South American Amateur Championships 2016
South American Amateur Championships 2016 was held in South America. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Christopher Douglas Ariett Filla.
- Year
- 2016
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Location
- South America
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 43
- Competitors
- 221
Results by Division
South American Amateur Championships 2016
South American Amateur Championships 2016 was held in South America.
South American Amateur Championships 2016 contested 43 divisions across 221 athletes, 32 open and 11 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 13 countries. Christopher Douglas Ariett Filla took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 40 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
32 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 11
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Marcela Venegas Morales | Puerto Rico |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Christopher Douglas Ariett Filla First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Jose Luis Sain | United States |
| 3rd | Rafael Omar Quiñon Alva | - |
| 4th | Jonny Vinicio Rosero Molina | - |
| 5th | Jorge Alberto Ruiz Canales | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Enderson Ramirez 2nd win here | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Marcelo Alejandro Vinett vinett | - |
| 3rd | Luis Eduardo Zambrano Padilla | - |
| 4th | Hubert Paul Fagundes Turrini | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Flyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wellington Daniel Luna Mera Title defense, 5th win here | Ecuador |
| 2nd | Ronny Williams Rosado Pintado | - |
| 3rd | Wilmer Wladimir Suntaxi Gualotuña | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jhoan Sanchez 2nd win here | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Luis Gonzalo Arrua | Argentina |
| 3rd | Eduardo Andres Zapata Tobar | - |
| 4th | Oscar Antonio Zaracho | - |
| 5th | Eduardo Anres Navarrete Carmona | - |
| 6th | Denis Dos Santos Lopes | - |
| 7th | Bruno Cantele | - |
| 8th | Roberto Marcelo Cruz Capelo | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Williams Andres Gonzalez Godoy First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Yefferson Giovani Romero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eduardo Rodriguez Title defense, 3rd win here | Uruguay |
| 2nd | Daniel Luiz Gonçalves | Brazil |
| 3rd | Gerard Philippe Mahuzier Araya | - |
| 4th | Guillermo Aponiar | United States |
| 5th | Ricardo Plata | United States |
| 6th | Paul Esteban Cifuentes Epulef | - |
| 7th | Puey Maximiliano | - |
| 8th | Jorge Alejandro Pacheco Carrasco | - |
| 9th | Diego Ismael Baquero Hurtado | - |
| 10th | Juan Francisco Beltran Pasquel | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Esteban Zeballos Vaca First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Gonzalez Silva Nicolas Ignacio | - |
| 3rd | Victor Tomas Reinoso Ibarra | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Elvis Pinanjota Villarruel 3rd win here | Ecuador |
| 2nd | Jorge Arturo Matute Riofrio | Brazil |
| 3rd | Fanor Trujillo | Brazil |
| 4th | Gaston Mongelos | - |
| 5th | Geronimo Mamani Jancko | - |
| 6th | Theiler Estalis Linares Cumbia | United States |
| 7th | Alejandro Mestre | - |
| 8th | Miguel Matamoros | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mauro Gelvez First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Victor Noguera | - |
| 3rd | Jonathan Hernan Moreira Garcia | - |
| 4th | Pablo Xavier Arteaga Morales | - |
| 5th | Andres Berrio | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jean Carlos Alfaro Zapata First recorded win | Peru |
| 2nd | Libaniel Rebolledo | Brazil |
| 3rd | Jorge Byron Tello Valencia | United States |
| 4th | Diego Vieira Dos Santos | Brazil |
| 5th | Jiovany Cano | Brazil |
| 6th | Mauro Pulido | - |
| 7th | Juan Alberto Marambio Becerra | - |
| 8th | Viñas Buteler Toms | - |
| 9th | Marco Estevez Pineda | - |
| 10th | Ricardo Segovia | United States |
| 11th | Dereck Pereira Bubols | - |
| 12th | Freddy Alberto Azbache | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jhofran Martinez Title defense, 5th win here | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Robert Patricio Palacios Jimenez | - |
| 3rd | Javier Martin DeLaCruz Miranda | - |
| 4th | Luis Juarez | - |
| 5th | Omar Vargas Gamarra | - |
