Vanessa Chalá

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

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.

Vanessa Chalá

Personal information
Full name	Vanessa Fernanda Chalá Minda
Born	(1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 35)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R32 (2020, 2024)
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
IJF	1022
JudoInside.com	56494
Updated on 3 August 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

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2014	Pan American Championships	3rd	−70 kg
2018	Pan American Championships	3rd	−78 kg
	South American Games	1st	–78 kg
2019	Pan American Games	3rd	–78 kg
2020	Pan American Championships	1st	−78 kg
2021	Pan American Championships	1st	−78 kg
2023	Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships	3rd	−78 kg
2024	Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships	3rd	−78 kg