2008 Pan American Wushu Championships

2008 Pan American Wushu Championships
Venue	Tenis Clube de Campinas
Location	São Paulo, Brazil
Start date	July 16, 2008
End date	July 20, 2008
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The 2008 Pan American Wushu Championships was the 7th edition of the Pan American Wushu Championships. For the first time, the Pan American Junior Wushu Championships were organized (alongside the main championships). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil  (BRA)*	18	11	9	38
2	Canada  (CAN)	11	5	6	22
3	Venezuela  (VEN)	8	2	1	11
4	Mexico  (MEX)	1	1	0	2
5	United States  (USA)	0	6	3	9
6	Argentina  (ARG)	0	5	5	10
7	Ecuador  (ECU)	0	2	1	3
8	Peru  (PER)	0	1	1	2
9	Chile  (CHI)	0	1	0	1
10	Bermuda  (BER)	0	0	3	3
11	Colombia  (COL)	0	0	2	2
	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	0	0	2	2
13	Paraguay  (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		38	34	34	106

Medalists

Taolu

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	Merrill Ong   Canada	Wilson Lui   Canada	Timothy Hung   Canada
Daoshu	Timothy Hung   Canada	Lucas Geller   United States	Hong Wen Wu   Argentina
Gunshu	Timothy Hung   Canada	Dennis Ta   United States	Wilson Lui   Canada
Jianshu	Merrill Ong   Canada	Alfred Hsing   United States	Alex Rodrigues   Brazil
Qiangshu	Merrill Ong   Canada	Alex Rodrigues   Brazil	Alfred Hsing   United States
Nanquan	Marcelo Yamada   Brazil	Hong Wen Wu   Argentina	Adriano Lourenço   Brazil
Nandao	Adriano Lourenço   Brazil	Marcelo Yamada   Brazil	João Ferreira   Brazil
Nangun	Marcelo Yamada   Brazil	Adriano Lourenço   Brazil	João Ferreira   Brazil
Taijiquan	Roque Bernardes   Brazil	Jara Pablo   Argentina	Cruz Javier   Argentina
Taijijian	Roque Bernardes   Brazil	Nicolas Sanches   Chile	Jara Pablo   Argentina
Duilian	Brazil Adriano Lourenço João Ferreira Alex Rodrigues	Mexico Pedro Cleto Luis Felipe Álvarez Rosas  [ es ]	none awarded

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	Wei Hsin Lee   Canada	Margherita Cina   Canada	Selene Tsang   Canada
Daoshu	Samara Sampaio   Brazil	Sosa Natalia   Argentina	Emilia DaLamzo   Argentina
Gunshu	Selene Tsang   Canada	Stephanie Lim   United States	Stephanie Velazquez   Paraguay
Jianshu	Margherita Cina   Canada	Paula Amidani   Brazil	Stephanie Lim   United States
Qiangshu	Margherita Cina   Canada	Wei Hsin Lee   Canada	Paula Amidani   Brazil
Nanquan	Margareth Midori   Brazil	Natalie Gagnon   Canada	none awarded
Nandao	Samantha Tjhia   Canada	Margareth Midori   Brazil	Natalie Gagnon   Canada
Nangun	Larissa Oliveira Melão   Brazil	Natalie Gagnon   Canada	none awarded
Taijiquan	Koren Lui   Canada	Teresa Wong   United States	Tatiana Cruz   Brazil
Taijijian	Tania Sakanaka   Brazil	Teresa Wong   United States	Koren Lui   Canada
Duilian	Brazil Paula Amidani Samara Sampaio	none awarded	none awarded

Sanda

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Joel Vilória   Venezuela	José Eudes   Brazil	Daniel Machuca   Peru
52 kg	Welington Silva   Brazil	none awarded	none awarded
56 kg	Wladimir Carvajal   Venezuela	Uelber Santos   Brazil	Paúl Aguilar   Ecuador
			Guillermo Lemos   Colombia
60 kg	Aglênio   Brazil	Royter Hernandes   Venezuela	Pastori Pablo   Argentina
			Sayd Ceballos   Colombia
65 kg	Angel Valderrama   Venezuela	Diego Caderon   Ecuador	Carlos Lami   Dominican Republic
			Antônio C. Silva   Brazil
70 kg	Alvaro Cancino   Venezuela	Diego Jauregui   Peru	Pablo Stanelli   Brazil
			Sentiw Woolridge   Bermuda
75 kg	Jesus Licet   Venezuela	Eduardo Barbosa   Brazil	Garon Wilkinson   Bermuda
80 kg	Roberto Neves   Brazil	Jamud Hector   Argentina	Shannon Finnegan   United States
			José Puello   Dominican Republic
85 kg	Ricardo Callardo   Mexico	Ricardo Castillo   Ecuador	Federico Capasso   Venezuela
			Adgeferson Silva   Brazil
90 kg	Edson Silva   Brazil	none awarded	none awarded
90 kg+	Wellington Renato Felizatti   Brazil	Toledo Pablo   Argentina	Jermal Woolridge   Bermuda

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Yasmeli Araque   Venezuela	Ednéia   Brazil	none awarded
52 kg	Evelyn Beleño   Venezuela	Regina   Brazil	Adele Wan   Canada
56 kg	Ana Fatia   Brazil	Heilyn Rios   Venezuela	none awarded
60 kg	Josimeire Custodio Jorge   Brazil	none awarded	none awarded
65 kg	Maria Cariaco   Venezuela	Rosimeire   Brazil	none awarded

References

1. "7th Panamerican Wushu Championships". Confederação Brasileira de Kungfu Wushu. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
2. "7° Campeonato Panamericano de Wushu". Federación Chilena de Wu Shu. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
3. "Venezuela Campeón Panamericano de Wushu". Asociación Pachi Taichi Chuan. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2025-08-06.