Taekwondo at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games

Taekwondo at the 2025 Junior American Games
Venue	Olympic Training Centre
Start date	August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15)
End date	August 17, 2025 (2025-08-17)
No. of events	12
Competitors	84
«2021 Cali-Valle 2029»

The taekwondo events at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games were held at the Olympic Training Centre, located in the Olympic Park in Luque, in the Greater Asuncion area. ^[1] The events were contested between August 15 and 17, 2025. ^[2]

Twelve events were contested, five for men, five for women, and two mixed. The winner of each event qualified for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. ^[3]

Qualification

A total of 84 athletes qualified for the events, 64 for the kyorugi events and 20 for the poomsae ones. Qualification was based on the results from different Panam Series. ^[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	2	1	6
2	Mexico	2	3	4	9
3	Brazil	2	1	2	5
4	Argentina	1	0	2	3
5	Cuba	1	0	1	2
6	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Haiti	1	0	0	1
9	Colombia	0	3	2	5
10	Peru	0	1	3	4
11	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
13	Nicaragua	0	0	2	2
	Paraguay*	0	0	2	2
15	Bolivia	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		12	12	24	48

Medalists

Kyorugi

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–58 kg details	Ignacio Espínola   Argentina	Matheus Gilliard   Brazil	Carlos Cortés   Mexico
			Ilay Rodríguez   Puerto Rico
–68 kg details	Cristián Olivero   Chile	Maikol Rodríguez   United States	Matías López   Uruguay
			Ángel Sánchez   Colombia
–80 kg details	Henrique Marques   Brazil	Maicol Solis   Colombia	Mateo Di Leo   Argentina
			Juan Montalvo   Bolivia
+80 kg details	Yoikel Goicochea   Cuba	César Silva   Colombia	Erick Vinicius Batista   Brazil
			Víctor Ramírez   Mexico

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–49 kg details	Andrea Zambrano   Mexico	María Sara Grippoli   Uruguay	Maya Mata   United States
			Nicolle Way   Guatemala
–57 kg details	Zaira Salgado   Mexico	Montana Miller   United States	Ana Carolina Macedo   Brazil
			Camila Arenas   Peru
–67 kg details	Gabrielle Beaulieu   Canada	Mayte Caicedo   Ecuador	Anaisel León   Cuba
			Brenda Ruiz   Argentina
+67 kg details	Ava Lee   Haiti	Paloma García   Mexico	Kiara Paz   Colombia
			Matvelin Espinoza   Ecuador

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team details	Brazil Guilherme Morais Henrique Marques Camilly Gosch	Colombia Danna Ramírez Daniel Ramírez César Silva	Paraguay Luz Areco Hilda Vera Esteban Trébol Mauro Melgarejo Alejandro Añazco Juan Daniel Gaona
			Mexico Leonardo Gómez Carlos Cortes Víctor Ramírez Paloma García Zaira Salgado Julia Ramírez

Poomsae

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	Sunghyun Eric Gun   United States	Obed Martínez   Mexico	Rubén Arce   Paraguay
			Mateo Argomedo   Peru
Women's individual details	Kaitlyn Reclusado   United States	Brisa Alekc   Mexico	Sophia Berdugo   Nicaragua
			Fabiana Varillas   Peru
Mixed pairs freestyle details	United States Sunghyun Eric Gun Kaitlyn Reclusado	Peru Mateo Argomedo Fabiana Varillas	Mexico Obed Martínez Brisa Alekc
			Nicaragua Sebastián Berdugo Sophia Berdugo

Results

Men's kyorugi

58 kg

Date: August 15 ^[4]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Carlos Cortes  (MEX)

W

Mauricio Ramírez  (ECU)

DSQ

Carlos Cortes  (MEX)

1

Matheus Gilliard  (BRA)

2

Matheus Gilliard  (BRA)

2

Alejandro Añasco  (PAR)

0

Matheus Gilliard  (BRA)

1

Ignacio Espinola  (ARG)

2

Áaron Contreras  (CHI)

1

Ignacio Espinola  (ARG)

2

Ignacio Espinola  (ARG)

2

Ilay Rodríguez  (PUR)

0

Ilay Rodríguez  (PUR)

2

Daniel Ramírez  (COL)

