Vanessa Fernanda Chalá Minda (born 13 March 1990) is an Ecuadorian

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. She is a gold medalist at the

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and a two-time gold medalist at the

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. She is also a bronze medalist at the

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Career

Chalá won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the

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held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Chalá won a bronze medal in the women's 78kg 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

held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. At the

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held in Lima, Peru, Chalá won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78kg event. She defeated Liliana Cárdenas of Mexico in her bronze medal match. 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

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held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

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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 78kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match. Chalá represented Ecuador at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 78kg event where she was eliminated in her first match. 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.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chala, Vanessa Living people 1990 births Place of birth missing (living people) Ecuadorian female judoka Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2018 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian sportswomen