South American Amateur Championships 2017
South American Amateur Championships 2017 was held in South America. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Marcela Venegas Morales.
- Year
- 2017
- Date
- Jan 1, 2017
- Location
- South America
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 44
- Competitors
- 271
Results by Division
South American Amateur Championships 2017 Results
South American Amateur Championships 2017 was held in South America. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Marcela Venegas Morales.
4-time winner Nidia Hermosilla, who won in 2016, did not return.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Junior, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight Junior, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Junior and more were contested at the South American Amateur Championships 2017 on January 1, 2017 in South America. 271 athletes from 13 countries competed.
32 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 12
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marcela Venegas Morales First recorded win | Puerto Rico |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lionardis Cardoza Delfino First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Oscar Antonio Zaracho | - |
| 3rd | Italo Ridney Rodrigues | Brazil |
| 4th | Fabio Augusto Guimarães | Brazil |
| 5th | Facundo Perez | Argentina |
| 6th | Jose Luis Sain | United States |
| 7th | Rodrigo Espinoza | - |
| 8th | Pablo Prada | - |
| 9th | Rodney Abayo Decaer | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Diego DaSilva Ribeiro First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Guillermo Capo | Argentina |
| 3rd | Gabriel Edison Constante Paez | - |
| 4th | Walter Recayte | - |
| 5th | Norberto D'Elia | - |
| 6th | Jose Orellana | - |
| 7th | Sebastian Marquez | - |
| 8th | Edgar Poma Mamani | - |
| 9th | Hubert Paul Fagundes Turrini | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hugo Marquez 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Thiago Santana Santisteban | United States |
| 3rd | Adrian Siri | Argentina |
| 4th | Enore Montano | Brazil |
| 5th | Gustavo Mercado | - |
| 6th | Karlo Andre Monar | - |
| 7th | Francoisse Eguiazu | - |
| 8th | Tomas Fuentes | - |
| 9th | Francisco Correa | - |
| 10th | Jose Tapia | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Isaias Gutierrez First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Dario Sanchez | - |
| 3rd | Ever Torres | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luis Gustavo Vaucher Souto First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Angel Javier Colman | United States |
| 3rd | Angel Bermudez | - |
| 4th | Hansel Antonio Correa | - |
| 5th | Eduardo Rojas | Brazil |
| 6th | Federico Gonzalez | United States |
| 7th | Sergio Garrido | - |
| 8th | Simon Francisco Martinez | - |
| 9th | Deivid Sousa DeAraujo | - |
| 10th | Jorge Castro | Argentina |
| 11th | Cristian Santibeez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Caio Eiji Sirahata First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Alan Renner | - |
| 3rd | Pablo Perin | - |
| 4th | Ever Ayala | - |
| 5th | Leonardo Fernandez | - |
| 6th | Brandon Lopez | - |
| 7th | Luis Adrian Torres Alvarado | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Theiler Estalis Linares Cumbia 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Daniel Elvis Pinanjota Villarruel | Ecuador |
| 3rd | Fanor Trujillo | Brazil |
| 4th | Byron Zevallos Suarez | - |
| 5th | Andres Mendoza | United States |
| 6th | Fernando Zelayeta | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Neron Arias First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Michael Santiago Cuenca Velez | - |
| 3rd | Bruno Almiron | - |
| 4th | Camilo Rojas | - |
| 5th | Marcelo Subiran Coimbra | - |
| 6th | Victor Ruiz | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matias Porta 2nd win here | Argentina |
| 2nd | Jean Carlos Alfaro Zapata | Peru |
| 3rd | Jorge Byron Tello Valencia | United States |
| 4th | Emmanuel Silva | - |
| 5th | Roberto Larangeira | Brazil |
| 6th | Andres Marcelo Lavesolo | Uruguay |
| 7th | Juan Maranbio | - |
| 8th | Manuel Isidro Fernandez | - |
| 9th | Juan Bustos | - |
| 10th | Sebastian Diaz | Colombia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roberto Palacios | United States |
| 2nd | Felipe Henrique Moraes | - |
| 3rd | Jose Galeano | Paraguay |
| 4th | Jorge Hernandez | United States |
| 5th | Julio Sarmiento | - |
| 6th | Andres Zeballos | - |
| 7th | Luis Juarez | - |
| 8th | Freddy Alberto Azabache Sabando | - |
| 10th | Lucio Saldaa Ojeda | - |
| 11th | Manuel Jesus Angulo Aipire | Brazil |
| 12th | Antonio Cesar Calacio Dos Santos | - |
| 13th | Sergio Ledesma | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Christian Joseph Mejia Grandez First recorded win | Dominican Republic |
