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Carmen Chalá

Personal information
Full name	Carmen Anita Chalá Quilumba
Born	June 7, 1976 (1976-06-07) (age 48) Carchi, Ecuador
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Ecuador Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro + 78 kg 1999 Winnipeg + 78 kg 2003 Santo Domingo + 78 kg Pan American Judo Championships 2005 Caguas +78 kg 2005 Caguas Openweight 2006 Buenos Aires +78 kg 2007 Montreal +78 kg 2008 Miami Openweight 2009 Buenos Aires +78 kg 2009 Buenos Aires Openweight South American Games 2002 Rio de Janeiro + 78 kg 2002 Rio de Janeiro Openweight 2006 Buenos Aires Openweight 2006 Buenos Aires + 78 kg 2010 Medellín + 78 kg 2010 Medellín Openweight Women's athletics South American Games 1990 Lima Shot put 1990 Lima Discus throw 1990 Lima Heptathlon Bolivarian Games 1993 Cochabamba Shot put 1993 Cochabamba Discus throw 1989 Maracaibo Shot put

Carmen Anita Chalá Quilumba (born June 7, 1976) is a judoka and former field athlete from Ecuador.

Early life, family and education

Carmen was born in the Ecuadoran province Carchi but at heart she is from Manabí. Her family has many athletes in it: older sister Eva, and younger sisters Diana and Vanessa have all been national judo team members.

Athletic career

Carmen Chalá was a national champion in athletics in shot put and discus throw. However, by 1995, realizing that there are not many chances to be a successful field athlete at an international level, she began learning and practicing judo. She was 29 years old, considered very late to begin an endeavor like that. Her older sister Eva Chalá inspired her to try judo as she was already involved in it herself; Eva later became a referee for the sport as well.

After only a month of judo training, Carmen became a national heavyweight champion. In the final, she defeated Olympian María Cangá, whom Carmen considered the nation's top female judo athlete.

Although her success has been primarily within South American contests, Chalá participated at three Olympic Games but won only one match, defeating Sandra Köppen of Germany at the 2004 Olympic Games. In 2009, she wanted to join in politics but later delayed her candidature. She decided to continue as an athlete, aspiring to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but she did not.

Achievements

References

1. "Carmen Chalá". ecuadorcoe.org.ec. Ecuadoran Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
2. ^ "Las Chalá llevan el judo en la sangre" [The Chalá carry judo in their blood]. hoy.com.ec (in Spanish). Hoy Ecuador. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

External links

• Carmen Chalá on Facebook
• Carmen Chalá at JudoInside.com
• Carmen Chalá at World Athletics
• Carmen Chalá at Olympics.com
• Carmen Chalá at Olympedia (archive)

• 1976 births
• Living people
• Ecuadorian female judoka
• Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Olympic judoka for Ecuador
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Ecuador
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador
• Pan American Games medalists in judo
• South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador
• South American Games silver medalists for Ecuador
• South American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador
• South American Games medalists in athletics
• South American Games medalists in judo
• Competitors at the 1990 South American Games
• Competitors at the 2002 South American Games
• Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
• Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
• Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Ecuadorian female athletes
• 20th-century Ecuadorian women
• 21st-century Ecuadorian women
• Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Ecuador
• Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Ecuador
• Bolivarian Games medalists in judo