Angie Paola Palacios Dájomes (born September 12, 2000) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter and two time Youth World Champion[2] competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3] She is the younger sister of three time Junior World Champion Neisi Dajomes.

Angie Palacios
Personal information
Birth nameAngie Paola Palacios Dájomes
NationalityEcuadorian
Born (2000-09-12) September 12, 2000 (age 23)
Weight63.30 kg (140 lb)
Sport
Country Ecuador
SportWeightlifting
Event64 kg
Coached byHugo Quelal, Jorge Rivero[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 105 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 123 kg (2019)
  • Total: 228 kg (2019)
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Riyadh –71 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá –71 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago –71 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima –64 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogotá –71 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bariloche –71 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Caracas –71 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Santo Domingo –64 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción –76 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Suva –64 kg

Career edit

She competed in the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Fiji winning silver medals in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.[4] Later she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games[5] in the 64 kg division winning a bronze medal.[6]

Palacios represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8]

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[9] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.[9]

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[10] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. In the same year, she won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[11]

She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[12] In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Achievements edit

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing   Ecuador
Olympic Games
2020   Tokyo, Japan 64 kg 100 104 108 2 122 127 127 7 226 6
World Championships
2017   Anaheim, United States 69 kg 90 94 95 9 112 116 120 11 215 9
2018   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 91 95 100 9 115 120 122 11 222 10
2019   Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 101 101 101 115 23
2022   Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 110 115 116   132 136 140 5 252  
Pan American Games
2019   Lima, Peru 64 kg 98 103 105 2 118 118 123 5 228  
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2017   Miami, United States 69 kg 95 99 101   115 120 123 4 222 4
2020   Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 64 kg 100 105 108   115 120 125 6 225  
2022   Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 107 111 113   130 134 137   247  
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2019   Suva, Fiji 64 kg 93 96 101   116 119 119   220  

References edit

  1. ^ "Athlete Bio". IWF.net. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 IWF Youth World Championships Bangkok, THA overall". IWF.net. 11 April 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group C world championship entrants in 64 kg
  4. ^ "Chinese team booked the fourth victory in W64kg". IWF.net. 4 June 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "201 deportistas de 22 de las 24 provincias compiten en Lima". El Comercio. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Pan American Games 64 kg results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  7. ^ "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 2021-06-19. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  8. ^ "Weightlifting - PALACIOS DAJOMES Angie Paola". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  9. ^ a b "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Women's 76 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  11. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's 71 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

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