The parade of events leading to the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima includes this weekend’s Pan American Championships, the primary qualifying event, with 222 judoka from 29 nations set to compete.
While not a direct qualifier, the Pan Am Champs are the biggest part of the qualification process, in which the top nine fighters in the Pan American rankings will qualify. And this weekend’s tournament has 2 1/2 times the points of any other competition. The top seeds (and world ranking places):
● Men/60 kg:
1. Eric Takabatake (BRA: 11)
2. Lenin Preciado (ECU: 17)
3. Adonis Diaz (USA: 18)
● Men/66 kg:
1. Daniel Cargnin (BRA: 8)
2. Juan Postigos (PER: 37)
3. Wander Mateo (DOM: 63)
● Men/73 kg:
1. Arthur Margelidon (CAN: 8)
2. Antoine Bouchard (CAN: 27)
3. Magdiel Estrada (CUB: 28)
● Men/81 kg:
1. Etienne Brand (CAN: 14)
2. Antoine Valois-Fortier (CAN: 17)
3. Eduardo Yudy Santos (BRA: 19)
● Men/90 kg:
1. Ivan Felipe Silva Morales (CUB: 3)
2. Rafael Macedo (BRA: 18)
3. Robert Florentino (DOM: 25)
● Men/100 kg:
1. Leonardo Goncalves (BRA: 19)
2. Shady Elnahas (CAN: 27)
3. Jose Armenteros (CUB: 36)
● Men/+100 kg:
1. David Moura (BRA: 3)
2. Rafael Silva (BRA: 6)
3. Andy Granda (CUB: 25)
● Women/48 kg:
1. Paula Pareto (ARG: 5)
2. Nathalia Brigida (BRA: 29)
3. Edna Carrillo (MEX: 30)
● Women/52 kg:
1. Angelica Delgado (USA: 14)
2. Ecaterina Guica (CAN: 24)
3. Larissa Pimenta (BRA: 36)
● Women/57 kg:
1. Christa Deguchi (CAN: 4)
2. Rafaela Silva (BRA: 7)
3. Miryam Roper (PAN: 13)
● Women/63 kg:
1. Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (CUB: 11)
2. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN: 12)
3. Alexia Castilhos (BRA: 29)
● Women/70 kg:
1. Maria Portela (BRA: 8)
2. Maria Perez (PUR: 12)
3. Kelita Zupancic (CAN: 14)
● Women/78 kg:
1. Mayra Aguiar (BRA: 1)
2. Kaliema Antomarchi (CUB: 8)
3. Karen Leon (VEN: 27)
● Women/+78 kg:
1. Idalys Ortiz (CUB: 1)
2. Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA: 3)
3. Beatriz Souza (BRA: 8)
The entries include the two no. 1 entries – Brazil’s Aguiar and Cuba’s Ortiz at 78 kg and +78 kg – and a world no. 3 in Brazil’s Moura at +100 kg.
Look for results here.