| 6th | Claudio Hernandez Hernandez | - |
| 7th | Julio Casaran | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Francisco Barrios Vlk First recorded win | Argentina |
| 2nd | Vitor Alves Porto De Oliveira | Brazil |
| 3rd | Brandon Vitaly Lopez Cabello | - |
| 4th | Abad Leonardo Caicedo Salazar | - |
| 5th | Ivan Torres | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafael Brandao Title defense, 2nd win here | Brazil |
| 2nd | Rodrigo Cortez | Argentina |
| 3rd | Ignacio Chinetti | Argentina |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julio Rico First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | David Gonzales Loa | Peru |
| 3rd | Eliezer Rodriguez | - |
| 4th | Eduardo Rodriguez | Uruguay |
| 5th | Angel Isaias Tipan Quintuña | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafael Marcos Leiva First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Mauricio Riascos Grueso | Colombia |
| 3rd | Felipe Sebastian Castillo Garces | - |
| 4th | Benjamin Andres Barrios Avalos | - |
| 5th | Fabian Zabala Huilca | - |
| 6th | Ricardo Ernesto Basantes Murillo | United States |
| 7th | Miguel Antonio Gavilanes Gutierrez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class A Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Esteban Daniel Torres First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Luis Enrique Espinoza Gamboa | - |
| 3rd | Luis Moreno | United States |
| 4th | Hector Alejandro Mazon Galarza | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex Izquierdo Title defense, 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Juan Lagos | - |
| 3rd | Jose Angulo Cortez | - |
| 4th | Ray Sanchez Chasi | Brazil |
| 5th | Miguel Castellano | - |
| 6th | Dennis Alfredo Poma Riera | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class B Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fabricio Frigerio First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Frabery Abreu | Brazil |
| 3rd | Alberto Acosta Ferreira | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Manuel Ramos First recorded win | Mexico |
| 2nd | Angelo Estuardo Ronquillo Carpio | United States |
| 3rd | Juan Carlos Robinson Robalino | Chile |
| 4th | Julian Paredes | Argentina |
| 5th | Mauricio Gomez | Colombia |
| 6th | Lauro Paz | - |
| 7th | Esteban Alvarez | - |
| 8th | Ignacio Solé | United States |
| 9th | Hansel Antonio Correa Pereda | - |
| 10th | Jonathan Fernando Cardenas | - |
| 11th | Andres Francisco Naranjo Vargas | - |
| 12th | Jairo Daniel Sanchez Medraro | - |
| 13th | Milton Homero Llanos Ludeña | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Christian Angel Vera First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Davi Chagas Do Rosario | Brazil |
| 3rd | Guillermo Javier Cabezas Amores | - |
| 4th | Carlos Perez | United States |
| 5th | Carlos Alberto Aguayo Alvarado | - |
| 6th | Felix Sergio Urey Meneses | Argentina |
| 7th | Ronald Jonathan Perez Ferreyra | Brazil |
| 8th | Luis Adrian Antonio Espinosa Larenas | - |
| 9th | Cesar Andres Valdez Aguirre | - |
| 10th | Martin Ruiz | - |
| 11th | Victor Andres Venegas Fuentes | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class E
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carlos Andres Cantero First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Alexsandro Rocha Lobo DeFreitas | Brazil |
| 3rd | Eduardo Rodriguez | Uruguay |
| 4th | Miguel Antonio Ramirez Herrera | - |
| 5th | Marcos Vinicius Santos | Brazil |
| 6th | Jheremy Garrido | United States |
| 7th | Daniel Schmerko | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michelly Mattos First recorded win | Brazil |
| 3rd | Cristina Edith Sevilla Trujillo | Ecuador |
| 4th | Erica Sanchez | - |
| 5th | Rosmary Hernandez | Guatemala |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nidia Hermosilla 4th win here | Paraguay |
| 2nd | Danny Herrera | Guatemala |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Adriana Bernal | Colombia |
| 6th | Patricia Navarrete Campos | Ecuador |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suely Elenice Torres First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Mayeling Gonzalez | - |
| 3rd | Lia Isabel Cabello Muñoz | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Olga Mendoza 3rd win here | - |
| 2nd | Daisy Muischmann | Brazil |
| 3rd | Cintya Maria Soto Sequeiros | Brazil |
| 4th | Patricia Correa | - |
| 5th | Maria Lorena Rodriguez Mera | United States |
