2021 Junior Pan American Games: Difference between revisions

|image name = 2021I Junior Pan American Games logo.svg

|caption logo_alt = Logo of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games

|host_city host = [[Cali]]–[[Valle del Cauca Department|Valle]], Colombia

| motto = ''Ready To Give #AllForYou''<br>''{{Lang-es|¡Somos Tu Fuerza! Nos Damos #TodosxVos}}''

| nations = 41

| athletes = =

| events = 302 in 28 sports

| opening = November 25

| closing = December 5

| opened_by = [[Iván Duque Márquez]]

The '''2021 Junior Pan American Games''' (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021'') was an international [[multi-sports event]] for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the [[Americas]], organized by [[Panam Sports]] to be held in [[Cali]] and [[Valle del Cauca Department|Valle]], [[Colombia]] between November 25 to December 5, 2021.<ref name=PASO>{{cite web|url=https://www.panamsports.org/news-sport/panam-sports-begins-implementation-of-strategic-plan/|title=Panam Sports Begins Implementation of Strategic Plan|date=January 16, 2019|website=Pan American Sports Organization|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

The deadline for the presentation of candidacy to organize the first Junior Pan American Games was January 31, 2019, on which date [[Cali]], [[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]], and [[Monterrey]] were selected as host city candidates by Panam Sports.<ref name=ATR>{{cite web|url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__75630/Title__I-Junior-Pan-Am-Games-Cali-Monterrey-and-Santa-Ana-the-Candidates/292/Articles|title=I Junior Pan Am Games: Cali, Monterrey and Santa Ana the Candidates|date=February 1, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019|website=Around the Rings|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212143/http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__75630/Title__I-Junior-Pan-Am-Games-Cali-Monterrey-and-Santa-Ana-the-Candidates/292/Articles|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cali was chosen as the host city by the Executive Committee in [[San José, Costa Rica]] on March 27, 2019.<ref name=PASO /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/20190117/454181908320/panam-sports-organizara-panamericanos-junior-y-sopesa-panamericanos-de-playa.html|title=Panam Sports organizará Panamericanos Júnior y sopesa Panamericanos de Playa|trans-title=Panam Sports will organize Pan American Juniors and weigh Pan American Beach|date=January 27, 2019|website=La Vanguardia|accessdate=January 29, 2019|language=Spanish}}</ref>

[[ColombiaColombian Olympic Committee]] President Baltazar Medina noted that the reason [[Cali]] applied to host the games was to open the possibility of Colombia hosting larger multi-sports events, such as the [[Bolivarian Games]] and the [[Central American and Caribbean Games]].<ref name= ATR /> Cali would be the main city for the games, while [[Palmira, Valle del Cauca|Palmira]], [[Buga, Valle del Cauca|Buga]], and [[Calima, Valle del Cauca|Calima El Darién]] would act as sub-centers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Herrera|first=Alexander|title=Palmira postulada para los Juegos Panamericanos Junior Sub 21|trans-title=Palmira nominated for the Junior U21 Pan Am Games|date=February 7, 2019|url=http://hsbnoticias.com/noticias/deportes/palmira-postulada-para-los-juegos-panamericanos-junior-sub-2-498387|access-date=February 11, 2019|language=Spanish|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212131406/http://hsbnoticias.com/noticias/deportes/palmira-postulada-para-los-juegos-panamericanos-junior-sub-2-498387|url-status=dead}}</ref> Notably, 2021 will be the 50th anniversary of the [[1971 Pan American Games]], which is the last time that Cali hosted the Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whycalivalle2021.co/copia-de-historia|title=Sports Events Cali|website=Cali-Valle 2021|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181312/https://www.whycalivalle2021.co/copia-de-historia|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|| [[Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena]]|| Handball|| align="right"| ||

||[[Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar]]|| Archery|| align="right"| ||

321 events in 28 sports are scheduled to bewere contested. The full sport program was confirmed in September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.panamsports.org/news-sport/colombian-government-and-panam-sports-confirm-first-junior-pan-american-games-in-cali-for-september-2021/|title=Colombian Government and Panam Sports Confirm First Junior Pan American Games in Cali for September 2021|date=August 31, 2020|website=www.panamsports.org/|publisher=[[Panam Sports]]|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097914/junior-pan-american-games-2021-dates|title=Panam Sports confirms September dates for Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=September 1, 2020|website=Insidethegames.biz|publisher=Dunsar Media|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> After originally being included, [[basketball]] (5x5), [[Freestyle BMX|BMX freestyle]] and [[field hockey]] were not included on the final list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__89254/Title__PANAM-SPORTS-DEFINES-SPORT-PROGRAM-FOR-FIRST-JUNIOR-PAN-AMERICAN-GAMES-OF-CALI-2021/292/Articles|title=Panam Sports Defines Sport Program for First Junior Pan American Games of Cali 2021|date=March 12, 2020|website=www.panamsports.org/|publisher=[[Panam Sports]]|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> Other Olympic events and disciplines not being contested include:included open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, soccerfootball and rugby sevens.

** [[BMX racing]] <small>(2)</small>

All 41 nations who are members of the [[Panam Sports]] arewere expected to compete. The numbers in parenthesisparentheses represents the number of athletes qualified.

* {{flagPASO|MEX|2021 Junior|356}}

| gold_BRA = 59 | silver_BRA = 49 | bronze_BRA = 5556