstroke S2 57.58 2 57.76
Vicente Enrique Almonacid Heyl 100m breaststroke SB8 1:12.11 7 1:12.69 8

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Chilean table tennis players have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning gold medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games and one qualified via World Ranking allocation. Matias Pino was stripped off his Paralympic slot when he was convicted of a doping violation by taking octopamine in August 2019 which resulted in him losing two medals at the Parapans and his Paralympic slot was given to the United States.[5][6]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Luis Bustamante Flores Men's singles C2  Ludrovský (SVK)
W 3–2		  Chueawong (THA)
W 3–2		 1  Yezyk (UKR)
L 2-3		 did not advance 9
Cristian González Men's singles C4  Turan (TUR)
L 0–3		  Zhang (CHN)
W 3-2		 2  Lopez Sayago (ESP)
L 0–3		 did not advance 9
Cristian Dettoni Men's singles C6  Valera (ESP)
W 3-0		  Chatzikyriakos (GRE)
L 2-3		 1 —  Seidenfeld (USA)
L 2-3		 did not advance 5
Cristian González
Luis Bustamante Flores		 Men's team C4-5 —  Cao / Guo (CHN)
L 0-2		 did not advance 5
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tamara Leonelli Women's singles C5  Pan (CHN)
L 0–3		  Jung (KOR)
L 0–3		 3 did not advance

Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Chile qualified three player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while the other qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Alexander Cataldo Men's singles  Dharmasena (SRI)
W 6-3, 6-4		  Spaargaren (NED)
L 2-6, 3-6		 did not advance 17
Jaime Sepulveda  Jaroszewski (POL)
L 6-1, 4-6, 4-6		 did not advance 33
Cataldo / Sepulveda Men's doubles —  Fabisiak / Jaroszewski (POL)
W 6-3, 4-6, 6-3		  Anker / Spaargaren (NED)
N 1-6, 5-7		 did not advance 9
Macarena Cabrillana Women's singles —  De Groot (NED)
L 1-6, 0-6		 did not advance 17

See also

References
  1. "MARIANA ZÚÑIGA SE ALISTA PARA SUS PRIMEROS JUEGOS PARALÍMPICOS". www.paralimpico.cl/ (in Spanish). Chilean Paralympic Committee. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-04.
  3. "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-29.
  4. "These five Para athletes and teams qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Lima 2019. 2 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09.
  5. "Chile's Matias Pino loses Parapan American Games medals for anti-doping violation". International Paralympic Committee. 14 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  6. "Cristian Gonzalez y Tamara Leonelli aseguran las primeras medallas para Chile en Lima 2019 (in Spanish)". el Deportero. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13.
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