1

	Bronze medal match
	Ilay Rodríguez  (PUR)		2
	Alejandro Añasco  (PAR)		0

	Bronze medal match
	Carlos Cortes  (MEX)		2
	Áaron Contreras  (CHI)		0

68 kg

Date: August 15 ^[5]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Maikol Rodríguez  (USA)		2
	Matías López  (URU)		0
						Maikol Rodríguez  (USA)		2
						Juan Daniel Gaona  (PER)		0
	Ian Romero  (PAN)		0
	Juan Daniel Gaona  (PER)		2
											Maikol Rodríguez  (USA)		0
											Cristián Olivero  (CHI)		2
	Cristián Olivero  (CHI)		2
	Ángel Sánchez  (COL)		0
						Cristián Olivero  (CHI)		2
						Guilherme Morais  (BRA)		0
	Leonardo Gómez  (MEX)		0
	Guilherme Morais  (BRA)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Guilherme Morais  (BRA)		1
	Matías López  (URU)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Juan Daniel Gaona  (PER)		0
	Ángel Sánchez  (COL)		2

80 kg

Date: August 16 ^[6]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Henrique Marques  (BRA)		1
	Cameron Massay  (USA)		0
						Henrique Marques  (BRA)		2
						Juan Montalvo  (BOL)		0
	Juan Montalvo  (BOL)		2
	Mauro Melgarejo  (PAR)		0
											Henrique Marques  (BRA)		2
											Maicol Solis  (COL)		0
	Maicol Solis  (COL)		2
	Jann Tavarez  (PUR)		0
						Maicol Solis  (COL)		2
						Mateo Di Leo  (ARG)		1
	Sebastián Castro  (PER)		0
	Mateo Di Leo  (ARG)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Mateo Di Leo  (ARG)		2
	Cameron Massay  (USA)		0

	Bronze medal match
	Juan Montalvo  (BOL)		2
	Jann Tavarez  (PUR)		0

+80 kg

Date: August 16 ^[7]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	César Silva  (COL)		2
	Pablo Feliz  (DOM)		0
						César Silva  (COL)		2
						Esteban Trébol  (PAR)		0
	Francisco Lara  (ESA)		1
	Esteban Trébol  (PAR)		2
											César Silva  (COL)		0
											Yoikel Goicochea  (CUB)		2
	Víctor Nieves  (PUR)		0
	Víctor Ramírez  (MEX)		2
						Víctor Ramírez  (MEX)		0
						Yoikel Goicochea  (CUB)		2
	Yoikel Goicochea  (CUB)		2
	Erick Vinicius Batista  (BRA)		1

	Bronze medal match
	Víctor Ramírez  (MEX)		2
	Pablo Feliz  (DOM)		0

	Bronze medal match
	Esteban Trébol  (PAR)		0
	Erick Vinicius Batista  (BRA)		2

Women's kyorugi

49 kg

Date: August 15 ^[8]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Camilly Gosch  (BRA)		1
	María Sara Grippoli  (URU)		2
						María Sara Grippoli  (URU)		2
						Maude Ricard  (CAN)		0
	Maude Ricard  (CAN)		2
	Luz Areco  (PAR)		1
											María Sara Grippoli  (URU)		0
											Andrea Zambrano  (MEX)		2
	Andrea Zambrano  (MEX)
	Nicolle Way  (GUA)		0
						Andrea Zambrano  (MEX)		2
						Maya Mata  (USA)		1
	Danna Ramírez  (COL)		0
	Maya Mata  (USA)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Maya Mata  (USA)		2
	Camilly Gosch  (BRA)		0

	Bronze medal match
	Maude Ricard  (CAN)		1
	Nicolle Way  (GUA)		2

57 kg

Date: August 15 ^[9]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						Zaira Salgado  (MEX)		2
						Camila Arenas  (PER)		0
	Camila Arenas  (PER)		2
	Hilda Vera  (PAR)		0
											Zaira Salgado  (MEX)		2
											Montana Miller  (USA)		0
	Montana Miller  (USA)		2
	Brenda Brooks  (PAN)		0
						Montana Miller  (USA)		2
						Ana Carolina Macedo  (BRA)		0
	Andrea Delgado  (PUR)		0
	Ana Carolina Macedo  (BRA)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Ana Carolina Macedo  (BRA)
	BYE

	Bronze medal match
	Camila Arenas  (PER)		2
	Brenda Brooks  (PAN)		0

67 kg

Date: August 16 ^[10]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Mayte Caicedo  (ECU)		2
	Anaisel León  (CUB)		0
						Mayte Caicedo  (ECU)		2
						Brenda Ruiz  (ARG)		0
	Maria Eduarda Casagrande  (BRA)		1
	Brenda Ruiz  (ARG)		2
											Mayte Caicedo  (ECU)		1
											Gabrielle Beaulieu  (CAN)		2
	Gabrielle Beaulieu  (CAN)		2
	Zulema Escalante  (HON)		0
						Gabrielle Beaulieu  (CAN)		1
						Julia Ramírez  (MEX)		0
	Daniela Daza  (BOL)		0
	Julia Ramírez  (MEX)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Julia Ramírez  (MEX)		1
	Anaisel León  (CUB)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Brenda Ruiz  (ARG)		2
	Zulema Escalante  (HON)		0