| 2nd | Eiser Caicedo | - |
| 3rd | Vitor Alves Porto De Oliveira | Brazil |
| 4th | Leonardo Fernandez | - |
| 5th | Andres Becerra | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rodrigo Cortez 2nd win here | Argentina |
| 2nd | Rodolfo Martinez | - |
| 3rd | Francisco Mir | - |
| 4th | Alisson DaSilva Pontes Prata | - |
| 5th | Ezequiel Pedroza | - |
| 6th | Sebastian Garcai | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Gonzales Loa First recorded win | Peru |
| 2nd | Maxwell Barroso | Brazil |
| 3rd | Diego Andres Spadoni | United States |
| 4th | Carlos Rivera | United States |
| 5th | Eliezer Rodriguez | - |
| 6th | Rafael Martins Ferreira | - |
| 7th | Jonathan Contreras Llivisupa | - |
| 8th | Elias Cejas | - |
| 9th | Gonzalo Gass | - |
| 10th | Alfredo Barrios | - |
| 11th | Felipe Dos Santos Rosa | Brazil |
| 12th | Geronimo Mamani Jancko | - |
| 13th | Robert Davis Calero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luis Fernando DaSilva First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Juan Andres Garcia Poveda | - |
| 3rd | Mauricio Riascos Grueso | Colombia |
| 4th | Diego Alvarez | - |
| 5th | Claudio Valentini | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class A Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luis Enrique Espinoza Gamboa First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Jean Salguiero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thiago Aguiar Carvalho First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Luis Garcia | United States |
| 3rd | Rodrigo Meza | - |
| 4th | Manuel Nunez | - |
| 5th | Alejandro Zita | United States |
| 6th | Alex Izquierdo | United States |
| 7th | Luis Covarribias | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class B Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kenny Roger Souza First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Jose Gonzalez | United States |
| 3rd | Jesus Castillo | - |
| 4th | Cristhian David Huacon Tapia | - |
| 5th | Jorge Eduardo Rubina | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Angelo Estuardo Ronquillo Carpio First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Hallyson Flavio Alves Muniz | Brazil |
| 3rd | Jose Fernando Osorio | Mexico |
| 4th | Julian Paredes | Argentina |
| 5th | Matias Lopez | - |
| 6th | Hugo Eiti Yanagihara | United States |
| 7th | Jorge Sebastian Loayza | - |
| 8th | Gustavo Gonzalez | - |
| 9th | Alvaro Ledesma | - |
| 10th | Alejandro Aranguiz | - |
| 11th | Fernando Herrero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pablo Anuch First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Geraldo Samaniego | - |
| 3rd | Cesar Andres Valdez Aguirre | - |
| 4th | Arturo Paez | - |
| 5th | Guillermo Javier Cabezas Amores | - |
| 6th | Julian Cabrera | - |
| 7th | Jhonatan Correia Laurentino | - |
| 8th | Daniel Aguero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Class E
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafael DaSilva Aveiro First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Marcelo Martin | - |
| 3rd | Miguel Pinto | Greece |
| 4th | Carlos Cantero | - |
| 5th | Eduardo Rodriguez | Uruguay |
| 6th | Mario Morinigo | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Cristina Edith Sevilla Trujillo | Ecuador |
| 9th | Claudia Heredia | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Carina Espinoza | United States |
| 3rd | Soledad Fernandez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 9th | Lucio Rodriguez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sandra DeOliveira First recorded win | Brazil |
| 3rd | Ester Luciana Aparecida Ferreira | - |
| 4th | Soledad Moreyra | - |
| 5th | Jenifer Lopez | - |
| 6th | Graciela Zurita | - |
| 7th | Luiza Rosilene DaSilva Sousa | - |
| 8th | Patricia Navarrete Campos | Ecuador |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Barbara DeFreitas Moojen First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Suimei Hadassa Almeida Bezerra | - |
| 3rd | Marta Ocampos | - |
| 4th | Alejandra Canals | - |
| 5th | Marcelino Vinett | - |
| 6th | Ariel Caballero | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nora Martinez 3rd win here | Paraguay |
| 2nd | Maria Elena Mernes | Argentina |
| 3rd | Debora Fachetti Dos Reis | - |
| 4th | Patricia Correa | - |
| 5th | Nelida Aroca | - |
| 6th | Carla Munoz Seguel | - |
| 7th | Maria Lopez (1) | United States |
| 8th | Maritza Caris | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lorena Luciani Title defense, 2nd win here | Argentina |
| 2nd | Natalia Maldonado | - |
| 3rd | Karina Contreras | Brazil |
| 4th | Andrew Chavez | United States |
| 5th | Laura Arlette Pomacaja | - |
| 6th | Evelyn Escobar | - |
| 7th | Leida Arevalos | - |
| 8th | Elaine Cavalcante DeVitta | - |
| 9th | Ludmila Marcil Bonfim | Brazil |
| 10th | Jhaneth Palacios | - |
