Pan American Wrestling Championships | |
---|---|
Status | Active |
Genre | Sports event |
Date(s) | February – May |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 1977 |
Most recent | 2024 |
Next event | 2025 |
Activity | Amateur wrestling |
Organised by | FILA → UWW |
The Pan American Wrestling Championships is the continental wrestling championships for nations from North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. [1] Three wrestling styles, recognized internationally by UWW, have been contested annually since the inception, namely: Greco-Roman, freestyle and Sambo wrestling. Since 1997, women's freestyle has also been contested along with the mentioned wrestling styles.
Since the inception, Sambo wrestling has been contested jointly with the Olympic wrestling styles. National teams, including the U.S. team, featured a number of veteran Sambo athletes, along with experienced international wrestlers who have decided to compete in Sambo. From the 1980s to 2000s saw the period of separation until the 2006, when FILA again took Sambo under its control, and the Pan American Sambo Championships were expected to be included at the 2006 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The hosts in Brazil had difficulties that prevented the Sambo event to be included in the competition. USA Wrestling has agreed to host the Pan American Sambo Championships alongside its U.S. Sambo National Championships. [2] In 2013 the Olympic styles and Sambo has been contested in Panama City, Panama. Following the inclusion of the Combat Sambo into the Pan American Sambo Championships programme, which isn't exactly a wrestling style, the two championships are being held separately.
Youth (Espoir) Pan American Wrestling Championships
Year | Host | Venue | Dates | Style | Events | Team Champion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | Monterrey | May 21 | GR | 10 | Canada | |
FS | 10 | Cuba | ||||
1982 | Cali [3] | July 17–20 | GR | 10 | United States | |
FS | 10 |
Junior Pan American Wrestling Championships for athletes aged 17–20 years (U21) predates the Senior Championships by one year.
Year | Host | Venue | Dates | Style | Events | Team Champion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | San Salvador | December 9–10 | GR | 10 | Canada | |
FS | 10 | Canada | ||||
1977 | Quito [4] | June 22–24 | GR | 10 | Canada | |
June 25–27 | FS | 10 | United States | |||
1978 | Caracas [5] | June 7–11 | GR | 10 | ||
FS | 10 | |||||
1979 | San Luis Potosí | May 21–24 | GR | 10 | ||
FS | 10 | |||||
1980 | Panama City [6] | May 13–16 | ||||
San Juan | May 23–26 | GR | 10 | United States | ||
FS | 10 | Canada | ||||
1982 | Caracas | July | GR | 10 | ||
FS | 10 | |||||
1983 | Mexico City | July ? – 7 | GR | 10 | United States | |
FS | 10 | United States | ||||
1984 | Mexico City | June 21 – July 1 | GR | 10 | ||
FS | 10 | |||||
1985 | Cali | July 3 | GR | 13 | United States | |
FS | 13 | United States | ||||
1989 | Santa Fe | June 22–25 | GR | 10 | ||
FS | 10 | |||||
1992 | London | June ?–16 | GR | |||
FS | ||||||
1993 | Cuba | "Summer" | GR | |||
FS | ||||||
1994 | April | GR | ||||
FS | ||||||
1996 | Colombia | April | GR | |||
FS | ||||||
2002 | Bogota | June 7 | GR | 9 | Cuba | |
FS | 9 | Colombia | ||||
LF | 8 | Colombia | ||||
Mexico | ||||||
2004 | Maracaibo | July 16 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | Canada | ||||
LF | 8 | Canada | ||||
Venezuela | ||||||
2005 | Maracaibo | June 29 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
LF | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
2006 | Guatemala City | August 17 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
LF | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
2007 | Maracaibo | June 22 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | United States | ||||
2008 | Cuenca | June 20 | GR | 8 | United States | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | United States | ||||
2009 | Guadalajara | September 23 | GR | 8 | United States | |
September 24 | FS | 8 | Canada | |||
September 25 | LF | 8 | United States | |||
2010 | Managua | July 9 | GR | 8 | Ecuador | |
United States | ||||||
FS | 8 | Canada | ||||
LF | 8 | Canada | ||||
2011 | São Paulo | July 2 | GR | 8 | United States | |
July 1 | FS | 8 | United States | |||
July 1 | LF | 8 | United States | |||
2012 | Petén | June 6 | GR | 8 | Dominican Republic | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | United States | ||||
2013 | Santiago | July 12 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
2014 | Toronto | June 27–29 | GR | 8 | United States | |
FS | 8 | Canada | ||||
LF | 8 | Canada | ||||
2015 | Havana | May 6–8 | GR | 8 | Cuba | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | United States | ||||
2016 | Barinas | June 10–12 | GR | 8 | Venezuela | |
FS | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
LF | 8 | Venezuela | ||||
2017 | Lima | June 9–11 | GR | 8 | United States | |
FS | 8 | United States | ||||
LF | 8 | Canada | ||||
2018 | Fortaleza | August 15–17 | GR | 10 | United States | |
August 17–19 | FS | 10 | United States | |||
August 17–19 | LF | 10 | Mexico | |||
2019 | Guatemala City | June 5–7 | GR | 10 | United States | |
FS | 10 | United States | ||||
LF | 10 | United States | ||||
2020 | Brasilia | July 10–12 | GR | 10 | TBD | |
FS | 10 | TBD | ||||
LF | 10 | TBD | ||||
2022 | Oaxtepec | July 8–10 | GR | 10 | United States | |
FS | 10 | ARG | ||||
LF | 10 | United States | ||||
2024 | Lima | July 11–14 | FS | |||
GR | ||||||
WW | ||||||
BW |
Submission grappling, also known as submission wrestling, submission fighting, no-gi jiu-jitsu or simply grappling, is a fighting style and combat sport that focuses on ground fighting and submission techniques. It is a hybrid discipline that incorporates elements of various martial arts such as various wrestling styles, judo, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Submission wrestling is practiced both as a competitive sport and as a training method for self-defence and mixed martial arts (MMA).
Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves different grappling-type techniques, such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds. Many different wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports, and military systems.
Sambo is a martial art with Soviet origins, an internationally practised combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling included by UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Graeco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is the world governing authority for surfing, SUP racing, SUP surfing, para surfing, bodyboarding and all other wave riding activities. The ISA is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
Michael Najeeb Zadick is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler. He competed in the Men's freestyle 60 kg division at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost in the 1/8 finals to Vasyl Fedoryshyn.
The Bay State Games are an Olympic-style athletic event for amateur athletes in the state of Massachusetts, which includes several divisions and allows athletes of all ages to compete. The Games are divided into Summer and Winter Games. The Summer Games include 25 sports and are usually held in late July. The Winter Games include three different sports and are usually held in late January or early February. The Bay State Games is a member of the National Congress of State Games. Kevin Cummings currently serves as executive director.
Yuri Maier is an Argentine Olympic wrestler who has won multiple international titles representing his country and individually. Among his most outstanding results, he has been awarded 12 medals at Pan American Championships in several different age categories, making him the top Argentinian medalist in wrestling history. He also received the Revelation Sports Clarín Award in 2004, winner of the Jorge Newbery award in 2005 as the best athlete of the City of Buenos Aires in this field. He was nominated many times for the best Argentinian athlete award.
The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships and is second only to the wrestling events at the Olympics. From its inception in 1898 till 1927 only Greco-Roman wrestling was contested. Since 1929 separate freestyle wrestling events were held as well. Since 1970 the two Olympic wrestling styles were contested together during the same unified events. Since 1973 Sambo wrestling was included into the championships programme along with GR and freestyle wrestling. Since 2014 associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule.
International Federation of Amateur SAMBO is the world governing body for the sport of Sambo.
Helen Louise Maroulis is an American freestyle wrestler who competes in the women's 55-kg, 53-kg, and 57-kg categories. She was a gold medalist at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada and a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games.
Wrestling competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 15 to 18 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. The competition was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling has been contested at every Pan American Games.
Venezuela competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Armenia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Wrestling competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima were held between August 7 and 10, 2019 at the Miguel Grau Coliseum in the Villa Deportiva Regional del Callao cluster.
The 2021 Junior Pan American Games was the first edition of the Junior Pan American Games, an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports. It was held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November 25 to December 5, 2021.
Jordan David Steen is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. In March 2020, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada.
Adam Jacob Coon is an American heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He was also a former professional football player, playing offensive guard for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL, notable for not having played football in college. Coon was an accomplished wrestler at the state, national, and international levels. He was a 2011 Cadet World freestyle gold medalist, 2014 Junior World double bronze medalist in both Greco-Roman and freestyle, two-time NCAA Division I finalist, 2018 Senior World silver medalist in Greco-Roman, and a Pan American gold medalist in 2019 and silver medalist in 2020.
Agustín Alejandro Destribats is an Argentine freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms. A three-time South American champion, Destribats qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics when he defeated three–time NCAA Division I National champion Zain Retherford at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Wrestling competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held between November 1 and 4, 2023 at the Olympic Training Center in Ñuñoa.
Fencing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 30 and November 4, 2023. The fencing events will be held at the Paralympic Training Center, located in the National Stadium Park cluster in Santiago.