MARILEIDY PAULINO CHOSEN AS MEMBER OF TEAM PANAM SPORTS FOR SANTIAGO 2023

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The Dominican Republic’s athletics star and world champion Marileidy Paulino will represent all of the Americas at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games as a member of the new Team Panam Sports. 

Paulino is joined by Rebeca Andrade (BRA), Anderson Peters (GRN), Daniel Dhers (VEN), Alejandra Orozco (MEX), Agustina Albertario (ARG), Mijain Lopez (CUB), Maggie Mac Neil (CAN), Angelo Caro (PER) and the duo of Marco and Esteban Grimalt (CHI) as the newest athlete ambassadors of Panam Sports.

SANTIAGO, CHILE (July 6, 2023) — Panam Sports is proud to announce the 11 new members of Team Panam Sports that will inspire millions this October at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. 

These exceptional athletes are champions and medalists at the biggest sports events in the world, from the Olympic and Pan American Games to World Championships. They are world-renowned for their determination, skill and incredible performances. 

The 2023 edition of Team Panam Sports is led by Marileidy Paulino (Athletics – Dominican Republic), Daniel Dhers (BMX Freestyle – Venezuela), Alejandra Orozco (Diving – Mexico), Rebeca Andrade (Artistic Gymnastics – Brazil), Maggie Mac Neil (Swimming – Canada), Mijain Lopez (Wrestling – Cuba), Anderson Peters (Athletics – Grenada), Agustina Albertario (Hockey – Argentina), Angelo Caro (Skateboarding – Peru) and the duo of Marco and Esteban Grimalt (Beach Volleyball – Chile).

At just 26 years old, Marileidy Paulino is a world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in athletics. She now specializes in the 400m and 4x400m relays after her beginning her career as a 100m and 200m sprinter. She competed in her first Pan American Games at Lima 2019, reaching the finals in the women’s 200m. 

After the pandemic, she returned to competition ready to showcase her strength in a new discipline. At the 2021 World Relay Championships in Poland, Paulino led the Dominican Republic to a bronze medal in the 4x400m mixed relay. Her next stop was the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she shocked the world with two silver medals in the individual 400m and 4x400m mixed relay, setting two national records in the process. 

She continued her success in 2022, winning two golds at the Ibero-American Championships followed by her first world championship title in the 4x400m mixed relay at Eugene 2022. She also won the silver medal in Eugene in the individual 400m. She concluded her great year with a Diamond League championship consisting of four victories on the world tour in the 400m. 

Marileidy has represented the Dominican Republic at the biggest events in the world, and now sets her focus on competing at her second Pan American Games at Santiago 2023 this October where she hopes to bring home her first continental title. 

“I am very grateful for this opportunity to join this select group of Panam Sports athletes and I want to represent my country in the best way at Santiago 2023. I am preparing to achieve a fast time at these Pan American Games and also help my team from the Dominican Republic have good results, and I know that through God we can achieve it. And on a personal level, I want to run 47 seconds, it is the goal that I set for myself,” Marileidy Paulino tells Panam Sports. 

These 11 superstars who have combined for 15 Olympic, 41 world championship and 14 Pan American Games medals will compete at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games not only for their countries but for all of the Americas as ambassadors of Team Panam Sports. They will show millions that sport lives in all of us as they strive to achieve greatness and demonstrate that anyone can become a champion. 

The Dominican Republic cannot wait to watch Marileidy Paulino, the members Team Panam Sports and many more of the world’s best athletes compete in the Chilean capital this October at Santiago 2023. 

Don’t miss the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games from October 20 to November 5. Watch the Games live on Panam Sports Channel or your local broadcaster.

Team Panam Sports invites all of the Americas to free your inner athlete, because Sport Lives in You.