Barbados at the 2023 Pan American Games

Sporting event delegation
Barbados at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeBAR
NOCBarbados Olympic Association
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors27 in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Kennie King & Michelle Elliot
Flag bearer (closing)Matthew Wright & Meagan Best
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Barbados is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Barbados' 16th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the nation's debut, in 1963.

On 6 October 2023, the Barbados Olympic Association officially named the team of 29 athletes (16 men and 13 women) competing in 19 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included).[1] Badminton athlete Kennie King and sport shooter Michelle Elliot were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2] Meanwhile, triathlete Matthew Wright and squash athlete Meagan Best were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 0 1
Boxing 2 1 3
Cycling 0 1 1
Golf 0 1 1
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 4 2 6
Squash 0 3 3
Surfing 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 1 0 1
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Tennis 1 0 1
Triathlon 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 16 11 27

Medallists

The following Barbadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Meagan Best
Margot Prow		 Squash Women's doubles November 3
 Bronze Meagan Best
Margot Prow
Amanda Haywood		 Squash Women's team November 5

Athletics

Barbados qualified a female athlete.

Women
Track & road events

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sonia Gaskin 800 m 2:08.14 9 Did not advance

Badminton

Barbados qualified one male athlete.[3][4]

Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kennie King Men's singles  Vazquez (CUB)
L (16–21, 15–21) 		Did not advance

Boxing

Barbados qualified three boxers (two men and one woman).

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jabali Breedy Men's 51 kg —  González (VEN)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Charles Cox Men's 80 kg —  Brito (PUR)
W W–L 		 Belony-Dulièpre (HAI)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kimberley Gittens Women's 75 kg —  Pereira (BRA)
L 0–5 		Did not advance

Cycling

Barbados qualified a female cyclist. [5]

Track

Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Amber Joseph Women's 38 2 30 6 22 10 15 1 105 6

Golf

Barbados qualified a female golfer.[6]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Emily Odwin Women's individual 76 76 75 75 302 +14 =18

Gymnastics

Artistic

Barbados qualified one female gymnast in artistic at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank
V UB BB F
Anya Pilgrim Individual all-around 12.900 10.733 10.500 11.633 45.766 18

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Rowing

Barbados qualified a male rower.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kyle Spenard Single sculls 8:30:56 5 R 8:04:30 6 FC — 8:09.31 17

Sailing

Barbados qualified one sailor after reallocation of an unused spot.

Men
Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M Points Rank
Scott Gittens Laser 19 20 (22) 21 22 21 14 20 22 17 — 176 20

Shooting

Barbados qualified a total of six shooters (four men and two women).[7][8][9]

Men
Pistol and rifle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Dave Seale 10 m air pistol 561 19 Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol 519 20 Did not advance
Shotgun
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Richard Greenidge Trap 93 26 Did not advance
Richard Greenidge 109 17 Did not advance
Justin St. John Skeet 116 8 Did not advance
Women
Pistol and rifle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tesonna Alleyney 10 m air pistol 542 23 Did not advance
25 m pistol 508 24 Did not advance
Shotgun
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Michelle Elliot Skeet 110 7 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tessonna Alleyne
Dave Seale 		10 m air pistol team 553 21 Did not advance
Michael Maskell
Michelle Elliot 		Skeet team 126 11 Did not advance

Squash

Barbados qualified a team of three female athletes through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships.[10]

Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Margot Prow Singles  Bueñano (ECU)
W 3–1 		 Sobhy (USA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Meagan Best —  Bautista (COL)
W 3–1 		 Naughton (CAN)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Margot Prow
Meagan Best 		Doubles —  Sandoval/
Bonilla (EAI)
W 2–0 		 Tovar/
Bautista (COL)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Amanda Haywood
Margot Prow
Meagan Best 		Team —  Chile (CHI)
W 2–0 		 United States (USA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Surfing

Barbados qualified one female surfer.[11]

Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Chelsea Tuach Shortboard  Gomez Brady (COL)
W 8.67–8.23 		 López (CHI)
L 10.50–10.90 		Did not advance  Aguirre (PER)
L 9.50–12.57 		Did not advance

Swimming

Key
  • Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
  • NR – National record
  • QA – Qualified for Final A
  • QB – Qualified for Final B
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Jack Kirby 50 m freestyle 23.48 20 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 56.11 9 q 56.12 10
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Danielle Titus 100 m backstroke 1:04.66 20 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:26.90 24 Did not advance

Table tennis

Barbados qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. [12][13]

Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tyrese Knight Singles  Lorenzo (ARG)
L 1–4 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Barbados qualified a male athlete after receiving a wildcard.[14]

Kyorugi

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/ BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Chioke Holder +80 kg  Alves (ARG)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Tennis

Barbados qualified a male tennis player.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Darian King Singles —  Barrios (CHI)
L 1–2 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Barbados qualified a male triathlete.[15]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Matthew Wright Men's individual 18:21 0:43 55:42 0:26 32:08 1:47.23 8

Weightlifting

Barbados qualified two male weightlifters.[16]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Daniel Griffith 89 kg 123 12 158 3 281 12
Quontana Clarke 102 kg 95 16 137 16 232 16

Wrestling

Barbados qualified a male wrestler after receiving a wildcard.

Key:

  • VT – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • VA – Decision by withdrawal
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Adrian Maynard Greco-Roman 77 kg —  Bernal (CHI)
L 0–9 		Did not advance

Demonstration Sports

E-sports

Barbados qualified a male athlete.

Men
  • Keoma Mallet

See also

References

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