| 11th | Raquel Garay | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marissol Amaral Rios Bisquolo First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Marcia Gramajo | - |
| 3rd | Solana Coronel | - |
| 4th | Fabiola Grochoski DiLorenzo | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eliana Romano 2nd win here | Argentina |
| 2nd | Cintia Rodriguez | - |
| 3rd | Agnes Junqueira Crespo | - |
| 4th | Paloma Sampaio DeCarvalho | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martina Pereira First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Andres Rivarola | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Wheelchair
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafael Silva E Souza First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Carlos Alberto Moreira DeFreitas | - |
| 3rd | Jose Pea | - |
| 4th | Edgard Rebucci | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Men's Classic Physique - Masters 40+
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Leonel Amado Cassagne DeLucca First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Juan Carlos Robinson Robalino | Chile |
| 3rd | Raimundo Angelo Argolo Pereira | - |
| 4th | Walter Broggini | - |
| 5th | Jose Carlos Rojas | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+ Heavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 7th | Andres Rivarola | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 35+ Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Analia Galeano 2nd win here | Argentina |
| 2nd | Lorena Irala | - |
| 3rd | Liliana Guajardo | - |
| 4th | Natalia Bally | Argentina |
| 5th | Karina Rojas | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 35+ Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rosemeire Machado Matos First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Cecilia Manicler | - |
| 3rd | Jackeline Rosario Cadena | - |
| 4th | Gabriela Valdez | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 45+
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ivette Alvarez Batista First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Saryta Pandora Melo Pinheiro | - |
| 3rd | Sandra Liliana Martinez | Colombia |
| 4th | Liliana Bossini | - |
| 5th | Soledad Lopez | Uruguay |
| 6th | Eudesia Araujo Martins | Brazil |
| 7th | Deysi Araceli Peñafiel Espin | - |
| 8th | Carmen Vergara | Paraguay |
| 9th | Maria Flores | United States |
| 10th | Lilian Arce | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jorge Luciano Dos Santos First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jose Escobar Garcia | United States |
| 3rd | Jose Daniel Ponce | Argentina |
| 4th | Diego Manresa | - |
| 5th | Bruno Cantele | - |
| 6th | Diego Acosta | Paraguay |
| 8th | Roberto Crespo | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightheavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fausto Enrique Caicedo First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Pablo Aravena | - |
| 3rd | Diego Leal | - |
| 4th | Ronaldo Palomino Pinto | Brazil |
| 5th | Cesar Nicoletti | - |
| 6th | Freddy Gayoso | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Crosvy Bayardo Leon First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Alderino Alves Dos Santos | United States |
| 3rd | Alejandro Viera Duarte | United States |
| 4th | Diego Alvarez | - |
| 5th | Victor Alexander Poveda Ruano | - |
| 6th | Mario Caon | - |
| 7th | Juan Carlos Ayala | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harol Moreno Title defense, 2nd win here | - |
| 2nd | Giovanni Francesco Ferrari | - |
| 3rd | Hugo Eduardo Morales Vaca | - |
| 4th | Ramon Horacio Montivero | United States |
| 5th | Luis Chaparro | - |
| 6th | Guillermo Cardona | - |
| 7th | Juan Lagos | - |
| 8th | Hernan Cienfuegos | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ariel Chechik First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Dario James | - |
| 3rd | Venilson Ferreira Sobrinho | Brazil |
| 4th | Daniel Turchet | - |
| 5th | Lucas Tomas Cilich | United States |
| 6th | Fernando Mera | United States |
| 7th | Edgard Cardoso | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carlos Carrara First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Omar Agueria | - |
| 3rd | Fabio Goussain Labat | Brazil |
| 4th | Luigi Patuzzo Valdivieso | United States |
| 5th | Sergio Geringer | - |
| 6th | Ricardo Ruiz | United States |
| 7th | Marcelino Correa | - |
| 8th | Rosendo Duarte | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victor Manuel Charcopa Preciado Title defense, 7th win here | United States |
| 2nd | Dario Sosa | United States |
| 3rd | Jose Luis Castillo | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 271
- Divisions
- 44
- Size rank
- 1 of 15
The biggest edition on record, across 15 we hold.
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 |
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