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Colombia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Colombia
IPC codeCOL
NPCColombian Paralympic Committee
Website https://www.comiteparalimpicocolombiano.org
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors61 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Erica Castaño & Francisco Palomaque
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
3
Silver
7
Bronze
14
Total
24
Summer Paralympics appearances ( overview)

Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Nelson Crispin Corzo Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 26 August
 Gold José Gregorio Lemos Rivas Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 27 August
 Gold Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7 1 September
 Silver Mayerli Buitrago Ariza Athletics Women's shot put F41 27 August
 Silver Nelson Crispin Corzo Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 28 August
 Silver Darian Faisury Jimenez Sanchez Athletics Women's 100 metres T38 28 August
 Silver Moises Fuentes Garcia Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4 29 August
 Silver Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 31 August
 Silver Mauricio Valencia Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 1 September
 Silver Nelson Crispin Corzo Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 1 September
 Bronze Luis Fernando Lucumí Villegas Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 27 August
 Bronze Diego Germán Dueñas Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 27 August
 Bronze Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7 27 August
 Bronze Angie Lizeth Pabon Mamian Athletics Women's 400 metres T11 28 August
 Bronze Fabio Torres Powerlifting Men's 97 kg 29 August
 Bronze Jean Carlos Mina Aponza Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 29 August
 Bronze Nelson Crispin Corzo Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly S12 30 August
 Bronze Yesenia María Restrepo Muñoz Athletics Women's discus throw F11 31 August
 Bronze José Gregorio Lemos Rivas Athletics Men's long jump T38 1 September
 Bronze Diego Fernando Meneses Medina Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 1 September
 Bronze Juan José Betancourt Quiroga Cycling Men's road race T1–2 2 September
 Bronze Laura Carolina González Rodríguez Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly S8 3 September
 Bronze Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly S7 3 September
 Bronze Darian Faisury Jimenez Sanchez Athletics Women's 400 metres T38 4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: [1]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 10 9 19
Boccia 2 1 3
Cycling 4 2 6
Powerlifting 3 1 4
Swimming 9 4 13
Table Tennis 1 0 1
Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12
Wheelchair Tennis 0 2 2
Total 41 20 61

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Colombia entered one female archer to compete.

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
María Daza Women's individual recurve 559 14   Barantseva ( RPC)
L 4–6 		did not advance 17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Nineteen athletes have qualified to compete. [2]

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yamil David Acosta Manjarres Men's 100m T12 11.50 11 did not advance
Men's 400m T12 50.95 6 did not advance
Buinder Brainer Bermúdez Villar Men's 100m T13 11.36 11 did not advance
Men's 400m T13 49.91 6 Q 49.26 4
Juan Sebastián Gómez Coa Men's 100m T38 11.98 12 did not advance
Dixon De Jesus Hooker Velasquez Men's 400m T38 55.59 8 q 54.04 8
José Gregorio Lemos Men's 100m T38 11.43 5 Q 11.53 5
Jean Carlos Mina Aponzá Men's 100m T13 11.08 7 Q 10.64
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Omar José Acosta Soto Men's long jump T36 5.48 6
Juan Sebastián Gómez Coa Men's long jump T38 6.27 7
José Gregorio Lemos Men's long jump T38 6.78
Men's javelin throw F38 60.31
Luis Fernando Lucumi Villegas Men's javelin throw F38 54.63
Diego Fernando Meneses Medina Men's javelin throw F34 37.11
Mauricio Valencia Men's javelin throw F34 37.84
Men's shot put F34 11.03 5
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Katty Hurtado Women's 100m T38 13.74 6 — did not advance
Women's 400m T38 1:01.45 2 Q — 1:01.40 6
Darian Faisury Jiménez Women's 100m T38 12.54 1 Q — 12.49
Women's 400m T38 1:02.20 4 Q — 1:00.17
Francy Osorio Women's 1500m T13 4:55.31 5 q — 5:05.08 10
Angie Lizeth Pabon Mamian Women's 100m T11 12.97 2 q DNS did not advance
Women's 400m T11 1:04.44 1 Q 58.18 2 q 57.46
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Mayerli Buitrago Ariza Women's shot put F41 9.94
Erica María Castaño Salazar Women's discus throw F55 23.98 4
Martha Liliana Hernández Florián Women's shot put F36 8.31 5
Yesenia María Restrepo Muñoz Women's discus throw F11 36.11
Yanive Torres Martinez Women's javelin throw F54 16.26 4

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Colombian boccia players classified to BC4 events. [3]

