Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto is a Mexican of Italian descent judoka.
The 1995 Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.
James A. Pedro is an American retired World Championship and Olympic judo competitor and current judo coach. Pedro currently holds a 7th degree black belt in judo. He is the coach of Kayla Harrison, the first American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in judo.
This page shows the results of the Judo Competition for men and women at the 1999 Pan American Games, held from July 23 to August 8, 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There were seven weight divisions.
The Judo Competition at the 2003 Pan American Games was held from August 1 to August 17, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There were seven weight divisions, for both men and women. Cuba dominated the women's competition.
Flávio Vianna de Ulhôa Canto is a Brazilian judoka who competed in Men's 81 kg Judo. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is founder and president of the Instituto Reação, and also presenter of the TV shows Corujão do Esporte on TV Globo and Sensei on SportTV.
Aurélio Fernández Miguel is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic champion, and later politician. Among his best sporting achievements are his gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Nathalie Gosselin is a retired judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's lightweight competition at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, after having won the bronze medal in the women's half-lightweight division a year earlier at the 1995 Pan American Games. In 1986, she won the bronze medal in the 56 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Colleen Rosensteel is an American judoka and a Pan American games silver medalist.
The judo competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games was held from August 1 to August 17, 2007, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were seven weight divisions, for both men and women.
The 2011 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the CODE II Gymnasium from April 1–2, 2011. The event is being held as a test event for the 2011 Pan American Games. Also this event is one of the qualification event for the judo events at the 2011 Pan American Games.
The Pan American Judo Confederation (PJC) is an international organization comprising most of the national Judo federations and associations of the Americas, and is one of five such continental organizations recognized by the International Judo Federation. The PJC replaced the Pan American Judo Union (PJU) when it was founded in 2009, a decision which has been contested by the remaining members of the PJU.
Danielle Zangrando is a retired Brazilian judoka who competed in the women's lightweight category. She picked up a total of thirty medals in her career, including three from the Pan American Games, and a bronze from the 1995 World Judo Championships in Chiba, Japan, and also appeared in the 57-kg class in two editions of the Olympic Games. Growing up in Santos, Zangrando took up judo at the age of 5 following her brother to the dojo of sensei Paulo Duarte. Throughout most of her sporting career, Zangrando trained under Duarte as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for Santos FC Judô.
Judo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 14 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of fourteen judo events were held: seven each for men and women.
Lynn Joyce Roethke is an American female judoka competitor. Among her most notable accomplishments, Lynn is a two-time Olympic athlete, a Pan American gold medalist, and World Champion Silver medalist. She was the first female to be inducted to the Black Belt Hall of Fame and voted as Olympic Athlete of the Year. She competed in the −61 kg division for most of her competitive career.
The 2015 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from April 24–26, 2015.
Judo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 8 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo 1, which also hosted handball.
Larissa Pimenta is a Brazilian judoka. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won the gold medal in the 52 kg event. She is also a three-time gold medalist in her event at the Pan American Judo Championships. She also represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
The IJF World Tour is a worldwide top-tier judo tour, organized by the International Judo Federation since 2009.
