This is how Chile is lined up for the Punta Rocas Pan American Games
They will seek to improve the eleventh of Santa Catalina 2023 and the ninth of Venao 2022
Special coverage presented by the Pan American Surfing Association - Cover photo Chile in Santa Catalina 2023 by PASA-Tweddle
A powerful and complete Chilean team will be present in the waves of Punta Rocas in Punta Negra, south of Lima, Peru, where the Pan American Surfing Championship will take place from October 2 to 11, the event organizers informed DUKE.
Chile is traveling with several strong talents such as the fourth in the Pan American, Estela López, the QS standout Manuel Selman and the ALAS standouts, Noel de la Torre and Roberto Araki. In addition to the Pan American medalist Rafael Cortéz, among others.
Below is the complete team:
Open ladies
Estela Lopez
CHIARA BAGONI
Natalia Escobar
Open men
MANUEL SELMAN
ROBERTO ARAKI
Noel de la Torre
Ladies longboard
Javier Veliz
Javier Quiroz
Longboard men
Rafael Cortez
JOSE MANUEL BOZA
SUP Surf Ladies
ANTONIA GUTIERREZ
Marina Mujica
SUP Surf Men
Gabriel Salazar
FRANCO BONUS
SUP Race Ladies
Paula Rojas
VICTORIA LANDETA
SUP Race Men
EDMUNDO IRELAND
JOSE PONCE
Bodyboard ladies
PALOMA FREYGGANG
ELISA CARO
Bodyboard men
Kevin Torres
RODRIGO SILVA
Technical team
Francisco Veliz
Juan Alfonso Leon
GERALD ALVAREZ
RENATO ARELLANO
Francisco Quezada
MATIAS LOPEZ
JOHAN CARTER
JOSE IGNACIO CESPEDES
YERKO VASQUEZ VICENCIO
Chile finished 11th in the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santa Catalina.
In the previous edition of the event, in Venao 2022, the country's team had placed ninth.
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