Racquetball at the Pan American Games

Racquetball has been part of the Pan American Games since 1995 Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, although it was not included in the 2007 Games. Racquetball has been included in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and is expected to be included in the 2015 Pan American Games that have been awarded to Toronto, Ontario. The United States has dominated the racquetball events since its inception.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	10	4	27
2	Mexico (MEX)	7	1	5	13
3	Canada (CAN)	0	8	7	15
4	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
5	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	3	3
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	3	3
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	3	3
8	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	30	70

Men

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	John Ellis (USA)	Michael Bronfeld (USA)	Sherman Greenfeld (CAN)
1999 Winnipeg	Adam Karp (USA)	Michael Bronfeld (USA)	Rob de Jesús (PUR)
2003 Santo Domingo	Jack Huczek (USA)	Mike Green (CAN)	Rocky Carson (USA)
			Gilberto Mejia (MEX)
2007 Rio de Janeiro	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Rocky Carson (USA)	Gilberto Mejia (MEX)	Álvaro Beltrán (MEX)
			Vincent Gagnon (CAN)

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	Sudsy Monchik and Tim Sweeney (USA)	Chris Brumwell and Jacques Demers (CAN)	(VEN)
1999 Winnipeg	Douglas Ganim and Douglas Kachtik (USA)	Roger Harripersad and Kelly Kerr (CAN)	Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno (MEX)
2003 Santo Domingo	Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno (MEX)	Rubén González and Mike Guidry (USA)	Daniel Maggi and Shai Manzuri (ARG)
			Corey Osborne and François Viens (CAN)
2007 Rio de Janeiro	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno (MEX)	César Castillo and Jorge Hirsekorn (VEN)	Timothy Landeryou and Kristofer Odegard (CAN)
			Christopher Crowther and Shane Vanderson (USA)

Team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)	Venezuela (VEN)
1999–2007	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Mexico (MEX) Álvaro Beltrán Gilberto Mejia Javier Moreno	United States (USA) Rocky Carson Christopher Crowther Shane Vanderson	Colombia (COL) Francisco Gómez Alejandro Herrera Juan Herrera Juan Torres
			Ecuador (ECU) José Álvarez Fernando Ríos José Ugalde

Women

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	Michelle Gould (USA)	Cheryl Gudinas (USA)	Carol McFetridge (CAN)
1999 Winnipeg	Cheryl Gudinas (USA)	Christie Van Hees (CAN)	Laura Fenton (USA)
2003 Santo Domingo	Cheryl Gudinas (USA)	Laura Fenton (USA)	Angela Grisar (CHI)
			Lori-Jane Powell (CAN)
2007 Rio de Janeiro	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Paola Longoria (MEX)	Rhonda Rajsich (USA)	Cheryl Gudinas (USA)
			María Jose Vargas (BOL)

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	Joy MacKenzie and Jackie Paraiso (USA)	Vicky Brown-Shanks and Deborah Ward (CAN)	(MEX)
1999 Winnipeg	Joy MacKenzie and Jackie Paraiso (USA)	Lori-Jane Powell and Deborah Ward (CAN)	Angela Grisar and Loreta Barriga (CHI)
2003 Santo Domingo	Susana Acosta and Rosa Torres (MEX)	Jackie Rice and Kim Russell (USA)	Paola Núñez and Caroli Santos (BOL)
			Josée Grand'Maître and Julie Neubauer (CAN)
2007 Rio de Janeiro	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas (MEX)	Rhonda Rajsich and Aimee Ruiz (USA)	Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz (CHI)
			María Córdova and María Muñoz (ECU)

Team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)	Mexico (MEX)
1999–2007	not included in the Pan American Games program
2011 Guadalajara	Mexico (MEX) Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	United States (USA) Cheryl Gudinas Rhonda Rajsich Aimee Ruiz	Bolivia (BOL) Jenny Daza Cintia Loma María Jose Vargas
			Ecuador (ECU) María Córdova María Muñoz

Events

External links

• International Racquetball Federation website