More than 45 000 votes were registered on the Panam Sports website to designate the best athletes on the continent over the past year. They all have in common that they shone at Asunción Junior Pan American GamesSwimmer Roberto Bonilla (Guatemala) was chosen as male athlete of the year. Shot putter Jessica Palacios (Ecuador) won the award in the women's category.
The Brazilian basketball team was named men's team of the year, and the Jamaican 4x100m relay team was named women's best team. The Sports Achievement Award was presented to Sisters Mía and Lía Cueva (Mexico), present at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore in diving. Their compatriot Valeria Páez, meanwhile, crushed the vote for the athlete influencer award with 53,35% of the votes, an award for having successfully combined sporting performances and visibility on social networks.
Final category: the fair play award, for which the public chose sprinter Gladymar Torres (Puerto Rico). The winners will receive their awards at the next Panam Sports General Assembly, during the first half of the year. We are very happy and proud of the excellent reception and public participation to the Panam Sports Awards Junior, which recognized the best junior athletes of 2025. I congratulate the winners, but also all those nominated in each category. They are all winners and deserve it. our respect and our admiration " said Panam Sports president Neven Ilic.
