Chile at the Paralympics

Chile at the Paralympics
IPC code	CHI
NPC	Chile Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpico.cl
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 14
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Chile has participated in the Paralympic Games since its debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, where it was represented by two athletes. The country has competed in every Summer Games since and made its first appearance in the Winter Paralympics in 2002.^[1] Chile won its first Paralympic gold medal at the 2012 London Games, when Cristian Valenzuela won the men's 5000 meters T11 event.^[2] In recent years, swimmer Alberto Abarza has also contributed to Chile’s medal tally, with a notable performance at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Chile has won a total of 13 Paralympic medals to date.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Rome 1960 did not participate Tokyo 1964 Tel Aviv 1968 Heidelberg 1972 Toronto 1976 Arnhem 1980 New York 1984/ Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992 2 1 0 0 1 45 Atlanta 1996 2 0 0 0 0 − Sydney 2000 4 0 0 0 0 − Athens 2004 4 0 0 0 0 − Beijing 2008 4 0 0 0 0 − London 2012 7 1 0 0 1 52 Rio de Janeiro 2016 15 0 0 0 0 − Tokyo 2020 19 2 3 1 6 45 Paris 2024 28 1 0 5 6 60 Los Angeles 2028 upcoming events Brisbane 2032 Total 5 3 6 14 76

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Örnsköldsvik 1976 did not participate Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 2 0 0 0 0 − Turin 2006 2 0 0 0 0 − Vancouver 2010 2 0 0 0 0 − Sochi 2014 2 0 0 0 0 − Pyeongchang 2018 4 0 0 0 0 − Beijing 2022 4 0 0 0 0 − Milan-Cortina 2026 upcoming events French Alps 2032 Salt Lake City 2034 Total 0 0 0 0 −

Medals by Summer Sport Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Athletics 2 0 0 2 76 Swimming 1 2 3 6 54 Paracanoe 1 0 1 2 7 Archery 0 1 0 1 36 Powerlifting 0 0 1 1 n/a Table tennis 0 0 1 1 n/a Total 4 3 6 13 81

Medals by Winter Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by gender

Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men	2	2	3	7
Women	2	1	3	6
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	4	3	6	13

Medalists

A total of seven athletes have won 13 Paralympic medals for Chile. Alberto Abarza and Katherinne Wollermann have won multiple medals.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Cristian Valenzuela	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Gold	Francisca Mardones	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's shot put F54
Gold	Alberto Abarza		Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S2
Silver				Men's 50 m backstroke S2
Silver				Men's 200 m freestyle S2
Silver	Mariana Zúñiga		Archery	Women's individual compound open
Bronze	Katherinne Wollermann		Paracanoeing	Women's KL1
Gold	Katherinne Wollermann	2024 Paris	Paracanoeing	Women's KL1
Bronze	Alberto Abarza		Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S2
Bronze				Men's 50 m backstroke S2
Bronze				Men's 200 m freestyle S2
Bronze	Florencia Pérez		Table tennis	Women's singles C8
Bronze	Marion Serrano		Powerlifting	Women's -86 kg

Best non-medaling results:

Rank	Sport	Athlete	Event	Games
Summer
4th	Swimming	Gabriel Vallejos	Men's 50 m backstroke S3	1992 Barcelona
			Men's 50 m butterfly S3	1996 Atlanta
	Athletics	Amanda Cerna	Women's 400 metres T47	2016 Rio de Janeiro
	Powerlifting	María Antonieta Ortiz	Women's -67 kg
		Juan Carlos Garrido	Men's -59 kg	2020 Tokyo
		Camila Campos	Women's -55 kg
			Women's -50 kg	2024 Paris
Winter
9th	Alpine skiing	Nicolás Bisquertt	Men's sitting slalom	2018 PyeongChang
			Men's sitting super combined	2022 Beijing

See also

• Chile at the Olympics

References

1. Chile at the Paralympics Archived 2012-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee
2. Iveson, Ali (January 4, 2021). "Valenzuela determined to help capitalise on "tremendous opportunity" of Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved June 30, 2021.