The Pan American Wrestling Championships is the continental wrestling championships for nations from North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.United World Wrestling Retrieved on November 2, 2019. Three wrestling styles, recognized internationally by UWW, have been contested annually since its inception, namely: Greco-Roman, freestyle, and sambo wrestling. Since 1997, women's freestyle has also been contested.

History Since the inception, sambo wrestling has been contested jointly with the Olympic wrestling styles. National teams, including the U.S. team, featured a number of veteran sambo athletes, along with experienced international wrestlers who have decided to compete in sambo. From the 1980s to 2000s saw the period of separation until the 2006, when FILA again took sambo under its control, and the Pan American Sambo Championships were expected to be included at the 2006 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The hosts in Brazil had difficulties that prevented the sambo event to be included in the competition. USA Wrestling has agreed to host the Pan American Sambo Championships alongside its U.S. Sambo National Championships.Pan American Sombo Championships to be held alongside U S Nationals in North Palm Beach Fla Aug 19 20 BY JOSH HENSON | JULY 05, 2006, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Official Website In 2013 the Olympic styles and Sambo has been contested in Panama City, Panama. Following the inclusion of combat sambo into the Pan American Sambo Championships programme, which isn't exactly a wrestling style, the two championships are being held separately.

Championships Senior YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion1977 Mexico CitySocial Center GymnasiumSeptember 29 – October 1GR10FS10September 28 – October 2Sambo101979 San DiegoSan Diego State UniversityAugust 29–31Sambo11 FS101980 San DiegoSan Diego State UniversityJune 5–6GR10June 7–8FS10June Sambo101981 Mexico City May 17–31GR10FS101984 Mexico City GR10FS101986 Colorado SpringsOlympic Training CenterSeptember 18–20GR10FS101987Offset of the results of the wrestling tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games, Indianapolis, USAGR10FS101988 NewarkEssex County CollegeApril 9Sambo10 Mexico City September 18–20GR10FS101989 Colorado SpringsOlympic Training CenterJune 13–15GR10FS101990 Colorado SpringsOlympic Training CenterJune 13GR10FS101991Offset of the results of the wrestling tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games, Havana, CubaGR10FS101992 Albany JanuaryGR10FS10 June 1Sambo 1993 Chula VistaChula Vista High SchoolApril 24Sambo10 Guatemala City May 21GR10FS101994 Chula VistaSouthwestern College26 MarchSambo10 Mexico City May 20GR10FS101997 San Juan May 21GR8FS8LF61998 Winnipeg March 24–27GR8FS8LF62000 Cali May 19GR8FS8LF62001 Santo Domingo May 14–18GR8FS8LF62002 Maracaibo May 14GR7FS7LF72003 Guatemala City May 18GR7FS7LF72004 Guatemala City May 6GR7FS7LF72005 Guatemala City April 27GR7FS7LF72006 Rio de Janeiro May 31GR7FS7LF7 North Palm BeachNorth Palm Beach Community CenterAugust 19–20Sambo72007 San Salvador May 18GR7FS7LF72008 Colorado Springs February 29GR7FS7LF72009 Maracaibo April 22GR7FS7LF72010 Monterrey April 28–30GR7FS7LF72011 Rionegro May 6GR7FS7LF72012 Colorado Springs February 24–26GR7FS7LF72013 Panama CityGimnasio Beto RemonApril 5GR7April 6LF7April 6–7FS7June 15–16Sambo172014 Mexico City July 15–17GR8FS8LF8 Port of Spain October 3–5Sambo 2015 Santiago April 22–27GR8FS8LF8 ManaguaUniversity of Managua GymnasiumSeptember 5–6Sambo162016 Frisco February 26–28GR8FS8LF8 Asunción August 25–29Sambo172017 Lauro de Freitas May 5–7FS8GR8WW8 Buga July 6–10Sambo172018 Lima May 3–6FS10GR10WW10 Acapulco July 21–22Sambo172019 Buenos Aires April 18–21FS10GR10WW10 Santo Domingo July 28–29Sambo172020 OttawaShaw CentreMarch 6–9FS10GR10WW102021 Guatemala City May 27–30FS10GR10WW102022 Acapulco May 5–8FS10GR10WW102023 Buenos Aires May 3–7FS10GR10WW102024 Acapulco February 21–24FS10GR10WW102025 Monterrey May 8–11FS10GR10WW102026 CoralvilleXtream ArenaMay 7–10FS10GR10WW10

