Puerto Rico at the 2003 Pan American Games

Puerto Rico at the 2003 Pan American Games
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
in Santo Domingo 1–17 August 2003
Flag bearer	Diego Lizardi
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 4 9 16
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.

Medals

Gold

Equestrian

• Jumping individual: Mark Watring on Sapphire

Gymnastics

• Men's horizontal bar: Tommy Ramos

Sailing

• Mixed Hobie Cat 16: Enrique Figueroa and Carla Malatrasi

Silver

Athletics

• Men's decathlon: Luiggy Llanos

Boxing

• Men's lightweight (60 kg): Alex de Jesús

Gymnastics

• Men's pommel horse: Luis Vargas

Tennis

• Women's doubles: Kristina Brandi and Vilmarie Castellvi

Bronze

Basketball

• Men's tournament: National team

• Rick Apodaca, Carlos Arroyo, Larry Ayuso, Sharif Fajardo, Bobby Joe Hatton, Antonio Latimer, Jorge Rivera, Daniel Santiago, Orlando Santiago, Alejandro Carmona, Peter John Ramos and Richie Dalmau

Beach volleyball

• Men's tournament: Ramón Hernández and Raul Papaleo

Boxing

• Men's super heavyweight (+91 kg): Victor Bisbal

Fencing

• Men's épée individual: Víctor Bernier
• Men's épée team: Víctor Bernier, David Bernier, Jonathan Peña and Marcos Peña

Shooting

• Men's double trap: Lucas Bennazar

Taekwondo

• Men's 58 kg: Kristian Meléndez

Tennis

• Women's singles: Kristina Brandi

Wrestling

• Women's freestyle (63 kg): Mabel Fonseca

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Harrison	Women's 400 m hurdles	55.79	4	55.27	5
Alexander Greaux	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—	—	DSQ	—

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maribel Burgos	Women's marathon	2:53:03	6
Lourdes Cruz	Women's marathon	3:04:12	11

Decathlon

Athlete	Decathlon										Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Rank
Luiggy Llanos	11.02	7.47	14.62	1.86	50.27	14.29	43.93	4.50	59.78	5:11.24	7704

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2003 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

• Rick Apodaca
• Carlos Arroyo
• Larry Ayuso
• Sharif Fajardo
• Bobby Joe Hatton
• Antonio Latimer
• Jorge Rivera
• Daniel Santiago
• Orlando Santiago
• Alejandro Carmona
• Peter John Ramos
• Richie Dalmau

Head Coach:

• Unknown

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Joseph Serrano	Light flyweight	Longpre (CAN) W 18–9	Tamara (COL) L 9–16	did not advance
Carlos Valcarcel	Flyweight	Gamboa (CUB) L 13–26	did not advance
Juan Manuel López	Bantamweight	González (GUA) W 27–10	Mares (MEX) L 21–24	did not advance
Carlos Velasquez	Featherweight	Cermeño (VEN) W 12–5	Garcia (USA) L 10–+10	did not advance
Alex de Jesús	Lightweight	Maicelo (PER) W 10–5	Décarie (CAN) W 13–4	Vargas (MEX) W 26–6	Kindelán (CUB) L 2–22 →
Miguel Almonte	Middleweight	O'Neil (GRN) W 18–10	Brand (COL) L RSC–4	did not advance
Gerardo Bisbal	Heavyweight	Bye	Solis (CUB) L RSCH–2	did not advance
Victor Bisbal	Super heavyweight	Bye	Cadieux (CAN) W 19–12	López Núñez (CUB) L 13–17 →	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games

Men's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Busquets	50 m freestyle	22.49	1	22.52	4
Maran Cruz		24.75	27	did not advance
Ricardo Busquets	100 m freestyle	50.82	6	50.37	6
Maran Cruz		53.88	28	did not advance

Women's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Solimar Mojica	200 m freestyle	2:08.54	12	2:08.54	12
Vanessa Martínez		2:08.57	13	2:09.53	15
Sonia Álvarez	400 m freestyle	4:24.25	8	4:22.79	10
Solimar Mojica		4:37.42	14	4:34.60	14
Sonia Álvarez	800 m freestyle	—		9:03.48	8

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

• puertorico-herald vol 31
• puertorico-herald vol 33