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Duban Cely Individual BC4   Chica ( COL)
L 2–2* 		  Balcová ( SVK)
L 2–10 		  Nicolai ( GER)
W 5–3 		— 3 did not advance
Leidy Chica Chica Individual BC4   Cely ( COL)
W 2*–2 		  Nicolai ( GER)
L 1–7 		  Balcová ( SVK)
L 4–7 		— 4 did not advance
Euclides Grisales Individual BC4   Esaki ( JPN)
W 4–2 		  Wong ( HKG)
W 7–3 		  McGuire ( GBR)
W 6–0 		— 1 Q   Larpyen ( THA)
L 3–6 		did not advance 6
Duban Cely
Leidy Chica Chica
Euclides Grisales 		Team BC4   Thailand
L 2–3 		  Hong Kong
L 2–6 		  Japan
L 1–7 		  RPC
L 3–7 		did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Colombia sent one male and one female cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Americas. [4] [5] [6]

Road

Colombia entered a squad of six riders (four men and two women) to compete in their respective Paralympic road races.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alejandro Perea Arango Men's C1-3 road race 2:17:56 14
Men's C3 time trial 38:25.24 10
Juan José Betancourt Quiroga Men's T1-2 road race 52:41
Men's T1-2 time trial 31:15.64 6
Diego Germán Dueñas Men's C4-5 road race 2:39:26 15
Men's C4 time trial 49:40.45 7
Edwin Fabian Matiz Ruiz Men's C4-5 road race 2:33:34 13
Men's C5 time trial 49:46.14 10
Daniela Carolina Munevar Florez Women's C1-3 road race 1:15:38 8
Women's C1-3 time trial 28:59.26 8
Paula Andrea Ossa Veloza Women's C4-5 road race 2:23:49 4
Women's C5 time trial 41:39.89 5

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Alejandro Perea Arango Men's C3 individual pursuit 3:31.551 6 did not advance
Men's C1-3 time trial — 1:11.423 13
Mixed C1-5 team sprint 52.409 7 did not advance
Diego Germán Dueñas Men's C4 individual pursuit 4:35.230 3 QB   Grimes ( IRL)
4:35.607
Men's C4-5 time trial — 1:11.481 18
Edwin Fabian Matiz Ruiz Men's C5 individual pursuit 4:39.113 8 did not advance
Men's C4-5 time trial — 1:06.925 12
Mixed C1-5 team sprint 52.409 7 did not advance
Daniela Carolina Munevar Florez Women's C1-3 individual pursuit 4:12.080 10 did not advance
Women's C1-3 time trial — 45.541 9
Paula Andrea Ossa Veloza Women's C5 individual pursuit 4:07.826 6 did not advance
Women's C4-5 time trial — 39.868 10
Mixed C1-5 team sprint 52.409 7 did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Colombia entered four powerlifters (three men and one woman) to the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Francisco Tulio Palomeque Palacios Men's 80 kg 200 4
Fabio Torres Men's 97 kg 221
Jhon Freddy Castaneda Velasquez Men's +107 kg 218 4
Cristina Poblador Granados Women's 41 kg 92 6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Thirteen Colombian swimmers have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method including Carlos Serrano Zarate who is a defending champion in the 100m breaststroke SB7 & eight athlete qualified via MQS. [2] [7] [8]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Nelson Crispin Corzo 50m butterfly S6 31.66 2 Q 31.77
100m freestyle S6 1:06.85 3 Q 1:04.82
100m backstroke S6 1:22.48 10 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6 1:20.22 1 Q 1:20.19
200m individual medley SM6 2:43.07 1 Q 2:38.12 WR
400m freestyle S6 5:36.25 10 did not advance
Moises Fuentes Garcia 100m breaststroke SB4 1:39.65 2 Q 1:35.86
Daniel Giraldo Correa 50m freestyle S13 25.62 13 did not advance
100m backstroke S12 — 1:08.40 7
100m breaststroke SB12 — 1:14.61 7
100m butterfly S12 1:01.77 7 Q 1:02.42 8
Leider Albeiro Lemus Rojas 100m breaststroke S11 1:17.47 5 Q 1:19.47 6
100m butterfly S11 1:12.19 9 did not advance
Miguel Rincón Narváez 50m butterfly S5 42.18 16 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB4 1:47.35 7 Q 1:46.74 7
200m freestyle S5 3:03.24 10 did not advance
Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno 50m backstroke S1 — 1:37.53 6
100m backstroke S1 — 3:39.25 6
Carlos Serrano Zarate 50m freestyle S7 28.60 6 Q 27.84
50m butterfly S7 30.04 4 Q 29.34
100m breaststroke SB7 — 1:12.01 PR
200m individual medley SM7 2:36.11 5 Q 2:31.58
Brayan Mauricio Triana Herrera 100m breaststroke S11 1:24.87 8 Q 1:26.16 8
Richard Mateo Vega Correcha 50m backstroke S2 1:14.10 12 Did not advance
100m backstroke S2 2:38.70 11 Did not advance
200m freestyle S2 5:21.29 9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
María Paula Barrera Zapata 50m freestyle S10 28.57 6 Q 28.70 6
100m freestyle S10 1:01.69 4 Q 1:01.38 6
100m backstroke S10 1:14.87 10 did not advance
100m butterly S10 — 1:10.92 7
400m freestyle S10 — 4:48.73 5
Laura Carolina González Rodríguez 100m butterfly S8 — 1:20.93
200m individual medley SM8 3:03.23 4 Q 3:03.46 4
Gisell Natalia Prada Pachón 100m breaststroke SB7 1:42.59 6 Q 1:41.11 6
200m individual medley SM7 3:31.61 8 Q 3:29.27 7
Sara Vargas Blanco 50m freestyle S6 33.83 4 Q 33.97 6
50m butterfly S6 37.80 5 Q 37.33 6
100m backstroke S6 1:30.23 10 Did not advance
400m freestyle S6 5:46.87 9 did not advance
Mixed
Athletes Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Gisell Natalia Prada Chacón
Miguel Rincón Narváez
Sara Vargas Blanco
Richard Mateo Vega Correcha 		4×50m freestyle relay 20pts 3:01.49 10 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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
José Vargas Men's individual class 7   Morales ( ESP)
L 0−3 		  Schnake ( GER)
L 2−3 		3 did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The men's team qualified after winning the bronze medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [9]

