2009  | |
|---|---|
| Venue | CeNARD |
| Location |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Dates | 25–30 Mar 2009 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 2009 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 26 March to 27 March 2009.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –55 kg | Damián Villalba (ARG) |  Dodanim Barboza (COL) |  Shujon Mazumder (CAN) |
 Connor Murtha (USA) | |||
| –60 kg |  Javier Guédez (VEN) | Frazer Will (CAN) |  Yosmani Piker (CUB) |
| Aaron Kunihiro (USA) | |||
| –66 kg |  João Derly (BRA) | Miguel Albarracín (ARG) | Michal Popiel (CAN) |
| Luis Galindo (COL) | |||
| –73 kg | Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) | Nicholas Tritton (CAN) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
| Michael Eldred (USA) | |||
| –81 kg | Travis Stevens (USA) | Flávio Canto (BRA) | Emmanuel Lucenti (ARG) |
 Luis Retamales (CHI) | |||
| –90 kg | Alexandre Émond (CAN) | Eduardo Santos (BRA) | Gonzalo Huamán (CHI) |
| Garry St. Leger (USA) | |||
| –100 kg | Oreidis Despaigne (CUB) | Cristian Schmidt (ARG) | Luciano Corrêa (BRA) |
| Scott Edward (CAN) | |||
| +100 kg | Óscar Brayson (CUB) | João Schlittler (BRA) | Orlando Baccino (ARG) |
 Carlos Zegarra (PER) | |||
| Openweight | Luciano Corrêa (BRA) | Óscar Brayson (CUB) | Héctor Campos (ARG) |
| Luis Salazar (COL) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –44 kg | Steffany Garatejo (COL) |  Jacqueline Solís (GUA) | Antonieta Galleguillos (CHI) |
| Taylor Ibera (USA) | |||
| –48 kg | Paula Pareto (ARG) | Luz Álvarez (COL) | Sarah Menezes (BRA) |
 Edna Carrillo (MEX) | |||
| –52 kg | Yanet Bermoy (CUB) | Yulieth Sánchez (COL) | Oritia González (ARG) |
 Glenda Miranda (ECU) | |||
| –57 kg | Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Joliane Melançon (CAN) |
| Diana Villavicencio (ECU) | |||
| –63 kg | Daniela Krukower (ARG) | Danielli Yuri (BRA) | Karina Acosta (MEX) |
| Ysis Barreto (VEN) | |||
| –70 kg | Yuri Alvear (COL) | Maria Portela (BRA) | Kelita Zupancic (CAN) |
 Saraí Mendoza (ESA) | |||
| –78 kg | Kaliema Antomarchi (CUB) | Anny Cortés (COL) | Amy Cotton (CAN) |
| Déborah Souza (BRA) | |||
| +78 kg | Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | Claudirene César (BRA) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) |
| Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | |||
| Openweight | Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) |
| Claudirene César (BRA) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 18 | 36 | 72 | |
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