| Karate at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location |  San Salvador |
The Karate competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in San Salvador, El Salvador.
| Karate at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Location | San Salvador |
The Karate competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in San Salvador, El Salvador.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 53 kg |  Lisbeth Cruz (VEN) [4] |  Julissa Toribio (DOM) |  Cheili González (GUA) Marta Embriz (MEX) |
| Under 60 kg | Ana Montilla (DOM) | Claudia Duran (ESA) | Yadira Lira (MEX) Luisa Bojorquez (AHO) |
| Over 60 kg | Dilcimes Brito (VEN) | Katty Acevedo (DOM) | Leticia Montoya (MEX) Patricia Ferguson (BAH) |
| Open | Heidy Rodríguez (DOM) | Yadira Lira (MEX) | Dilcimes Brito (VEN) Ana Montilla (DOM) |
| Kata | Ana Martínez (VEN) | Claudia Fuentes (ESA) | Erica Lozano (MEX) Rosa María Canek (GUA) |
| Team Kata | El Salvador (Lidia Leiva, Flor Molina, Claudia Fuentes) | Mexico (Yadira Lira, Marta Embriz, Leticia Montoya) |  Honduras (Ana López, Alicia Chirinos, Luisa Kattan)
|
| Team Kumite | Mexico (Marta Embriz, Yadira Lira, Leticia Montoya) |  Venezuela (Dilcimes Brito, Lisbeth Castro, Cristina Reyes) | El Salvador (Claudia Fuentes, Lidia Leiva, Flor Molina)
|
Antonio José Díaz Fernández is a Venezuelan karateka. He is best known for winning gold medals in kata at the World Championships in Serbia (2010) and France (2012), winning of the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013), and Duisburg, Germany (2015), and a silver medal in the World Championships in Japan 2008. He won bronze medals at the WKF World Championships in karate in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2016 in the men's individual kata. He has also won 23 Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships Medals 23 times to date.
Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras, also known as Yudelkis Contreras, is a Dominican Republican weightlifter. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the Games, she was accused of failing a doping control, but the case ended with her name cleared. She was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.
Melissa Mojica Rosario is a Puerto Rican judoka.
The judo competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games was being held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
The Karate competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema. It has been held since 1975 in Huelva, Spain.
Deysy María Montes de Oca Silverio is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner.
Jhohanny Jean Bartermi is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner.
Yenebier Adelina Guillén Benítez is a Dominican boxer who competes as a 75 kilogram middleweight, Pan American Champion and Female Boxer in 2013 and silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. She also won the gold medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championship, 2013 Bolivarian Games and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Dionicio Gustavo is a karateka from the Dominican Republic who twice won the gold medal at the Pan American Games.
The Karate competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 21–25 July.
Ana Josefa Villanueva Fabián is a karateka from the Dominican Republic who won the gold medal at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
Fabiola Ramos is a Venezuelan table tennis player who competed in her fifth consecutive Summer Olympics in 2012.
Yamilet Peña Abreu is an elite artistic gymnast from the Dominican Republic who won a gold medal at the 2014 World Challenge Cup and the 2012 Pan American Championship in vault and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Cup. She is known for her execution of the Produnova—a handspring double front on vault. She qualified for the vault finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 and the 2013 World Championships.
The Judo competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 25 to 29 July at the Coliseo de Gimnasia y Deportes de Combate, Unidad Deportiva Pedro de Heredia in Cartagena. This was the first time that the regional games held the Kata division.
The Wrestling competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Cartagena, Colombia.
The 2006 Pan American Cycling Championships took place at the Caleirasen Velodrome, São Paulo, Brazil, June 4–11, 2006. Cuba led the championship with twelve medals.
Marileidy Paulino is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres event, becoming only the third person from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic gold medal. Paulino also took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she also earned silver and gold in the mixed 4×400 m relay respectively, running legs of 48.7 s in 2021 and 48.47 s in 2022. Since May 2023, Paulino is the 400 m ranked world No. 1.
José Jonathan Ruvalcaba Peralta is a diver. Born in Mexico, he represents the Dominican Republic internationally and competed for his country of birth in the past. He won a bronze medal representing Mexico during the 2015 Pan American Games and silver at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also went to the 2009, 2011 and 2015 World Aquatics Championships representing Mexico.
Heyddys Estibalys Ysabel Valentín is a Dominican female fencer.
