Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto (born 4 March 1982, Parral, Chihuahua) is a Mexican judoka.

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Vanessa Zambotti

Personal information
Full name	Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto
Born	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 42)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	9th (2008)
World Champ.	7th (2009, 2015)
Pan American Champ.	(2003)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2015 Toronto +78 kg 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg Pan American Championships 2003 Salvador +78 kg 2002 Santo Domingo +78 kg 2005 Caguas +78 kg 2009 Buenos Aires Open 2010 San Salvador +78 kg 2010 San Salvador Open 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg 2001 Cordoba +78 kg 2001 Cordoba Open 2002 Santo Domingo Open 2004 Isla Margarita +78 kg 2005 Caguas Open 2007 Montreal +78 kg 2008 Miami +78 kg 2009 Buenos Aires +78 kg 2012 Montreal +78 kg 2015 Edmonton +78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2012 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2011 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2016 Havana +78 kg Pan American Junior Championships 2001 Acapulco +78 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	3002
JudoInside.com	15874
Updated on 27 November 2022.

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Zambotti was born in Parral, Chihuahua. She lives in Mexico City and trains judo in CONADE. She earned a degree in Sports Administration at the Universidad del Valle de México.

During 2003 Pan American Games she suffered an injury in the right shoulder. The injury did not look serious and she competed with it until summer of 2005, when the pain became unsufferable. A few weeks before 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, she underwent surgery and spent a year recovering.

She participated in three Olympic games.^[1][2]

Zambotti won the bronze medal of the over 78 kg division of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[3]

In the 2004 Olympic Games she won her first match against Tsvetana Bozhilova from Bulgaria, but lost the second match against Barbara Andolina from Italy. The Italian competitor lost her next match, so Zambotti was not involved in the repêchage.^[4]

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was a medal hope for Mexico^{[citation needed]} as winner of Pan American Games from the previous year,^[5] but in her second match she was drawn against the Olympic champion from Athens, Maki Tsukada. She lost this match and finally took 9th place.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was knocked out in the first round, losing to Tong Wen, one of the eventual bronze medalists.^[6]