Brazil wins the XVII Pan American Surfing Games PASA

South American nation achieves the three-time championship thanks to the excellent individual performance of its athletes

Peru, Argentina and Chile follow with the Silver, Bronze and Copper medals

Nine days of sportsmanship and friendship come to an end today with the crowning of Team Brazil as the three-time Pan American Surfing Champions at the XVII Pan American Surfing Games of the Pan American Surf Association (PASA).

This event was possible thanks to the sponsorship of Equans, Marca Perú, Floril, Generade and 360 Energy Drink, with the support of the Peruvian Sports Institute, the National Surfing Federation of Peru, Proyecto Legado and the Municipality of Punta Negra.

For the third consecutive year, the Brazilians won the Team Gold Medal and the title of Champion thanks to the individual performance of their athletes in the five male and female categories who participated in this event, held from October 4 to 13 in the waves of Punta Rocas, Lima, Peru.

The Silver Medal was awarded to Peru, the Bronze Medal to Argentina and the Copper Medal to Chile.

On this day, the Gold Medalists in the Shortboard category, both male and female, were also defined.

The first final in the water was the Women’s Shortboard where three Brazilians, Julia Duarte, Silvana Lima and Juliana Dos Santos and Melanie Giunta from Peru, faced each other for the Gold Medal.

With eight minutes left to finish the Heat, competitor Duarte was leading, but after a fall she had to be assisted to get out of the water due to an injury, leaving the final Heat with only three competitors.

Once the final restarted, Giunta, who was in fourth position, managed to find a good wave that allowed him to combine different maneuvers that gave him a score of 8.67, giving her the necessary boost to win the Gold Medal.

In the Men’s Shortboard competition, Andres Echecopar from Peru, the Argentines Joaquín Muñoz and Franco Radziunas and Sebastián Williams from Mexico faced each other.

During the first minutes of the Heat, the first place was constantly exchanged between the Peruvian and the two Argentines, while Williams tried to catch good waves, but without results.

Finally, Williams’ effort and perseverance paid off when he managed to catch an important wave that he closed with an aerial maneuver that gave him a score of 9.50 points, the highest score of the entire event, and less than seven minutes before the end of the series. Williams finished with another important wave of 7.43, with which he added 16.93 to take the Pan American Gold Medal.

Shortboard final results: 

Women’s Shortboard 

1. Melanie Giunta (PER) 15.27 

2. Silvana Lima (BRA) 10.94 

3. Juliana Dos Santos (BRA) 10.77 

4. Julia Duarte (BRA) 10.60 

Men’s Shortboard 

1. Sebastián Williams (MEX) 16.93 

2. Franco Radziunas (ARG) 14.53 

3. Andres Echecopar (PER) 12.93 

4. Joaquín Muñoz (ARG) 12.73

FINAL TEAM RANKING

	Score	Country
1	15875	Brazil
2	14331	Peru
3	13169	Argentina
4	11171	Chile
5	9401	Mexico
6	8117	Ecuador
7	7633	Puerto Rico
8	7043	Costa Rica
9	6826	Guatemala
10	6273	Panama
11	5745	Colombia
12	4680	Uruguay
13	2108	Barbados
14	2005	El Salvador
15	320	Venezuela