Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games

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Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games
KarateSantiago2023.png
Karate pictogram
Venue Polideportivo Villa El Salvador
Start dateNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
End dateNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)
No. of events12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors106 from TBD nations
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Karate competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held between November 3 and 5, 2023 at the Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto. [1] [2]

Contents

12 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in kumite (five per gender). A further two events (one per gender) in kata were contested. A total of 106 athletes qualified to compete at the games. [3]

Qualification

A total of 106 karatekas will qualify to compete (96 qualified across four qualification tournaments and 10 extra nominal spots to the winners of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. There will be nine athletes qualified in each individual event, excepting individual kata, which will feature eight athletes. Each nation may enter a maximum of 12 athletes (six per gender). This consists of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12). This rule does not apply to the winners of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (12). [3]

Venezuela, Panama and Colombia's athletes will be eligible to qualify through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship, while Mexico will qualify through the North American Cup.

Participating nations

A total of 21 countries qualified athletes.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile*3115
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3025
3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2125
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1146
5Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1102
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1102
7Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1001
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0336
9Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0202
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0123
11Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0101
12Panam Sports flag.png  Independent Athletes Team 0033
13Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0022
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0022
15Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 0011
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0011
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 0011
Totals (17 entries)12122448

Medallists

Men's events
EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual kata
details
Ariel Torres
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Cleiver Leocadio
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Luca Impagnatiello
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Larry Aracena
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
60 kg
details
Enrique Villalón
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Brayan Díaz
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Douglas Brose
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Juan Fernández
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
67 kg
details
Andrés Madera
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Tomás Freire
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Camilo Velozo
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Alberto Gálvez
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
75 kg
details
Thomas Scott
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Carlos Villarreal
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Allan Maldonado
Panam Sports flag.png  Independent Athletes Team
Juan Landázuri
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
84 kg
details
José Acevedo
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Rubén Henao
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Saisheren Senpon
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Jorge Merino
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
+84 kg
details
Rodrigo Rojas
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Lucas Fernandes
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Rob Timmermans
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba
Giovani Salgado
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Women's events
EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual kata
details
Sakura Kokumai
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Valentina Zapata
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Claudia Laos-Loo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Andrea Armada
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
50 kg
details
Yorgelis Salazar
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Yamina Lahyanssa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bárbara Morales
Panam Sports flag.png  Independent Athletes Team
Yamila Benítez
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
55 kg
details
Valentina Toro
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Baurelys Torres
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Kelly Fernandes
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Geraldine Peña
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
61 kg
details
Janessa Fonseca
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Alexandra Grande
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Claudymar Garcés
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
María Renée Wong
Panam Sports flag.png  Independent Athletes Team
68 kg
details
Bárbara Rodrigues
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Wendy Mosquera
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Melissa Bratic
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Skylar Lingl
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
+68 kg
details
Guadalupe Quintal
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Valeria Echever
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Pamela Rodríguez
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Brenda Padilha
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

References

  1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.