The Pan American and Oceania Cadet, Junior and Senior Judo Championships Lima 2022 will begin this Saturday 09 at the VIDENA High Performance Center with the presence of approximately 700 judokas from 25 countries.
In relation to this, our athletes have been preparing intensely to make the house respected and obtain the greatest number of medals against athletes who have experience in the Olympic Games and world championships. The Oceania Championship will be held for the first time in America – precisely in Peru – because the countries of this continent could not do this tournament last year, which adds points in the ranking for the next international events.
“We are excited for the start of this Pan American that we share with the continent of Oceania and for our judo team in its 3 categories. We have worked on the organization of this important event with a spectacular team so that the athletes of America and Oceania. All the conditions are in place for the competitions to begin,” said the president of the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation, María Martínez.
This contest -which has the support of the Peruvian Sports Institute- will begin on Saturday, April 9 with the cadet competitions from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and the finals from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The following day the Junior Tournament will have the same schedules and then on April 11 the Junior Mixed Teams Tournament, also in the morning and afternoon.
On April 12 and 13, the Training Camp and Referee Seminar will be held, the same ones that will be selected for the next World Cups and Olympic Games in Judo competitions.
Then on April 15 we will have the first day of competitions in the Senior category, the next day the same Senior competitions to finish on the 17th with Senior in Mixed Teams.
Our selection is made up of the following judokas:
CADET:
boys: Mateo Cóndor (-55 kg.), Víctor Prado (-55 kg.), Diego Faucheux (-60 kg.), Lucas Saldarriaga (-60 kg.), Iker Celis (-66 kg.), Benjamín Galarreta (- 81 kg.), Jorge Suárez (-81 kg.), Sebastián Benites (-90 kg) and Valentino Valdivia (+90 kg.).
Women: Blanca Florimande (-48 kg.), Romina Baltazar (-52 kg.), Leticia Saavedra (-57 kg.), Luciana Julca (-63 kg.) and Zoyla Nevado (-70 kg.)
JUNIORS:
boys: Arnold Prado (-60 kg.), Julio César Cusi (-66 kg.), Franco Baltazar (-66 kg.), Sebastián Otiniano (-73 kg.), Denilson Bejarano (-73 kg.), Javier Saavedra ( -81 kg.), Benjamín Galarreta (-81 kg.), Sebastián Benites (-90 kg.) and Valentino Valdivia (-100 kg.)
Women: Flor Zambrano (-48 kg.), Noemí Huayhuameza (-52 kg.), Romina Baltazar (-52 kg.), Leticia Saavedra (-57 kg.), Luciana Julca (-63 kg.), Eilynn López (- 63 kg.), Yumiko Tanabe (-70 kg.), Grecia Guerrero (-70 kg.), Idania Ambulay (-78 kg).
SENIOR:
boys: Dilmer Calle (-60 kg.), Juan Postigos (-66 kg.), Michael Patiño (-66 kg.), Aldair Barthe (-73 kg.), Said Palao (-81 kg.), Javier Saavedra (- 81 kg.), Yuta Galarreta (-90 kg.), José Luis Arroyo (-90 kg.) and Daryl Yamamoto (-100 kg.).
Women: Brillith Gamarra (-48 kg.), Noemí Huayhuameza (-52 kg.), Marian Flores (-52 kg.), Kiara Arango (-57 kg.), Angel Ariana Cornejo (-63 kg.), Xsara Morales ( -70 kg.), Yumiko Tanabe (-70 kg.), Camila Figueroa (-78 kg.) and Yuliana Bolívar (+78 kg.).