U23 YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion2024 Rionegro June 21–22FS10GR10WW102025 Querétaro April 10–12FS10GR10WW102026 Lima June 11–13FS10GR10WW10

Junior (U20) Junior Pan American Wrestling Championships for athletes aged 17–20 years (U20) predates the Senior Championships by one year. YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion1976 San Salvador December 9–10GR10FS101977 Quito1977 Junior Pan American Games wrestling event was held in Venezuela. Known medalists include Todd Rosenthal of the Illinois State University. June 22–24GR10June 25–27FS101978 Caracas1978 Junior Pan American Games wrestling event was held in Mexico. June 7–11GR10FS101979 San Luis Potosí May 21–24GR10FS101980 Panama City1980 Junior Pan American Games wrestling event was held in Canada. May 13–16 San Juan May 23–26GR10FS101982 Caracas JulyGR10FS101983 Mexico City July ? – 7GR10FS101984 Mexico City June 21 – July 1GR10FS101985 Cali July 3GR13FS131989 Santa Fe June 22–25GR10FS101992 London June ?–16GR FS 1993 Cuba "Summer"GR FS 1994 AprilGR FS 1996 Colombia AprilGR FS 2002 Bogotá June 7GR9FS9LF82004 Maracaibo July 16GR8FS8LF82005 Maracaibo June 29GR8FS8LF82006 Guatemala City August 17GR8FS8LF82007 Maracaibo June 22GR8FS8LF82008 Cuenca June 20GR8FS8LF82009 Guadalajara September 23GR8September 24FS8September 25LF82010 Managua July 9GR8FS8LF82011 São Paulo July 2GR8July 1FS8July 1LF82012 Petén June 6GR8FS8LF82013 Santiago July 12GR8FS8LF82014 Toronto June 27–29GR8FS8LF82015 Havana May 6–8GR8FS8LF82016 Barinas June 10–12GR8FS8LF82017 Lima June 9–11GR8FS8LF82018 Fortaleza August 15–17GR10August 17–19FS10August 17–19LF102019 Guatemala City June 5–7GR10FS10LF102021 Oaxtepec June 9–13FS10GR10WW102022 Oaxtepec July 8–10GR10FS10LF102023 Santiago July 6–8FS10GR10WW102024 Lima July 11–13FS10GR10WW102025 Lima July 10–12FS10GR10WW10 2026 Rio de Janeiro July 9–11FS10GR10WW10

U17 YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion2016 Lima July 1–3FS10GR10WW102017 Buenos Aires July 7–9FS10GR10WW102018 Guatemala City May 25–27FS10GR10WW102019 Morelia June 28–30FS10GR10WW102021 Oaxtepec June 9–13FS10GR10WW102022 Buenos Aires June 24–26FS10GR10WW102023 Mexico City June 22–24FS10GR10WW102024 Santo Domingo June 27–29FS10GR10WW102025 Rio de Janeiro June 19–21FS10GR10WW102026 Panama City April 2–4FS10GR10WW10

U15 YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion2018 Villahermosa, Tabasco September 14FS10GR10WW102019 Panama City November 1–3FS10GR10WW102022 Apartado November 4–6FS10GR10WW102023 Panama City November 24–25FS10GR10WW102024 San Salvador June 13–15FS10GR10WW102025 Guatemala City May 22–24FS10GR10WW102026 Mexico City July 23–25FS10GR10WW10

Youth Youth (Espoir) Pan American Wrestling Championships YearHostVenueDatesStyleEventsTeam Champion1979 Monterrey May 21GR10FS101982 Cali1982 Junior Pan American Games wrestling event was held earlier in July, in Caracas, Venezuela. Known medalists include Roger Sayles of Mt. Hood Junior College in Oregon and Kenny Karl. July 17–20GR10FS10

Team titles RankCountrySeniorU23Junior (U20)U17U15YouthTotal 1 63 8 47 30 21 1 170 2 40 0 2 0 0 1 43 3 6 0 14 0 0 0 20 4 6 0 12 0 0 1 19 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 46 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

See also Wrestling at the Pan American Games Pan American Judo Championships

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