Players Ready – Pan Am Games 2019

Athletes from 22 countries of our region will compete at Lima 2019.

National Olympic Committees sent the list of players that will represent them in the badminton competition of the XVIII Pan American Games Lima 2019, among them the new Pan-American champions.

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Kevin Cordon and Michelle Li will defend their crowns in Singles, while Phillip Chew, 2015 champion in Doubles with Sattawat Pongnairat, and Paula Lynn Obanana, 2015 champion in doubles with Eva Lee, will try to repeat the medals with new pairs this year.

Pan Am champions 2019 will seek the Pan-American crown in these Games: Osleni Guerrero, Michelle Li, Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai, Nyl Yakura & Jason Ho-Shue and Joshua Hurlburth-Yu & Josephine Wu will start the tournament as favorites, however, they will have difficulties, as they will face the best players in the region.

Women’s Singles podium at Toronto 2015 [SN]

Medalists of previous editions return to the competition to try to change the color of the medal:

Osleni Guerrero, runner-up at Toronto 2015 and bronze at Guadalajara 2011, will seek to climb to the top of the podium, as will Howard Shu, Olympic athlete, who won bronze in Toronto 2015.

Nelson Javier and William Cabrera won bronze in Men’s Doubles at Toronto 2015 and will look for the gold this time.

Also, Iris Wang, Olympic at Rio 2016, won bronze at Toronto 2015 and will compete in Women’s Singles looking for the crown.

Lino Muñoz, olympic player, leads the Mexican delegation and will look for a new Pan American medal, like his compatriot Andres Lopez.

Mario Cuba won bronze in Mixed Doubles at Toronto 2015, and will be looking for a new medal in Mixed Doubles and Men’s Doubles.

Update about the number of quotas for each country.

Players per country:

• Argentina: Iona Gualdi, Nicolas Oliva
• Barbados: Damien Howell, Sabrina Scott, Dakeil Thorpe, Tamisha Williams,
• Bolivia: Juanita Siviora
• Brazil: Ygor Coelho, Fabiana Silva, Artur Pomoceno, Jaqueline Lima, Fabricio Farias, Samia Lima, Francielton Farias, Tamires Dos Santos.
• Canada: Michelle Li, Jason Ho-Shue, Rachel Honderich, Nyl Yakura, Kristen Tsai, Brian Yang, Josephine Wu and Joshua Hurlburt-Yu,
• Chile: Cristian Araya, Ashley Montre, Ivan León and Constanza Naranjo.
• Colombia: Juliana Giraldo
• Costa Rica: Lauren Villalobos and Gianpiero Cavallotti
• Cuba: Osleni Guerrero, Taymara Oropesa, Leodannis Martinez, Yeily Ortiz, Roberto Herrera and Marianne González.
• Dominican Republic: Nelson Javier, Nairoby Jimenez, William Cabrera, Bermary Polanco, Cesar Brito and Claritza Confident.
• Ecuador: Andy Baque and Maria Delia Zambrano
• El Salvador: Uriel Canjura and Fatima Centeno.
• Guatemala: Kevin Cordon, Nikte Sotomayor, Rodolfo Ramirez, Diana Corleto, Jonathan Solis, Alejandra Paiz and Ruben Castellanos.
• Guyana: Priyanna Ramdhani and Narayan Ramdhani.
• Jamaica: Gareth Henry, Katherine Wynter, Samuel Ricketts and Tahlia Richardson.
• Mexico: Lino Muñoz, Haramara Gaitan, Andres Lopez, Sabrina Solis, Luis Montoya and Adriana Valero.
• Panama: Kyle Seixas and Kelly Yau.
• Peru: Daniela Macias, Mario Cuba, Danica Nishimura, Jose Guevara, Paula La Torre, Daniel La Torre, Ines Castillo and Diego Mini.
• Suriname: Soren Opti and Dylan Darmohoetomo.
• Trinidad & Tobago: Nekeisha Blake
• United States: Iris Wang, Howard Shu, Paula Lynn Obanana, Phillip Chew, Jamie Hsu, Ryan Chew, Juei Chen and Timothy Lam.
• Venezuela: Tiffany Sanchez and Frank Barrios.