Panama, a historic appearance at the Games in Santiago 2023

Panama had the best performance in its history in some Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Panama results in XIX Pan American Games, Santiago 2023, They visibly surpassed all previous results in these disciplines, finishing with two golds, one silver and five bronzes, a total of eight.

The closest effect happened maybe in 1959 in Chicagoor, where the Panamanian team also won eight medals, but there were four silver and four bronze, no gold was won.

IN Santiago 2023 two golds were won, Panama did not reach that figure.

Panama won its first gold medal at the Pan American Games Carlos Chávez from Coclé, Mexico 1955 in weightlifting in the category up to 60 kilograms.

Idelfonso Lee won gold in weightlifting in the Cali in 1971 and Rio de Janeiro on the 20th07, columnsand Irving Saladino he won gold in the long jump.

in Games in Santiago 2023, Panama won gold with William Duen and Donald L.ee in men’s bowling and another gold with Gianna Woodruff in the 400m hurdles.

The most controversial case, the most fights for a medal outside the competition field in pan americanit was gold from Gianna Woodruff, in the end an appeal was filed against the disqualification Panama He won on the field and on the table, the gold remained.

Silver in boxing should also be added to this Athena Bylon with 75 kg and Eduardo Beckford with 71 kg.

Bronze was also won by Panama with Carolena Carstens in taekwondo (-57 kg), along with judoka Kristina Jiménez -57 kg and Lilian Cordones 52 kf, along with karate player Alberto Gálvez -67 kg at the games that ended last Sunday.

FollowingThe 2027 Pan American Games will be held in Barranquilla, Colombia.