South American Amateur Championships 2012
South American Amateur Championships 2012 was held in South America. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Carlos Deoliveira.
- Year
- 2012
- Date
- Jan 1, 2012
- Location
- South America
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 34
- Competitors
- 149
Results by Division
South American Amateur Championships 2012
South American Amateur Championships 2012 was held in South America. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Carlos Deoliveira.
2-time winner Sandra Tacza, who won in 2011, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
South American Amateur Championships 2012 contested 33 divisions across 149 athletes, 25 open and 8 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 13 countries. Carlos Deoliveira took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 32 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
25 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 9
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carlos Deoliveira First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Martin Pinti | - |
| 3rd | Christian Fernandez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Flyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julio Fredy Orbando Ordoñez First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Enderson Ramirez | Guatemala |
| 3rd | Robert Calero Castillo | United States |
| 4th | Hugo Videla | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Flyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marco Ramierez 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Wilmer Suntaxi | United States |
| 3rd | Jose Luis Mejias | Guatemala |
| 4th | Jose Fredy Orellana Magne | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gerardo Repollo First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jose Reartes | - |
| 3rd | Pedro Romero | United States |
| 4th | Marcelo Martin | - |
| 5th | Jose Luis Zenteno | Chile |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nicolas Ezequiel Malian First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Francisco Andreas Borda | - |
| 3rd | Karlo Andre Monar Calderon | - |
| 4th | Clodove Romero Cespedes | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Walter Paiva First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Jose Daniel Ponce | Argentina |
| 3rd | Jose Escobar Garcia | United States |
| 4th | Juan Carlos Rodriguez | United States |
| 5th | Sergio Arriagada Jara | - |
| 6th | Franklin Reyes | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jhofran Martinez First recorded win | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Carlos Andre Santos | Brazil |
| 3rd | Jean Carlos Alfaro Zapata | Peru |
| 4th | Matias Porta | Argentina |
| 5th | Marco Minga | - |
| 6th | Bernardo Cardenas Rivera | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Elvis Pinanjota Villarruel First recorded win | Ecuador |
| 2nd | Jorge Byron Tello Valencia | United States |
| 3rd | Alejandro Arana Villafan | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Freddy Gayoso First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Damian Izquierdo | Uruguay |
| 3rd | Rodrigo Benitez | - |
| 4th | Cristian Molina | Argentina |
| 5th | Omar Vargas Gamarra | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oscar Antonio Zaracho Sanches First recorded win | Paraguay |
| 2nd | Eduardo Miranda | United States |
| 3rd | Ali Hasten | Guatemala |
| 4th | Marcelo Santana Astorga | - |
| 5th | Andres Marcelo Lavesolo | Uruguay |
| 6th | Federico Cardoso | - |
| 7th | Rodulfo Santos | United States |
| 8th | Fernando Atal Muñoz | Chile |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Franco Ezequiel Dominguez First recorded win | Argentina |
| 2nd | Angel Veliz | United States |
| 3rd | Rodrigo Jorquera Maldonado | Chile |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marcelo Portillo First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Randolf Naranjo | United States |
| 3rd | Jose Galeano | Paraguay |
| 4th | Claudio Hernandez | United States |
| 5th | Jose Cristian Mardones Omonte | - |
| 5th | Daniel Oratola Sepulveda | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julian Paredes First recorded win | Argentina |
| 2nd | Oswaldo Gonzalez | Venezuela |
| 3rd | Edwin Molina Garcia | - |
| 4th | Edgar Espinola | - |
| 5th | Jhoan Ramos Trujillo | - |
| 6th | Dennis Loza Mercado | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Medium Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luis Saldarriaga First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Saul Rivera Cuellar | - |
| 3rd | Danilo Pirchi | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gustavo Barrios First recorded win | Uruguay |
| 2nd | Alexis Ulver | - |
| 3rd | Glen DeLaCruz | - |
| 4th | Bruno Cantele | - |
