Vanessa Zambotti
Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto (born 4 March 1982, Parral, Chihuahua) is a Mexican judoka.
Early and personal life
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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
[edit]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[citation needed] 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
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Olympic Games | AC | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2005 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2005 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Openweight |
| 2007 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 1st | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2007 | World Judo Championships | AC | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2008 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 9th | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2009 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2009 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Openweight |
| 2009 | World Judo Championships | 7th | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2010 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
| 2010 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Openweight |
| 2011 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Beijing 2008 Judo - Olympic Results by Discipline".
- ^ "London 2012 78kg heavyweight women Results - Olympic judo".
- ^ colombia.com (26 July 2006). "Judo: Cuba ganó cuatro medallas de oro y se afianza" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Vanessa Zambotti at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "2007 Pan American Games Judo". Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "London 2012 - Judo - Women's +78 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
External links
[edit]- Vanessa Zambotti at the International Judo Federation
- Vanessa Zambotti at JudoInside.com
- Vanessa Zambotti at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Vanessa Zambotti at Olympics.com
- Vanessa Zambotti at Olympedia
- Vanessa Zambotti at The-Sports.org
- Vanessa Zambotti on Instagram
+72 kg (1983–1995) · +78 kg (1999–) | |
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- 1982 births
- Mexican female judoka
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Mexico
- Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Mexican people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople from Chihuahua City
- Living people
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games