+67 kg

Date: August 16 ^[11]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Ava Lee  (HAI)		2
	Valeria López  (PUR)		0
						Ava Lee  (HAI)		2
						Matvelin Espinoza  (ECU)		0
	Maelynn Fradl  (ARU)		1
	Matvelin Espinoza  (ECU)		2
											Ava Lee  (HAI)		2
											Paloma García  (MEX)		1
	Elianet Crespo  (CUB)		1
	Kiara Paz  (COL)		2
						Kiara Paz  (COL)		1
						Paloma García  (MEX)		2
	Samantha Pelayo  (USA)		0
	Paloma García  (MEX)		2

	Bronze medal match
	Kiara Paz  (COL)		2
	Valeria López  (PUR)		0

	Bronze medal match
	Matvelin Espinoza  (ECU)		2
	Samantha Pelayo  (USA)		0

Mixed team kyorugi

Date: August 17 ^[12]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						Brazil		2
						Mexico		0
	Puerto Rico		0
	Mexico		2
											Brazil		2
											Colombia		0
						Paraguay		0
						Colombia		2

Poomsae

Men's individual

Date: August 17 ^[13]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Sunghyun Eric Gun  (USA)		8.790
						Willian Rafael de Morais  (BRA)		8.400
	Willian Rafael de Morais  (BRA)		8.270
	Carlos Jiménez  (CRC)		8.110
											Sunghyun Eric Gun  (USA)		9.030
											Rubén Arce  (PAR)		8.180
						Sebastián Berdugo  (NCA)		8.190
						Rubén Arce  (PAR)		8.191
																Sunghyun Eric Gun  (USA)		9.080
																Obed Martínez  (MEX)		8.740
						Mateo Argomedo  (PER)		8.460
						Julián Ramírez  (COL)		8.380
											Mateo Argomedo  (PER)		8.630
											Obed Martínez  (MEX)		8.770
	Francisco Meléndez  (GUA)		8.030
	Christian Sangoquiza  (ECU)		8.270
						Christian Sangoquiza  (ECU)		8.230
						Obed Martínez  (MEX)		8.630

Women's individual

Date: August 17 ^[14]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Kaitlyn Reclusado  (USA)		9.020
						Valeria Nuñez  (CRC)		8.650
	Larissa Thozeski  (BRA)		8.510
	Valeria Nuñez  (CRC)		8.650
											Kaitlyn Reclusado  (USA)		9.020
											Sophia Berdugo  (NCA)		8.570
						Sophia Berdugo  (NCA)		8.560
						Andrea Gómez  (PAR)		8.360
																Kaitlyn Reclusado  (USA)		9.130
																Brisa Alekc  (MEX)		8.910
						Fabiana Varillas  (PER)		W
						Nicole Beltrán  (COL)		WDR
											Fabiana Varillas  (PER)		8.930
											Brisa Alekc  (MEX)		8.940
	Celia Icuté  (GUA)		8.630
	Daniela García  (ECU)		8.240
						Celia Icuté  (GUA)		8.660
						Brisa Alekc  (MEX)		8.940

Mixed pairs freestyle

Date: August 17 ^[15]

Rank	Athletes	Nation	Total
	Kaitlyn Reclusado Eric Sunghyun Gun	United States	8.800
	Mateo Argomedo Fabiana Varillas	Peru	8.480
	Obed Martínez Brisa Alekc	Mexico	8.240
	Sophia Berdugo Sebastián Berdugo	Nicaragua	8.200
5	Celia Icuté Francisco Meléndez	Guatemala	8.060
6	Larissa Thozeski Willian Rafael de Morais	Brazil	7.880
7	Carlos Jiménez Valeria Nuñez	Costa Rica	7.160
8	Christian Sangoquiza Daniela García	Ecuador	6.880
9	Ruben Arce Andrea Gómez	Paraguay	6.700
	Julián Ramírez Nicole Beltrán	Colombia	WDR

References

1. "Venues". www.results.asuncion2025.org/. Asunción, Paraguay: Asunción Organizing Committee for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
2. Picazo, Raúl Daffunchio (17 December 2024). "Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games schedule confirmed". www.insidethegames.biz/. ITG Media DMCC. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
3. "Manual Qualification Systems" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
4. "Men's 58 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
5. "Men's 68 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
6. "Men's 80 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
7. "Men's +80 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
8. "Women's 49 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
9. "Women's 57 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
10. "Women's 67 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
11. "Women's +67 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
12. "Mixed team kryorugi - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
13. "Men's individual - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
14. "Women's individual - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
15. "Mixed pairs freestyle - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.