The 2022 Pan American Championships were held in

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, April 9-16. Bolivian

Angélica Barrios Angélica Barrios (born May 5, 2000) is a Bolivian racquetball player. Barrios is the current Pan American Champion in Mixed Doubles, winning the title at the 2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and a for ...

won Women's Singles and fellow Bolivian

Conrrado Moscoso Conrrado Moscoso (born September 26, 1995) is a Bolivian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) Men's Singles World Champion, which he won at the 2022 Racquetball World Championships in San Luis Potosí, M ...

won Men's Singles, and both Barrios and Moscoso won for the first time. Barrios's victory was the first for a Bolivian woman at Pan Am Championships, while Moscoso's win was the third consecutive Bolivian gold in Men's Singles, as

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won the previous two events. In doubles, Canadians

Coby Iwaasa Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the 2022 Pan American Champion in Men's Doubles (with Samuel Murray), and was a bronze medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Junior years Iwaasa was a prodi ...

and Samuel Murray won Men's Doubles, which was the 4th Canadian win in the event, but the first for both Iwaasa and Murray. Argentina won Women's Doubles for the first time, as

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and

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took the title. It was Mendez's first Pan Am Championship, but the second for Vargas, who won Women's Singles in 2014. The 2022 Pan American Championships were the first to use rally scoring, which was adopted by th
International Racquetball Federation
in early 2022. Also, Mixed Doubles and Men's and Women's Team competitions were implemented for the first time. In the team competitions, countries compete head-to-head over three matches: two singles matches and a doubles match. Argentina and Bolivia were the first team champions: Argentina winning the Women's Team competition and Bolivia the Men's Team competition. Mexicans

Rodrigo Montoya Rodrigo Montoya (born June 4, 1996) is a Mexican racquetball player. He is the current International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Champion in both the Men's Team competition and Mixed Doubles (with Samantha Salas), winning those titles at t ...

and

Samantha Salas Samantha Salas Solís (born December 15, 1986) is a Mexican racquetball player. Salas is the current World Champion in both Women's Doubles - winning that title for a fifth time with Paola Longoria at the 2022 World Championships in San Luis P ...

were the first Mixed Doubles Pan American Champions.

Tournament format

The competition had seven events: five individual events and two team events. The individual events were played first: Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Each individual event had a group stage followed by a medal round. The results of the group stage were used to seed players for the medal round. The group stage began April 9 and concluded April 11. The medal round began April 12 and concluded April 14. The team events were held on April 15 and 16.

Participating nations

A total of 54 athletes (30 men & 24 women) from 12 countries participated.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Men’s singles

Preliminary round

;Group A ;Group B ;Group C ;Group D ;Group E ;Group F

Medal round

Men’s doubles

;Group A ;Group B ;Group C

Medal Round

Women’s singles

Preliminary round

;Group A ;Group B ;Group C ;Group D ;Group E

Medal round

Women’s doubles

Preliminary round

;Group A ;Group B

Medal round

Mixed doubles

;Group A ;Group B ;Group C

Medal Round

Team Competitions

Men’s Team

;Semi-finals ;Final

Women’s Team

;Semi-finals ;Final

References

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Pan American Racquetball Championships The Pan American Racquetball Championships are held annually in the spring with play ending on the day before Easter. Originally called the Tournament of the Americas, the Pan American Championships are hosted by the Pan American Racquetball Confede ...