Medal summary for 2023 IRF World Junior Championships

The 34th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships wrapped up on Saturday in Tarija, Bolivia, and we have a summary of all the players who reached the podium in Tarija.

Several players were on the podium multiple times, so left Tarija with more than one medal. Nine players earned three medals: four Mexicans, two Americans, two Ecuadorans and one Bolivian. None of the nine was a triple gold medalist, and only Mexican Diego Gastelum two gold medals of his three.

Seventeen players earned two medals: seven Bolivians, five Mexicans, one Argentine, one American, one Chilean, one Costa Rican, and one Ecuadoran. Five of those Bolivians were double gold medalists.

Triple medalists

Diego Gastelum (MEX): Gold - Boys U21 Singles, Gold - Boys U21 Doubles, Silver - Mixed Doubles U21
Luis Aguilar (BOL): Silver - Boys U21 Singles, Silver - Boys U21 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U21
Eder Renteria (MEX): Silver - Boys U16 Singles, Silver - Boys U16 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U16
Jorge Gutierrez Ortiz (MEX): Bronze - Boys U18 Singles, Gold - Boys U18 Doubles, Silver - Mixed Doubles U18
Yanna Salazar (MEX): Silver - Girls U16 Singles, Bronze - Girls U16 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U16
Sonya Shetty (USA): Bronze - Girls U16 Singles, Silver - Girls U16 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U16
Martin Carchi (ECU): Bronze - Boys U16 Singles, Bronze - Boys U16 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U18
Naomi Ros (USA): Bronze - Girls U18 Singles, Bronze - Girls U18 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U18
Ana Lucia Sarmiento (ECU): Bronze - Girls U21 Singles, Bronze - Girls U21 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U21

Double medalists

Camila Rivero (BOL): Gold - Girls U21 Singles, Gold - Girls U18 Singles
Marco Mamani Aguilar (BOL): Gold - Boys U16 Singles, Gold - Boys U16 Doubles
Natalia Mendez Veizaga (BOL): Gold - Girls U16 Singles, Gold - Girls U16 Doubles
Micaela Meneses (BOL): Gold - Girls U21 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U21
Valeria Miranda Martinez (BOL): Gold - Girls U18 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U18

Luis Renteria (MEX): Silver - Boys U18 Singles, Gold Boys U18 Doubles
Kristin Salinas (BOL): Gold - Girls U21 Doubles, Silver - Girls U18 Singles

Nicolás Iglesias (BOL): Bronze - Boys U18 Doubles, Gold - Mixed Doubles U18

Maria Gutierrez (MEX): Silver - Girls U21 Doubles, Silver - Mixed Doubles U21

Nicolas Galindo (MEX): Bronze - Boys U16 Singles, Silver - Boys U16 Doubles
Martina Katz (ARG): Silver - Girls U21 Singles, Bronze - Girls U21 Doubles
Leonela Osorio (MEX): Bronze - Girls U21 Singles, Silver - Girls U21 Doubles
Ivanna Balderrama (MEX): Bronze - Girls U18 Doubles, Silver - Mixed Doubles U18
Cole Sendrey (USA): Silver - Boys U18 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U18

Esteban De Janon (ECU): Bronze: Boys U21 Doubles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U21
Jaime Mansilla (CHI): Bronze: Boys U21 Singles, Bronze - Mixed Doubles U21
Antonio Sanchez (CRC): Bronze - Boys U18 Singles, Bronze Boys U18 Doubles

If you missed any of the action from Tarija, check out the matches that were streamed live from Bolivia via the IRF YouTube channel.

34rd IRF World Junior Championships 

November 11-18, 2023 - Tarija, Bolivia

Girls U21 Singles

Gold: Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
Silver: Martina Katz (Argentina)
Bronze: Leonela Osorio (Mexico), Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador)

Girls U21 Doubles

Gold: Micaela Meneses & Kristin Salinas (Bolivia)
Silver: Maria Gutierrez & Leonela Osorio (Mexico)
Bronze: Fabiana Landy & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador), Sabrina Flores & Martina Katz (Argentina)

Boys U21 Singles

Gold: Diego Gastelum (Mexico)
Silver: Luis Aguilar (Bolivia)
Bronze: Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia), Jaime Mansilla (Chile)

Boys U21 Doubles

Gold: Oscar Elias Nieto Validez & Diego Gastelum (Mexico)
Silver: Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia)
Bronze: Josue Bermeo & Esteban De Janon (Ecuador), Iain Dunn & Paul Saraceno (USA)

Mixed Doubles U21

Gold: Luis Aguilar & Micaela Meneses (Bolivia)
Silver: Maria Gutierrez & Diego Gastelum (Mexico)
Bronze: Esteban De Janon & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador), Jaime Nicolas Mansilla & Paula Javiera Mansilla (Chile)

Girls U18 Singles

Gold: Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
Silver: Kristin Salinas (Bolivia)
Naomi Ros (USA), Angela Ortega (Mexico)

Girls U18 Doubles

Gold: Rebecca Amaya & Valeria Miranda Martinez (Bolivia)
Silver: Heather Mahoney & Naomi Ros (USA)
Bronze: Andrea Reyes Perez & Anna Paula Aguilar Salvatierra (Guatemala), Cynthia Gutierrez & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico)

Boys U18 Singles

Gold: Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia)
Silver: Luis Renteria (Mexico)
Bronze: Jorge Gutierrez Ortiz (Mexico), Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica)

Boys U18 Doubles

Gold: Jorge Gutierrez Ortiz & Luis Renteria (Mexico)
Silver: Vedant Chauhan & Cole Sendrey (USA)
Bronze: Hernán Ruiz Michel & Nicolás Iglesias (Bolivia), Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica)

Mixed Doubles U18

Gold: Nicolás Iglesias & Valeria Miranda Martinez (Bolivia)
Silver: Ivanna Balderrama & Jorge Gutierrez Ortiz (Mexico)
Bronze: Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA), Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador)

Girls U16 Singles

Gold: Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia)
Silver: Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
Bronze: Sonya Shetty (USA), Sofia Verónica Argandoña Moscoso (Bolivia)

Girls U16 Doubles

Gold: Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia)
Silver: Victoria Rodriguez & Sonya Shetty (USA)
Bronze: Andrea Marquez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico)

Boys U16 Singles

Gold: Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia)
Silver: Eder Renteria (Mexico)
Bronze: Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), Martin Carchi (Ecuador)

Boys U16 Doubles

Gold: Marco Mamani Aguilar & Bismarck Pereira (Bolivia)
Silver: Nicolas Galindo & Eder Renteria (Mexico)
Bronze: Martin Carchi & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador), Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ruben Igor (Chile)

Mixed Doubles U16

Gold: Eder Renteria & Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
Silver: Gabriela Diaz Fernández & Marco Antonio Vedia Rosales (Bolivia)
Bronze: Eshan Ali & Sonya Shetty (USA), Raphël Guillemette & Chloé Jauvin (Canada)

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