Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 61 kg

The women's 61 kg competition of the karate events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 4 at the Contact Sports Center (Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto) in Santiago, Chile.^[1][2]

Women's 61 kg at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Contact Sports Center
Dates	November 4
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Janessa Fonseca   Puerto Rico   Alexandra Grande   Peru   Claudymar Garcés   Venezuela   María Renée Wong   Independent Athletes Team
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Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 4, 2023	14:00	Pool matches
November 4, 2023	17:00	Semifinals
November 4, 2023	17:28	Final

Results

The athletes with the two best scores of each pool advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Janessa Fonseca (PUR)	3	3	0	9
2	Alexandra Grande (PER)	3	2	1	6
3	Bárbara Huaiquimán (CHI)	3	1	2	3
4	Alexandra Wainwright (USA)	3	0	3	0

	Score
Alexandra Grande (PER)	5–6	Janessa Fonseca (PUR)
Alexandra Wainwright (USA)	2–4	Bárbara Huaiquimán (CHI)
Alexandra Grande (PER)	2–0	Alexandra Wainwright (USA)
Janessa Fonseca (PUR)	9–1	Bárbara Huaiquimán (CHI)
Janessa Fonseca (PUR)	8–0	Alexandra Wainwright (USA)
Alexandra Grande (PER)	3–1	Bárbara Huaiquimán (CHI)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	María Renée Wong (EAI)	4	3	1	9
2	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)	4	3	1	9
3	Diana Ramírez (COL)	4	2	2	6
4	Laura Díaz (ARG)	4	1	3	3
5	Lianerkis Chacón (CUB)	4	1	3	3

	Score
Laura Díaz (ARG)	0–3	Diana Ramírez (COL)
María Renée Wong (EAI)	4–0	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)
Laura Díaz (ARG)	5–0	Lianerkis Chacón (CUB)
Diana Ramírez (COL)	8–0	María Renée Wong (EAI)
Laura Díaz (ARG)	1–7	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)
Diana Ramírez (COL)	3–6	Lianerkis Chacón (CUB)
Laura Díaz (ARG)	3–5	María Renée Wong (EAI)
Lianerkis Chacón (CUB)	1–4	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)
Diana Ramírez (COL)	2–10	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)
María Renée Wong (EAI)	3–1	Lianerkis Chacón (CUB)

Finals

The results were as follows:^[4]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Janessa Fonseca (PUR)	7
	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)	6
					Janessa Fonseca (PUR)	10
					Alexandra Grande (PER)	7
	María Renée Wong (EAI)	4
	Alexandra Grande (PER)	5

References

1. "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. "Karate Women's 61 kg pool results" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2023.
4. "Karate Women's 61 kg bracket" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2023.