| 5th | Francisco Ozores | Argentina |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex Izquierdo First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Guillermo Nuñez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Emanuel Stelzer First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Gabriel Lezcano | - |
| 3rd | Eduardo Rodriguez | Uruguay |
| 4th | Luis Nusso | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Melania Riquezes (2) First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Jeanneth Argandoña Palomino (2) | - |
| 3rd | Rosa DeCarmen Vasquez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Flavia Piriz First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Rosana Irene Mondino | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rosa Loria First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Patricia Peña | Chile |
| 3rd | Lira Azucena Romero | - |
| 4th | Liz Meza | Canada |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tibis Araque | Venezuela |
| 2nd | Susana Alegre | United States |
| 3rd | Vanesa DeOliveira | Brazil |
| 4th | Viviana Gimenez | Paraguay |
| 5th | Maria Lorena Rodriguez Mera | United States |
| 6th | Cinthya Noemy Perez Mujica | - |
| 7th | Leticia Nuñez Recabarren | - |
| 8th | Andrea Luz | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Karina Grau First recorded win | Paraguay |
| 2nd | Jessica Baldeon | United States |
| 3rd | Daniela Degani | Argentina |
| 4th | Maria Elena Mernes | Argentina |
| 5th | Nayibe Bolivar | Guatemala |
| 6th | Magali Ocampo Quezada | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Renata Muggiati First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Wendy Ruiz | Guatemala |
| 3rd | Ada Leguizamon | - |
| 4th | Elizabeth Haurech | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rebeca Alves First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Iara Beltran | - |
| 3rd | Estrella Sulbaran | Guatemala |
| 4th | Soledad Lopez | Uruguay |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sharon Vasconez Title defense, 2nd win here | - |
| 2nd | Lucia Vera | - |
| 3rd | Micaela Ruiz Diaz | - |
| 4th | Olga Mendoza | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Women's Figure - Masters
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Romina Laura Lameiro | Argentina |
| 1st | Sarahia Yañez | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Tania Arias (2) | - |
| 2nd | Dinah Salazar | Venezuela |
| 3rd | Elizabeth Erazo Bolaños | - |
| 4th | Marta Gallegos | Uruguay |
| 5th | Laura Bustillos | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
No placement data
Placement data for this division has not been recorded.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gerónimo Manuel Risso Herrera First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jesus Rodriguez | - |
| 3rd | Ary Sleseris | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hipolis Arturo Amaya First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Rafael Rosas Matienzo | - |
| 3rd | Almir Lopes Fernandes | Spain |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victor Manuel Charcopa Preciado 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Rafael Rodriguez | United States |
| 3rd | Ysachro Plaza Godoy | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gustavo Carrera First recorded win | Argentina |
| 2nd | Jose Luis Pizarro | United States |
| 3rd | Luis Marquez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Lightheavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Miguel Mignino 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Cesar Julia | - |
| 3rd | Cesar Nicoletti | - |
| 4th | Luis Casañas Hidalgo | - |
| 5th | Pedro Veliz | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Leandro Perez First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Miguel Luna | Argentina |
| 3rd | Romenildo Manuel Oliveira | Brazil |
| 4th | Herberth Copa Peñafiel | - |
| 5th | Juan Chavez | United States |
| 6th | Norberto D'Elia | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cesar Lacuesta First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Ramon Horacio Montivero | United States |
| 3rd | Marcelo Fabian Riesco | Argentina |
| 4th | Edgar Armando Torres Ojeda | - |
| 5th | Daniel Cortez | Bolivia |
| 5th | Daniel Ortega | United States |
| 6th | Aliskair Barreto | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 29, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 149
- Divisions
- 33
- Size rank
- 8 of 15
The biggest field since 2010.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marcela Venegas Morales | Bodybuilding |
| 2016 | Nidia Hermosilla | Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | Melania Riquezes | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Selma Labat | Bodybuilding |
| 2013 | Melania Riquezes | Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | Rosa Loria | Physique |
| 2003 | Carola Nostas | Bodybuilding |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
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