Venezuelan children shine at the 2025 South American Fencing Championship

Published at: 25/07/2025 07:20 PM

The delegation of Venezuelan shooters participating in the 2025 South American Children's and Veteran Fencing Championship held at the General Rumiñahui Coliseum in Quito, Ecuador, won four gold medals and a third place since last Sunday, July 20.

The sabre of the women's under-9 category established Carla López as the absolute winner, after beating the Amazonian Matinna Dinucci in the final 9-4. While Colombia's Rafaela Martínez and Antonia Anzola completed the podium of the contest.

In the under-13 category, the Venezuelan Manuel Álvez beat the Amazonian Lorenzo Castello 15-10 in the semifinals and won the title by dominating the Chilean Lucas Astorga 15-10, to make the Venezuelan anthem sound in the award ceremony of this category.

In this same weapon, Anmary Carabalí (under-11) showed total dominance in the gold medal contest against Brazil's María Garofolo, whom she beat by a wide 11-4 advantage. For her part, florist Francia Figueroa won the fourth gold medal after beating Peruvian Micaela Contreras 9-3.

Finally, the sablista of the under-9 category, Lucas Bru, gave up 9-6 in the semifinals to Ecuadorian Benjamín Castro and won the bronze medal. In this same test, the shooter Giam Salas was in eighth place.

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