Valledupar, June 2, 2026. The eleven countries participating in the II Parasuramerican Games Valledupar 2026 will arrive in Colombia with teams competing in both individual and team sports, reflecting the growth of the Paralympic movement in South America twelve years after the first edition held in Santiago, Chile, in 2014. The hemispheric event will bring together 1,064 athletes and will be the largest edition in the history of the Games.
Argentina to Defend Its Parasuramerican Title
Argentina will be one of the largest delegations at Valledupar 2026. La Albiceleste will compete in Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, wheelchair tennis, and Para archery. In team sports, Argentina—champion of the 1st Parasur American Games in Santiago 2014—will compete in wheelchair basketball (men’s and women’s), goalball (men’s), sitting volleyball (men’s and women’s), and blind football, a sport in which it is the current Paralympic silver medalist.
Brazil, a powerhouse set to compete in all 13 sports
Brazil will be represented in all disciplines on the sports program. It will compete in nine individual sports: Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para-cycling, Para-powerlifting, wheelchair tennis, Para-badminton, and Para-archery. The Brazilian team will also be represented in team sports, including: wheelchair basketball (men’s and women’s), goalball(men’s and women’s), sitting volleyball (men’s and women’s), and blind soccer, a sport in which the team will compete as the bronze medalist from Paris 2024.
Chile to Field a Large Delegation at Valledupar 2026
The Chilean delegation will field a large contingent at the 2026 Valledupar Parasur American Games, having secured participation in twelve of the thirteen sports on the program. Chilean athletes will compete in Para athletics, Para badminton, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, wheelchair tennis, and Para archery. In team sports, Chile will compete at the Games with its wheelchair basketball teams (men’s and women’s), goalball (men’s and women’s), and blind soccer.
Host country Colombia will compete in all sports
As the host country, Colombia will compete in all sports on the program: Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, wheelchair tennis, Para badminton, and Para archery. As for team sports, it will compete in wheelchair basketball (men’s and women’s), goalball(men’s and women’s), sitting volleyball (men’s), and blind soccer.
Venezuela Arrives with a Highly Competitive Delegation
The Venezuelan delegation will arrive in Valledupar as one of the most well-rounded delegations in the competition. Representatives from the homeland of Bolívar will compete in Para athletics, Para badminton, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, and Para archery. In team sports, they will field teams in wheelchair basketball (men’s), goalball (men’s and women’s), and sitting volleyball (men’s and women’s).
Peru Seeks to Build on Its Paralympic Momentum
Peru’s delegation will compete in ten sports on the program, including: Para athletics, Para swimming, Para archery, boccia, wheelchair tennis, Para powerlifting, and Para badminton. In team sports, the team will compete in wheelchair basketball (men’s and women’s), goalball (men’s and women’s), sitting volleyball (men’s and women’s), and blind soccer.
Ecuador Strengthens Its Presence in Individual Sports
The Ecuadorian delegation will compete in eight of the thirteen sports, arriving in Valledupar with its teams in: Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, Para-cycling, Para-powerlifting, wheelchair tennis, and Para-archery, establishing a strong presence in individual sports as well as in doubles and mixed events. The Ecuadorian team will not compete in team sports.
Panama Expands the Games’ Continental Reach
The guest country at these Games, Panama, from Central America—and with all its technical prowess—will compete in eight sports: Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, Para cycling, Para powerlifting, and Para badminton. It will also compete in goalball (women’s) and blind soccer.
Paraguay Joins the Regional Growth
Paraguay will participate in Para athletics, Para swimming, boccia, and Para cycling, consolidating its presence in four of the thirteen sports at the IIParasuramerican Games in Valledupar 2026.
Uruguay is committed to strengthening its sports programs
In its second appearance at the Parasur American Games, the Uruguayan delegation will compete in five sports, namely: Track and field, Para swimming, boccia, Para table tennis, and wheelchair tennis, in addition to strengthening its participation in individual events on the program.
Bolivia set to make its mark in its first appearance
Bolivia, making its debut at the Parasur American Games, will be represented in several team sports, including: women’s wheelchair basketball, men’s sitting volleyball, as well as Para table tennis, wheelchair tennis, and Para archery, expanding its presence within theregional Paralympic movement by securing participation in five of the thirteen sports at Valledupar 2026.
With 1,064 Para-athletes from eleven countries set to participate, Valledupar and Agustín Codazzi are preparing to host the largest edition of the Parasur American Games since their inception in Santiago 2014. During two weeks of competition, the continent will once again come together around Paralympic sport, inclusion, and athletic excellence, in an event set to mark a new chapter for the Paralympic movement in South America.