The following is the Colombia roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [10]

Colombia men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts.


3 Raul Vega 28 – (1993-04-14)14 April 1993 1.0
4 Hector Garces 37 – (1983-12-10)10 December 1983 3.5
5 Guillermo Alzate 38 – (1983-05-29)29 May 1983 1.5
9 Andres Florez 32 – (1988-09-10)10 September 1988 1.0
10 Jose Leep 43 – (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 3.0
14 Daniel Diaz 31 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 4.5
18 Juan Escobar 20 – (2000-09-23)23 September 2000 3.5
19 Jhon Hernandez 28 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 3.5
20 Nelson Sanz 47 – (1974-03-26)26 March 1974 4.5
23 Jhoan Vargas 34 – (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 2.0
30 Rodrigo Perez 32 – (1989-04-13)13 April 1989 4.0
33 Joymar Granados 26 – (1995-05-22)22 May 1995 2.5
Head coach

Lucia Do Nascimento Cardoso Ana

Assistant coach(es)
Alfonso Well de Las Salas Elkin
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 5 0 375 272 +103 10 Quarter-finals
2   Japan (H) 5 4 1 312 298 +14 9
3   Turkey 5 3 2 353 327 +26 8
4   Canada 5 2 3 307 333 −26 7
5   South Korea 5 1 4 305 332 −27 6 9th/10th place playoff
6   Colombia 5 0 5 256 346 −90 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
Colombia  56–63   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 13–12, 15–15, 13–12
Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Diaz, Hernandez 8
Asts: Leep 6		 Pts: Akita 24
Rebs: Chokai 17
Asts: Chokai 10
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Yap Poh Boon
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
14:45
Spain  74–56   Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–16, 21–18, 20–6
Pts: Ortega 19
Rebs: Zarzuela 11
Asts: García 11		 Pts: Diaz 18
Rebs: Hernandez 12
Asts: Leep 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Tomas Pajer
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
South Korea  66–54   Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17
Pts: Lee C. 14
Rebs: Lee Y. 13
Asts: Oh 11		 Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Sanz 8
Asts: Hernandez 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hiroki Ono
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
11:15
Colombia  38–80   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 13–22, 7–27, 10–16
Pts: Diaz 9
Rebs: Granados 5
Asts: Leep 4		 Pts: Gürbulak 19
Rebs: Gümüş, Gürbulak 7
Asts: Gürbulak 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Helen Rosenberg
30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
9:00
Colombia  52–63   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 12–20, 18–16, 15–12
Pts: Diaz 18
Rebs: Diaz 11
Asts: Hernandez, Leep, Vargas 5		 Pts: Anderson 22
Rebs: Anderson 17
Asts: Anderson, Goncin 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hiroki Ono
11th–12th classification match
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
9:00
Colombia  70–47   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 11–15, 15–7, 22–14
Pts: Hernandez 28
Rebs: Diaz 13
Asts: Hernandez 9		 Pts: Ayache 20
Rebs: Ayache 9
Asts: Zidi 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Colombia qualified two players entries for wheelchair tennis. Angélica Bernal qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. Meanwhile Johana Martinez qualified by world rankings.

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
Angélica Bernal Women's singles —   Whiley ( GBR)
L 6−0, 6−3 		did not advance 17
Johana Martinez —   Zhenzhen ( CHN)
L 6−0, 6−0 		did not advance 17

See also

References

  1. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Colombia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ a b "Team Citi athletes revealed ahead of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". paralympic.org. September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  8. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Colombia clinch bronze and Tokyo 2020 spot". IWBF. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "Colombia men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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