Dominican Republic at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games

Dominican Republic at the
2025 Junior Pan American Games
IOC codeDOM
NOCDominican Republic Olympic Committee
Websitecolimdo.org
in Asunción, Paraguay
9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) – 23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
Competitors90
Flag bearersElizabeth Jiménez
José Miguel Brache
OfficialsMiguel Hernández, chef de mission
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
Junior Pan American Games appearances (overview)
  • 2021

Dominican Republic competed in the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay from 9 to 23 August 2025.[1]

The flag bearers at the opening ceremony were swimmer Elizabeth Jiménez and judoka José Miguel Brache.[2]


Medalists

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

Archery

Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Richard Abramson Individual recurve 534 23  Silva (ARG)
L 1–7
Did not advance
Emmanuel Núñez Individual compound 651 11  Camacho (VEN)
L 136-142
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Grace Díaz Individual recurve 397 22  Zavala (PER)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Richard Abramson
Grace Díaz
Team recurve 931 16  Mexico
L 0–6
Did not advance

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
  • JGR = Junior Pan American Games Record
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yeral Núñez 400 m hurdles 49.75 3 Q 50.13 4
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Liranyi Alonso 100 m 11.08 1 Q JGR 11.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Liranyi Alonso 200 m 23.33 1 Q 22.69 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Micheiry Brito 400 m hurdles 1:00.79 6

Basketball

3x3


Summary

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dominican Republic men's Men's tournament  Argentina
L 10–21
 El Salvador
W 21–7
2 Q  Paraguay
L 14–16
 Chile
L 16–18
Bronze Medal Final
 Ecuador
L 16–21
4

Men's tournament

Roster
  • 6 Ángel Puello
  • 7 Juan Alejandro de los Santos (c)
  • 23 Dolfy Arias
  • 24 Rey Abad

Canoeing

Sprint

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristal Díaz K-1 200 m 1:05.98 7 SFNL 1:06.06 8 Did not advance
K-1 500 m 2:40.34 7 SFNL 2:44.40 8 Did not advance

Cycling

BMX

Racing
Athlete Event Ranking round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Points Rank Time Rank
Jeremy Marchena Men's 36.184 14 Q

Road

Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Flor Espiritusanto Road race 2:52:02 19
Melsey Pérez 2:52:02 21
Flor Espiritusanto Time trial 43:36.35 18

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ransi de los Santos Men's cross-country -3LAP
Feline Mendoza Women's cross-country -3LAP

Diving

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Piera Rufino 1 m springboard 158.55 12 Q 96.30 12
Piera Rufino 3 m springboard 117.90 15 Did not advance
Victoria Garza 10 m platform 287.70 4 Q 290.90 6
Piera Rufino
Victoria Garza
3 m synchronized springboard 197.16 5

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
José Miguel Brache +100 kg  Delgado (CUB)
W 100s1–000s3
 Messe (CAN)
W 100s1–000s2
Bye  Coelho (BRA)
L 000s3–102
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yarelis Lucas −48 kg Bye  Vásquez (ECU)
L 000s1–102
Did not advance  Manibog (USA)
W 001s2–000s2
Bronze medal final
 Manibog (USA)
L 000s2–100
5
Victoria Ramírez −70 kg Bye  Oliveira (BRA)
L 000s3–100s1
Did not advance  Duarte (PAR)
W 100-000
Bronze medal final
 Espina (VEN)
L 000–100
5
Yhoseli Matos −78 kg  Schultz (USA)
L 001–100
Did not advance  Sánchez (MEX)
W 100s1-000
Bronze medal final
 González (CUB)
L 000s3–110
5
Marielin Gómez +78 kg  Soares (BRA)
W 100s2-000s3
 Casas (CHI)
L 000s3–100s1
Bye Bronze medal final
 Ferguson (USA)
L 000s2–001s1
5

Fencing

Brazil qualified a full team of six fencers (three men and three women) at the 2025 Pan American Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay. The team was officially named on March 17, 2025.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Victories Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Adrian Álvarez Individual foil 1V–4D 4 Q  Hooshi (USA)
L 5–15
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Victories Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mía González Individual sabre 0V–5D 5 Q  Triana (COL)
L 1–15
Did not advance

Golf

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Rodrigo Huerta Men's individual
Sebastian Ramos

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women
Team & Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Final
Apparatus Total Rank
F BB V UB
Mía Lugo Team 11.650 7.850 9.900 10.050
Analis Pérez 12.100 7.600 11.700 R3 10.950
Abby Tejeda 10.800 7.650 4.050 9.450
Total 34.550 23.100 25.650 30.40 113.750 11

