In 2015, Francisco Barreto won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the team category.[4] Also in the team category, Francisco Barreto won the double championship at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, repeating his feat from 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Francisco made history in Lima by winning Brazil's first gold medal in the pommel horse category at the Pan American Games.