Vanessa Chalá

Vanessa Fernanda Chalá Minda (born 13 March 1990)[1] is an Ecuadorian judoka. She is a gold medalist at the South American Games and a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Judo Championships. She is also a bronze medalist at the Pan American Games.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chalá and the second or maternal family name is Minda.

Vanessa Chalá
Personal information
Full nameVanessa Fernanda Chalá Minda
Born (1990-03-13) 13 March 1990
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2011, 2015, 2019)
Pan American Champ. (2020, 2021)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Ecuador
Pan American Games
2019 Lima ‍–‍78 kg
Pan American Championships
2020 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
2021 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Guayaquil ‍–‍70 kg
2018 San José ‍–‍78 kg
2023 Calgary ‍–‍78 kg
2024 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2021 Antalya ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Montreal ‍–‍78 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
2009 San Salvador ‍–‍70 kg
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1022
JudoInside.com56494
Updated on 29 April 2024

Career

Chalá won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Chalá won a bronze medal in the women's 78 kg event at the 2018 Pan American Judo Championships held in San José, Costa Rica. In the same year, she won the gold medal in her event at the South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[2]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Chalá won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78 kg event.[3] She defeated Liliana Cárdenas of Mexico in her bronze medal match.[4] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

In 2021, Chalá competed in the women's 78 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey. In April 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In June 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match.

Chalá represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She competed in the women's 78 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match.[7]

She won a bronze medal in her event at both the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada and the 2024 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2014Pan American Championships3rd−70 kg
2018 Pan American Championships3rd−78 kg
South American Games1st–78 kg
2019Pan American Games3rd–78 kg
2020Pan American Championships1st−78 kg
2021Pan American Championships1st−78 kg
2023Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships3rd−78 kg
2024Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships3rd−78 kg

References
  1. "Vanessa Chalá". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. "Women's 78 kg Results". 2018 South American Games. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. "Judo Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. "Women's 78 kg Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. "Judocas Lenin Preciado, Vanessa Chalá y Estefanía García elevan a 44 los clasificados de Ecuador para los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". El Universo (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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