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual Finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
F BB V UB Score Rank
Mía Lugo All-around 11.650 7.850 9.900 10.050 39.450 40
Analis Pérez 12.100 7.600 11.700 10.950 42.350 30
Abby Tejeda 10.800 7.650 4.050 9.450 31.950 49

Karate

Kumite
Men
Athlete Event Round robin Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Keanu Féliz −75 kg  Yoshii (MEX)
 Salesky (ARG)
 Rinck (PAR)

Open water swimming

Brazil qualified a full team of four open water swimmers (two men and two women) through the 2025 Pan American Aquatics Championships in Medellín, Colombia.[4]

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Juan Diego Núñez Men's 10 km 2:02:40.5 12
Christina Durán Women's 10 km 2:18:06.5 19
Isabella Hernández 2:22:45.4 20

Roller sports

Speed


Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sergio Sena 1000 m sprint 1:30.380 13 Did not advance
5000 m points race DNF Did not advance
10,000 m elimination 12
José Luis Santos 200 m time trial 19.878 10
500 m + distance 47.078 10 Did not advance

Skateboarding

Street
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Víctor Melo Men's 51.38 15 Did not advance
Ambar Silverio Women's 13.77 15 Did not advance

Shooting

Women
Shotgun
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Josabet Hazoury Trap 87 4 Q 18 5

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Javier Núñez 50 m freestyle 23.27 14 q 23.10 =12
Cristian Ramos 23.41 15 q 23.05 9
Javier Núñez 100 m freestyle 50.87 12 q 51.13 13
Anthony Piñeiro 51.36 16 q Did not advance
Mauricio Arias 200 m freestyle 1:54.67 14 q 1:58.40 16
Mauricio Arias 400 m freestyle 4:07.70 11 q 4:08.29 12
Mauricio Arias 100 m backstroke 1:02.33 23 Did not advance
Anthony Piñeiro 57.11 9 q Did not advance
Anthony Piñeiro 200 m backstroke 2:06.47 9 Q 2:05.20 9
Javier Núñez 100 m butterfly 55.82 16 q 56.77 16
Mauricio Arias
Cristian Ramos
Javier Núñez
Anthony Piñeiro
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:27.58 8 Q 3:27.04 8
Anthony Piñeiro
Pablo Solano
Cristian Ramos
Javier Núñez
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:43.58 1 Q DSQ
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Darielys Ortíz 50 m freestyle 27.34 17 Did not advance
Darielys Ortíz 100 m freestyle 59.62 18 Did not advance
Darielys Ortíz 100 m butterfly 1:05.65 19 Did not advance
Elizabeth Jiménez 100 m backstroke 1:03.87 8 Q 1:03.74 8
Elizabeth Jiménez 200 m individual medley 2:23.53 9 q 2:23.35 11
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Darielys Ortíz
Javier Núñez
Anthony Piñeiro
Elizabeth Jiménez
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:43.20 10 R Did not advance
Cristian Ramos
Darielys Ortíz
Javier Núñez
Pablo Solano
Elizabeth Jiménez
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:07.59 11 Did not advance

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rafael Cabrera Singles  Callaba (ARG)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Ramón Vila  Castaño (COL)
W 4–0
 Rios (PUR)
W 4–2
 Xie (USA)
W 4–1
 Iizuka (BRA)
L 3–4
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ramón Vila
Rafael Cabrera
Doubles  Amaya /
Molina (ESA)
W 3–0
 Doti /
Iizuka (BRA)
L 2–3
Did not advance 5
Ramón Vila
Rafael Cabrera
Team  Doti /
Iizuka (BRA)
L 0–3
 Amaya /
Molina (ESA)
W 3–0
 Callaba /
Alin (ARG)
L 1–3
3 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ariana Estrella Singles  Fraser (TTO)
L 2-4
Did not advance
Dafne Sosa  Orellana (ECU)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Arianna Estrella
Dafne Sosa
Doubles  Mendoza /
Aquije (PER)
W 3–2
 Mendonça /
Senaga (BRA)
L 1-3
Did not advance
Arianna Estrella
Dafne Sosa
Team  Mendoza /
Aquije (PER)
L 1–3
 Cux /
Corado (GUA)
L 0–3
 León /
Meléndez (PUR)
L 0–3
4 Did not advance


Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rafael Cabrera
Dafne Sosa
Doubles  Pastore /
Arzamendia (PAR)
W 3–1
 Rios /
Ferrer (VEN)
L 1–3
Did not advance 9
Ramón Vila
Arianna Estrella
 Molina /
Castillo (ESA)
W 3–1
 Bedoya /
Ferrer (COL)
W 3–2
 Doti /
Senaga (BRA)
L 1–3
Did not advance 5

Taekwondo

Kyorugi
Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pablo Féliz +80 kg  Silva (COL)
L 0–2
Did not advance Bronze medal final
 Ramírez (MEX)
L 0–2
5

