CHALA Vanessa

World Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg	-78 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	-	17
2019	Tokyo, JPN	-	9
2018	Baku, AZE	-	17
2015	Astana, KAZ	9	-
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	17	-
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	17	-
2011	Paris, FRA	9	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	-78 kg
2019	Lima, PER	3

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg	-78 kg
2021	Guadalajara, MEX	-	1
2020	Montreal, QC, CAN	-	1
2019	Lima, PER	-	5
2018	San Jose, CRC	-	3
2017	Panama City, PAN	7	-

World Masters

Year	Location	-78 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	17
2019	Qingdao, CHN	9

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-78 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-
2019	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	5x	-	-	-
2018	-78 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-78 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-78 kg	5x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x
2018	-78 kg	1x	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Santo Domingo, DOM
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Quito, ECU
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Santiago, CHI
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Cordoba, ARG
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER
1	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER
2	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Buenos Aires, ARG
2	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Santiago, CHI
3	2021	-78 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
3	2019	-78 kg	Grand Prix	Montreal, FRA

Athlete

Spanish

Jose Romero [national], ECU; Alberto Reyes [personal], CUB

Her sisters Carmen and Diana have both represented Ecuador in judo. Carmen competed in the +78kg category at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Diana competed at the world championships in 2003, 2013 and 2014, and won gold in the -70kg class at the 2005 Pan American Championships in Guayanabo, Puerto Rico. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jun 2021; elnorte.ec, 04 Apr 2021; eluniverso.com, 22 Mar 2010)

Winning bronze in the -78kg category at the 2021 Grand Slam event in Antalya, Turkey. (eluniverso.com, 06 Apr 2021)

She was named among the Three Most Outstanding Athletes of 2020 by the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee. (elcomercio.com, 01 Feb 2021)