2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships

The 2023 Pan American Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 1–8.[1] Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won Men's Singles for the second consecutive year,[2] and Montserrat Mejia won Women's Singles for the first time.[3] Moscoso's win was the fourth consecutive Bolivian gold in Men's Singles, as Carlos Keller won the two events prior to Moscoso. Mejia is the second Mexican woman to win Women's Singles after Paola Longoria.

Mejia also won Women's Doubles with Alexandra Herrera,[4] with fellow Mexicans Rodrigo Montoya and Eduardo Portillo winning Men's Doubles.[5] Meija is the 3rd women to win both Women's Singles and Doubles in the same year after Longoria (4 times) and American Rhonda Rajsich (once). Moscoso won the Mixed Doubles title with Angélica Barrios,[6] so he is the first player to win singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Pan American Championships.

The 2023 Pan American Championships were the qualifying event for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, so players played for all of the places from first on down. The top 10 men's and women's teams qualified for the Pan American Games with the top three teams plus Chile, as the host nation, allowed to send 3 athletes to Chile, and the other six nations allowed to send 2 athletes, so a total of 24 men and 24 women will compete in racquetball in Chile.[7]

Because of the time needed to complete the Pan Am Games qualifying, there was no Team competition this year's Pan American Championships.

Some of the matches, including all of the finals, from Guatemala were covered on the PanAm Sports Channel.[8]

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  3. ^ "México, campeón del Panamericao de Raquetbol en mayores y juveniles". La Jornada. Retrieved 20 April 2023 – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "LA RAQUETBOLISTA MEXICANA ALEXANDRA HERRERA Y MONTSERRAT MEJÍA SE CORONAN EN DOBLES DEL PANAMERICANO 2023". NETA. NETA AGENCIA DEPORTIVA. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Vuelve Rodrigo Montoya a Chihuahua cargado de oro y plata". Tiempo la noticia digital. tiempo.com.mx. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ Montilla, Willmary. "El chuquisaqueño Conrrado Moscoso ganó el Panamericano de Ráquetbol en Guatemala". Bolivia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ "TEAM USA EARNS MEDALS AND AWARDS, QUALIFIES FOR POSITIONS FOR PAN AM GAMES". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. ^ "XXXIV Pan Am Racquetball Championships". Pan Am Sports Channel. Panam Sports. Retrieved 20 April 2023.