Aruba competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Aruba's 10th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1987.
The Aruban delegation consisted of 14 athletes. Swimmer Mikel Schreuders and BMX cyclist Shanayah Howell were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Medalists
The following Aruban competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"| MedalNameSportEventDate Sailing Men's IQFoil van Aanholt Sailing Women's sunfish Karate Men's +84 kg
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalArtistic swimming 0 2 2Bowling 0 2 2Cycling 0 1 1Karate 1 0 1Sailing 2 1 3Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 2 2 4 Total 6 8 14
Artistic swimming
Aruba qualified a team of two artistic swimmers after the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.
AthleteEventTechnical RoutineFree Routine (Final)PointsRankPointsRankTotal PointsRankKyra HoevertszMikayla MoralesWomen's duet Did not start
Bowling
Aruba qualified a team of two women through the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.
AthleteEventRanking roundSemifinalFinalScoreRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKamilah DammersWomen's singles32515 Did not advanceAbigail Dammers286224Did not advanceKamilah DammersAbigail DammersWomen's doubles273211colspan=3
Cycling
Aruba qualified a total of 2 cyclists (2 women).
BMX Aruba qualified one cyclist in BMX race through the UCI World Ranking of Nations.
Racing AthleteEventRanking roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPointsRankTimeRankTimeRankShanayah HowellWomen's37.90011114 Q155Did not advance
Karate
Aruba qualified a male karateka at the 2023 Pan American Championships.
Kumite AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRob TimmermansMen's +84 kgW 2–1W 2–0W 3–1L 1–7Did not advance
Sailing
Aruba qualified 3 boats for a total of 3 sailors.
Men AthleteEventOpening seriesFinals12345678910111213141516PointsRank PointsRankEthan WesteraIQFoil 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 11 1 4 4 21 1 Q colspan="2" 2 Just van AanholtLaser 9 2 12 15 15 6 12 3 1 7colspan=6 67 7colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventOpening seriesFinals12345678910111213141516PointsRank PointsRank van AanholtSunfish 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 colspan="6" 29 2 Q colspan="2" 6 32
Shooting
Aruba qualified one shooter. Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankPhilip Elhage10 m air pistol56120 Did not advance
Swimming
Aruba qualified a total of three swimmers in the pool events plus one swimmer for the open water event.
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankMikel Schreuders50 m freestyle22.6911 q22.5810100 m freestyle49.8813 q49.6910100 metre butterfly55.9219 Did not advancePatrick Groters100 m backstroke56.3612 q55.969200 m backstroke2:04.509 q2:02.839200 metre individual medley2:03.7611 q2:06.6916
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankElisabeth Timmer50 m freestyle26.3819Did not advance100 m freestyle57.8618Did not advance200 m freestyle2:08.5919Did not advanceBritta Schwengle10 km open water colspan="2" 2:07:28.0 16
Non-competing sports Weightlifting
Aruba qualified one female weightlifter though it did not compete.
See also Aruba at the 2023 Parapan American Games Aruba at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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