2006  | |
|---|---|
| Venue | CeNARD |
| Location |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Dates | 25–26 May 2006 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 2006 Pan American Judo Championships were held in Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 25 May to 26 May 2006. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –55 kg |  Robert Gómez (DOM) |  Jorge Morales (CUB) |  Carlos Tenesaca (ECU) |
 Thiago Aoki (BRA) | |||
| –60 kg |  Frazer Will (CAN) |  Jeremy Liggett (USA) |  Javier Guédez (VEN) |
| Denílson Lourenço (BRA) | |||
| –66 kg | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | Leandro Cunha (BRA) | Sasha Mehmedovic (CAN) |
| Ludwig Ortiz (VEN) | |||
| –73 kg | Moacir Mendes (BRA) | Rodrigo Lucenti (ARG) | Richard León (VEN) |
| Ronald Girones (CUB) | |||
| –81 kg | Flávio Canto (BRA) | Tyler Boras (CAN) | Emmanuel Lucenti (ARG) |
| Aaron Cohen (USA) | |||
| –90 kg | Hugo Pessanha (BRA) | Jorge Benavides (CUB) | Eduardo Costa (ARG) |
| José Camacho (VEN) | |||
| –100 kg | Oreidis Despaigne (CUB) | Mário Sabino (BRA) | Teófilo Diek (DOM) |
| Alexandru Ciupe (CAN) | |||
| +100 kg | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) | Óscar Brayson (CUB) |  Joel Brutus (HAI) |
 Pablo Figueroa (PUR) | |||
| Openweight | Carlos Honorato (BRA) | Óscar Brayson (CUB) |  Claudio Zupo (MEX) |
| Pablo Figueroa (PUR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –44 kg | Milagros González (VEN) | Diana Cobos (ECU) | Dayaris Mestre Álvarez (CUB) |
| Lorayna Costa (BRA) | |||
| –48 kg | Yanet Bermoy (CUB) | Daniela Polzin (BRA) | Glenda Miranda (ECU) |
| Sayaka Matsumoto (USA) | |||
| –52 kg | Aminata Sall (CAN) | Melissa Rodríguez (ARG) | Érika Miranda (BRA) |
| Edilia Amorós (CUB) | |||
| –57 kg | Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Valerie Gotay (USA) |
| Diana Villavicencio (ECU) | |||
| –63 kg | Yaritza Abel (CUB) | Ronda Rousey (USA) | Daniela Krukower (ARG) |
| Marie-Hélène Chisholm (CAN) | |||
| –70 kg | Yalennis Castillo (CUB) | Kelly Silva (BRA) | Katie Mocco (USA) |
| Catherine Roberge (CAN) | |||
| –78 kg | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | Amy Cotton (CAN) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
| Lorena Briceño (ARG) | |||
| +78 kg | Ibis Dueñas (CUB) | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) |
| Melissa Mojica (PUR) | |||
| Openweight | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | Priscila Marques (BRA) | Melissa Mojica (PUR) |
| Ibis Dueñas (CUB) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 United States | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 8 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 18 | 18 | 36 | 72 | |
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