Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games

Water skiing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 20 to 23 at the Ontario Place West Channel.[1] The competition was split into two disciplines, water skiing and wakeboarding. Men and women will contest the water skiing events (four each in total) and the wakeboard board competition is only open to men. Therefore, there will be a total of nine medal events in the sport.[2]

Water skiing at the XVII Pan American Games
Water skiing and wakeboarding pictogram for the games
VenuesOntario Place West Channel
DatesJuly 20–23, 2015
Competitors39 from 12 nations
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Water skiing at the
2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
Jumpmenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Tricksmenwomen
Overallmenwomen
Wakeboardmen

Competition schedule
The Ontario Place West Channel, in Toronto, was the venue for the water skiing competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the water skiing competitions:[3]

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23
Men's jumpPF
Men's slalomPF
Men's tricksPF
Men's overallF
Men's wakeboard½F
Women's jumpPF
Women's slalomPF
Women's tricksPF
Women's overallF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*4509
2 United States3328
3 Chile1124
4 Peru1001
5 Argentina0033
6 Mexico0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (7 nations)99927

Medalists

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Jump
Ryan Dodd
 Canada		 Rodrigo Miranda
 Chile		 Felipe Miranda
 Chile
Slalom
Nate Smith
 United States		 Jason McClintock
 Canada		 Javier Julio
 Argentina
Tricks
Adam Pickos
 United States		 Jaret Llewellyn
 Canada		 Javier Julio
 Argentina
Overall
Felipe Miranda
 Chile		 Jaret Llewellyn
 Canada		 Javier Julio
 Argentina
Wakeboard
Rusty Malinoski
 Canada		 Daniel Powers
 United States		 Juan Mendez
 Venezuela

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Jump
Regina Jaquess
 United States		 Whitney McClintock
 Canada		 Fernanda Naser
 Chile
Slalom
Whitney McClintock
 Canada		 Regina Jaquess
 United States		 Erika Lang
 United States
Tricks
Natalia Cuglievan
 Peru		 Whitney McClintock
 Canada		 Erika Lang
 United States
Overall
Whitney McClintock
 Canada		 Regina Jaquess
 United States		 Carolina Chapoy
 Mexico

Participating nations

A total of 12 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification
Main article: Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 40 athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top 8 nations (including the host nation, Canada) at the 2014 Pan American Championship, will each receive four athlete quotas in water skiing. A further 8 spots are made available for wakeboard qualifiers. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes in each gender in the water skiing competition.[4][5]

References
  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. "Ontario Place West Channel". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. "Canada Names Athletes Headed to Colombia for Pan Am Championships". waterski-wakeboard.ca/. Water Ski Wakeboard Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. "Sport Technical Manual Water skiing". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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