Triathlon

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Víctor Féliz Men's 11:39 12:33 43:56 44:18 52:47 1:02:00 25

Volleyball

Beach


Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rolvin Maldonado
Ramón de Jesús
Men's tournament  Isac /
Jonathan (BRA)
L 0–2
(13-21, 15-21)
 Araya /
Varela (CRC)
L 0–2
(9-21, 18-21)
 Valverde /
Duran (BOL)
W 2–0
(21-18, 21-11)
3 classification 9th-12th
 Cañiza /
Vargas (PAR)
W 2–1
(19-21, 21-13, 15-9)
classification 9th-10th
 Araya /
Varela (CRC)
Yari Cleto
Crismil Paniagua
Women's tournament  Castillo /
Romero (PER)
L 1–2
(15-21, 24-22, 10-15)
 Garrido /
Drik (CUB)
L 1–2
(21-16, 17-21, 14-16)
 Chacón /
Galindo (BOL)
L 0–2
(16-21, 11-21)
4 classification 13th-16th
 Arévalo /
Aguilar (GUA)
W 2–0
(21-6, 21-13)
classification 13th-14th
 Silva /
Brenes (NCA)

Indoor

Dominican Republic qualified a men's and women's team of 12 athletes each (23 athletes in total).[5] The women's team won the Bronze medal.[6]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dominican Republic men's Men's tournament  Brazil
L 0–3
 Cuba
L 0–3
 Argentina
L 1–3
4 classification 5th-8th
 Guatemala
W 3–0
classification 5th-6th
Dominican Republic women's Women's tournament  Chile
W 3–0
 Mexico
L 1–3
 Brazil
L 1–3
3 Q  Cuba
W 3–0
 Brazil
L 0–3
 Argentina
W 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Water skiing

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Score Rank Total Rank
Andrea Pigozzi Slalom 5.00/58/11.25 5 Q 2.00/58/11.25 6
Jumps 43.7 6 Q 48.7 5
Tricks 200 15 Did not advance
Overall 1,494.33 9
Paolo Pigozzi Slalom 4.50/58/12.00 10 Did not advance
Jumps 42.8 7 Did not advance
Tricks 3310 10 Did not advance
Overall 1,599.73 8

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Enmanuel Pascual –71 kg 84 8 113 8 197 8
Luis Manuel Florentino +98 kg
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Jhancelis Santana –53 kg 65 6 86 5 151 6
Perqui Francis +77 kg

Wrestling

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men
Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Juan Valerio Freestyle 57 kg  Farmer (USA)
 Samano (PUR)
Juan Gómez Freestyle 74 kg  Peake (PUR)
Juan Andrés Freestyle 97 kg  Imbernon (BRA)
 Dineen (USA)
Víctor Pérez Freestyle 125 kg  Chavez (MEX)
Yorkis Carvajal Greco-Roman 60 kg  Segura (MEX)
L 1–3PP
Did not advance  Sánchez (PER)
W 9–5PP
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Starlin Laguerre Greco-Roman 77 kg  Hosseini (PAR)
W 8–0SP
 Parada (VEN)
L 0–4PP
 Gómez (CUB)
L 1–5PP
5
Luis Figuereo Greco-Roman 87 kg  Brown (PAN)
L 3–7VB
Did not advance
Elvis Balvuena Greco-Roman 97 kg  Aleixo (BRA)
L 2–5PP
Did not advance
José Núñez Greco-Roman 130 kg  Talavera (VEN)
L 1–2PP
 Williams (BAR)
W 6–0VT
2  Attao (USA)
L 0–9SP
 Barros (BRA)
L 2–6VT
4

References

  1. ^ Carmona Jr., Bienvenido (21 July 2025). "República Dominicana cierra con 96 atletas delegación Panam Junior" [The Dominican Republic closes the Pan American Junior delegation with 96 athletes.]. El Dia. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Jiménez y José Brache, abanderados Panam Junior" [Elizabeth Jiménez and José Brache, Panam Junior flag bearers]. CDN Deportes. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Esgrima do Brasil terá seis representantes nos Jogos Pan-Americanos Júnior" [Brazilian fencing will have six representatives at the Junior Pan American Games]. www.cbesgrima.org.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Fencing Confederation. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Brasil encerra Pan-Americano com 17 medalhas e vagas garantidas para Assunção e Mundiais" [Brazil closes Pan American Championships with 17 medals and guaranteed spots for Asunción and the World Championships]. www.cbda.org.br. Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Manual Qualification Systems" (PDF). www.panamsports.org. Panam Sports. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Dominican Republic Shines with Bronze Medal at the Junior Pan Am Games". Asuncion, Paraguay: Norceca. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.