Paccione earns 2 judo medals
Erica Paccione of Cape Coral earned two Bronze Medals last weekend while competing for Team USA in the Infantile Pan American Games and South American Continental Championships for Judo held in Cordoba, Argentina.
Paccione, 14, who trains at Kodokan Judo of Cape Coral, qualified to represent the USA by virtue of being ranked No. 1 in the nation in the Juvenile A (58 kilo).
She was one of 46 athletes competing for Team USA, which garnered a total of 26 medals.
Paccione fought four opponents in the Infantile Pan American Games, winning two matches, and placed third. The next day, she defeated two opponents in the American Continental Championships to place third in that competition.