Vanessa Zambotti

Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto (born 4 March 1982, Parral, Chihuahua) is a Mexican judoka.

Vanessa Zambotti
Personal information
Full nameVanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto
Born (1982-03-04) 4 March 1982
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryMexico
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games9th (2008)
World Champ.7th (2009, 2015)
Pan American Champ. (2003)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg
2015 Toronto +78 kg
2011 Guadalajara +78 kg
Pan American Championships
2003 Salvador +78 kg
2002 Santo Domingo +78 kg
2005 Caguas +78 kg
2009 Buenos Aires Open
2010 San Salvador +78 kg
2010 San Salvador Open
2011 Guadalajara +78 kg
2001 Cordoba +78 kg
2001 Cordoba Open
2002 Santo Domingo Open
2004 Isla Margarita +78 kg
2005 Caguas Open
2007 Montreal +78 kg
2008 Miami +78 kg
2009 Buenos Aires +78 kg
2012 Montreal +78 kg
2015 Edmonton +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2012 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg
2011 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2016 Havana +78 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
2001 Acapulco +78 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3002
JudoInside.com15874
Updated on 27 November 2022

Early and personal life

Zambotti was born in Parral, Chihuahua. She lives in Mexico City and trains judo in CONADE. She earned a degree in Sports Administration at the Universidad del Valle de México.

During 2003 Pan American Games she suffered an injury in the right shoulder. The injury did not look serious and she competed with it until summer of 2005, when the pain became unsufferable. A few weeks before 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, she underwent surgery and spent a year recovering.

Judo career

She participated in three Olympic games.[1][2]

Zambotti won the bronze medal of the over 78 kg division of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3]

In the 2004 Olympic Games she won her first match against Tsvetana Bozhilova from Bulgaria, but lost the second match against Barbara Andolina from Italy. The Italian competitor lost her next match, so Zambotti was not involved in the repêchage.[4]

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was a medal hope for Mexico as winner of Pan American Games from the previous year,[5] but in her second match she was drawn against the Olympic champion from Athens, Maki Tsukada. She lost this match and finally took 9th place.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was knocked out in the first round, losing to Tong Wen, one of the eventual bronze medalists.[6]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2004Olympic Games ACHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2005Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2005Pan American Judo Championships 3rdOpenweight
2007Pan American Judo Championships 3rdHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2007Pan American Games 1stHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2007World Judo Championships ACHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2008Pan American Judo Championships 3rdHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2008Olympic Games 9thHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2009Pan American Judo Championships 3rdHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2009Pan American Judo Championships 2ndOpenweight
2009World Judo Championships 7thHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2010Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2010Pan American Judo Championships 2ndOpenweight
2011Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHeavyweight (+78 kg)

References
  1. "Beijing 2008 Judo - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  2. "London 2012 78kg heavyweight women Results - Olympic judo".
  3. colombia.com (26 July 2006). "Judo: Cuba ganó cuatro medallas de oro y se afianza" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. "Vanessa Zambotti at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. "2007 Pan American Games Judo". Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "London 2012 - Judo - Women's +78 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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