Vanessa Zambotti

Vanessa Zambotti

Medal record
Women's judo
Competitor for  Mexico
Pan American Games
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	+78 kg
	2015 Toronto	+78 kg
	2011 Guadalajara	+78 kg
Pan American Judo Championships
	2003 Salvador	+78 kg
	2002 Santo Domingo	+78 kg
	2005 Caguas	+78 kg
	2009 Buenos Aires	Openweight
	2010 San Salvador	+78 kg
	2010 San Salvador	Openweight
	2011 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2001 Córdoba	Openweight
	2001 Córdoba	+78 kg
	2002 Santo Domingo	Openweight
	2004 Isla Margarita	+78 kg
	2005 Caguas	Openweight
	2007 Montreal	+78 kg
	2008 Miami	+78 kg
	2009 Buenos Aires	+78 kg
	2012 Montreal	+78 kg
	2015 Edmonton	+78 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2006 Cartagena	+78 kg

Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto (born 4 March 1982 in Parral, Chihuahua^[1]) is a judoka from Mexico.

Early and personal life

Vanessa was born in Parral, Chihuahua. She lives in Mexico City and trains judo in CONADE. Her biggest motivation in her life is her family. She says that they are something like batteries for her. She studied Sports Administration at Universidad del Valle de México and got a degree.^[2]

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.^[3]

After the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens she changed her trainer, now working with Brazilian Amadeus Díaz de Moura. She can always surprise because her category is a little erratic. Her biggest advantage is her size and experience.

Judo career

She has participated in three Olympic games.^[4][5]

Zambotti won the bronze medal of the under 57 kg division of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[6]

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 Vanessa was not involved in the repêchage.^[7]

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was a medal hope for Mexico as winner of Pan American Games from the previous year,^[8] 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.^[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was knocked out in the first round, losing to Tong Wen, one of the eventual bronze medalists.^[9]

Achievements

References

External links

• JudoInside
• Sports-Reference