Criollo table tennis won six medals in Chapecó

Published at: 06/04/2026 06:49 PM

The Venezuelan table tennis team stands out in the Chapecó 2026 South American Youth Under-15 and Under-19 Championship, winning a total of six medals divided into one gold, one silver and four bronze medals in the competition held in Brazil.

The only gold title for Venezuela was won by the men's under-19 doubles made up of Carlos Ríos and Jonathan Vegas who recovered from an adverse first set (16-18) and then beat the Ecuadorian duo of Joshua Robayo and Boris Villavicencio 3-1 (11-6, 18-16 and 11-4).

In the women's under-15 team category, the team made up of Alondra González, Sofía Criollo, Carla Salvatierra and Valeria Santaella won bronze medals after advancing directly to the semifinals, where they fell 3-1 to Ecuador, the Ministry of Popular Power for Sports reported.

For its part, the men's under-15 team scored an outstanding performance with Jonas Golding, Aram Pérez, Ángel Hernández and Emmanuel Salcedo who dominated Colombia with a resounding 3-0 in the quarterfinals, repeated the score against Ecuador in the semifinals and, despite giving up 3-0 in the final against Brazil, they won the silver medal.

In the Under-19 category, the women's team made up of Dakota Ferrer, Gabriela López, Paola Zerpa and Bárbara Betancourt also took the podium after reaching the semifinals, where they fell 3-0 to Brazil, winning the bronze medal.

In the same way, the men's under-19 team, formed by Jonathan Vegas, Carlos Ríos, Saúl Bejar and Ludwing Perozo, scored a close 3-2 victory against Colombia in the quarterfinals, then yielded 3-1 to Brazil in the semifinals, a result that allowed them to secure another bronze medal.

Ríos closed the record of this competition with bronze in the under-19 men's individual category, winning 4-2 in the 16-game against the Amazonian Cairo Lopes as well as in the quarterfinals against Felipe Okano 4-1, and then giving up in the semifinals with 4-3 against Colombian Sebastián Bedoya.

Mazo News Team