1993 Pan Am Badminton Championships

1993 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates28 June – 4 July
Nations9
VenueColiseo Deportivo
LocationGuatemala City, Guatemala
Champions
Men's singlesPeru Mario Carulla
Women's singlesTrinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
Men's doublesPeru Mario Carulla
Peru José Iturriaga
Women's doublesPeru Silvia Jiménez
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
Mixed doublesPeru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
1991 1997

The 1993 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Spanish: Campeonato Panamericano de Bádminton 1993) was the eighth edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships. The tournament was held from 28 June to 4 July at the Guatemala National Badminton Hall inside Coliseo Deportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[1] Nine countries competed in the championships.

With the absence of Canada and the United States, Peru took the opportunity and won gold in five events.[2] Debra O'Connor won Trinidad and Tobago's first gold medal in the Pan American championships when she defeated Maria Theresa Montero of Peru in the women's singles final. Barbados and Brazil also won their first few medals in this edition of the championships.

Medal summary

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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Peru Mario Carulla Peru José Iturriaga Mexico Ernesto de la Torre
Guatemala Kenneth Erichsen
Women's singles Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor Peru Maria Theresa Montero Guatemala Rosabel Vasquez
Guatemala Mercedes Pierola
Men's doubles Peru Mario Carulla
Peru José Iturriaga
Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Federico Valdez
Barbados Argyle Maynard
Peru Germán Valdez
Brazil Paulo Fam
Brazil Leandro Santos
Women's doubles Peru Silvia Jiménez
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O’Connor
Barbados Caroline Vaughn
Guatemala Mercedes Pierola
Guatemala Monica Rossil
Mexico Laura Amaya
Mexico Ana Laura de la Torre
Mixed doubles Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
Guatemala Kenneth Erichsen
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O’Connor
Barbados Argyle Maynard
Barbados Caroline Vaughn
Peru José Antonio Iturriaga
Peru Silvia Jiménez
Mixed team  Peru
Mario Carulla
José Iturriaga
Gustavo Salazar
Federico Valdez
Germán Valdez
Lorena Blanco
Silvia Jiménez
Maria Theresa Montero
 Guatemala
Moises Altalef
Erick Anguiano
Raul Anguiano
Leonel Barrios
Christian Erichsen
Kenneth Erichsen
Raúl Martínez
Perez
Renato Rosales
José María Solis
Pedro Yang
Lesbia Arreaga
Magda Arreaga
Analise Fernández
Ilse Haussler
Mercedes Pierola
Monica Rossil
Paola Rossil
Rosabel Vasquez
 Mexico
Ernesto de la Torre
Fernando de la Torre
Luis Lopezllera
Guadalupe Ambriz
Laura Amaya
Ana Laura de la Torre

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Peru531.59.5
2 Trinidad and Tobago1102
3 Guatemala*01.545.5
4 Barbados00.51.52
5 Mexico0033
6 Brazil0011
Totals (6 entries)661123

Individual results

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Men's singles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Peru Mario Carulla 15 15
Mexico Ernesto de la Torre 7 1
Peru Mario Carulla 10 15 15
Peru José Iturriaga 15 4 7
Peru José Iturriaga 15 15
Guatemala Kenneth Erichsen 10 8

Women's singles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor 11 11
Guatemala Rosabel Vasquez 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor 11 4 12
Peru Maria Theresa Montero 3 11 9
Guatemala Mercedes Pierola 6 11 8
Peru Maria Theresa Montero 11 8 11

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Peru Mario Carulla
Peru José Iturriaga
15 15
Barbados Argyle Maynard
Peru Germán Valdéz
3 8
Peru Mario Carulla
Peru José Iturriaga
15 15
Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Federico Valdez
1 11
Brazil Paulo Fam
Brazil Leandro Santos
0 2
Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Federico Valdez
15 15

Women's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
Barbados Caroline Vaughn
15 15
Guatemala Mercedes Pierola
Guatemala Monica Rossil
4 6
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
Barbados Caroline Vaughn
5 11
Peru Silvia Jimenez
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
15 15
Mexico Laura Amaya
Mexico Ana Laura de la Torre
3 8
Peru Silvia Jimenez
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
15 15

Mixed doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
15 15
Barbados Argyle Maynard
Barbados Caroline Vaughn
5 1
Peru Gustavo Salazar
Peru Maria Theresa Montero
9 15 15
Guatemala Kenneth Erichsen
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
15 4 5
Peru José Iturriaga
Peru Silvia Jimenez
6 15 10
Guatemala Kenneth Erichsen
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
15 6 15

Team event

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Round robin

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Only four teams competed in the mixed team championships, the tournament was played in a round robin format. Guatemala beat Mexico 3–2 and later defeated Brazil 5–0 to secure their chances of winning gold and silver. Peru defeated Mexico and Brazil 5–0. In the match for third place, Mexico beat Brazil 5–0 for bronze. Peru won their first ever mixed team title after beating Guatemala 3–2 in a grueling final encounter.[3]

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts Qualification
1  Peru 3 3 0 13 2 +11 3 Champions
2  Guatemala 3 2 1 10 5 +5 2 Runners-up
3  Mexico 3 1 2 7 8 −1 1 Third place
4  Brazil 3 0 3 0 15 −15 0 Fourth place
Guatemala  3–2  Mexico
Guatemala  5–0  Brazil
Peru  5–0  Mexico
Peru  5–0  Brazil
Peru  3–2  Guatemala
Mexico  5–0  Brazil

References

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  1. ^ World Badminton No. 1. Vol. 22. International Badminton Federation. 1994. p. 32.
  2. ^ "BWF - Pan American Champs 1993 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ^ "Pan Am Mixed Team Championships – Badminton Pan America". Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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