| 6th | Cinthya Noemy Perez Mujica | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lorena Luciani First recorded win | Argentina |
| 2nd | Ingrid Cristina Dos Santos Marcato | Brazil |
| 3rd | Andrew Chavez | United States |
| 4th | Laura Saccomani | Paraguay |
| 5th | Natalia Maldonado | - |
| 6th | Yusmarlyn Cova | - |
| 7th | Gianna Baeza Pinto | Chile |
| 8th | Jessica Baldeon | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Karent Perez 2nd win here | Venezuela |
| 2nd | Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz Aguilar | - |
| 3rd | Claudia Manzini De Oliveira Santos | Brazil |
| 4th | Alejandra Josefa Canals Marquez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Danei Marina First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Wendy Granados | Brazil |
| 3rd | Wanessa Kelly Camilo De Oliveira | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Junior
Men's Wheelchair
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rebucci Edgardo First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Cenes Augusto Vasquez Iparraguirre | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 50+ Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lucas Tomas Cilich Koc Lem First recorded win | - |
| 3rd | Andres Rivarola | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 35+ Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Valeria Delgado First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Tibis Araque | Venezuela |
| 3rd | Edna Alessandra Piu | Brazil |
| 4th | Karina Jeanette Rojas Leon | Brazil |
| 5th | Ana Cecilia Bardales Rodriguez | - |
| 6th | Paula Figueiredo Pereira | - |
| 7th | Maria Fernanda Armas Roman | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 35+ Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Susana Alejandra Echenique | Argentina |
| 2nd | Josefina Gonzalez | - |
| 3rd | Elizabeth Olivia Ulloa Lazo | - |
| 4th | Maria Fernanda Pekholtz | - |
| 5th | Jackeline Rosario Cadena Carreño | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 45+
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jasmine Ramirez Title defense, 3rd win here | Venezuela |
| 2nd | Liliana Beatriz Bosini | Argentina |
| 3rd | Deysi Araceli Peñafiel Espin | - |
| 4th | Carmen Vergara | Paraguay |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ruben Marquez First recorded win | Guatemala |
| 2nd | Daniel Duran | - |
| 3rd | Jose Escobar Garcia | United States |
| 4th | Aguinaldo Donizete Moreira | Brazil |
| 5th | Yori Hernan Moreno Vera | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightheavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fausto Enrique Caicedo Caicedo Title defense, 10th win here | United States |
| 2nd | Jose Roderiguez | - |
| 3rd | Camilo Sanchez | - |
| 4th | Jorge Luciano Dos Santos | United States |
| 5th | Leonel Amado Cassagne DeLucca | - |
| 6th | Jose Francisco Cajaiba Rodrigues | - |
| 7th | Oriol Alexander Villamar Silva | - |
| 8th | Mariano Smud | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marcelo Segatori First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Alexis Andres Martinez Fernandex | - |
| 3rd | Jose Figueroa | United States |
| 4th | Victor Alexander Poveda Ruano | - |
| 5th | Hector Arturo Dueñas Iturralde | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harol Moreno First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Alexandre Osmar Pamplona | - |
| 3rd | Mario Aquiles Ferrada Carrasco | - |
| 4th | Frank Sucre | United States |
| 5th | Hugo Eduardo Morales Vaca | - |
| 6th | Luis Alejandro Velasquez Mendoza | - |
| 7th | Edgar Armando Torres | - |
| 8th | Emmanuel Aristide Marcel Prouteau Robin | - |
| 9th | Bruno Ramon Benitez Silva | - |
| 10th | Daniel Guerrero Heras | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Eric Franck Cannizzo Moll | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luiz Carlos Pereira Sarmento First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Juan Chavez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victor Manuel Charcopa Preciado Title defense, 6th win here | United States |
| 2nd | Dario Sosa | United States |
| 3rd | Hipolis Arturo Amaya | - |
| 4th | Jorge Oswaldo Miño Vaca | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 221
- Divisions
- 43
- Size rank
- 3 of 15
The biggest field since 2013.
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.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.

