Crystal Weekes González is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1]
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| Full name | Crystal Weekes González | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bam Bam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 14, 1998 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Junior career edit
Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.[2][3][4]
Senior career edit
At the 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament she finished 2nd in the heavyweight division to earn a spot at the 2016 Olympics.[5]
In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Personal life edit
She is from New York City, but has a Puerto Rican grandfather.[6] She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."[7]
References edit
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (19 November 2022). "Salim follows in father's footsteps with world taekwondo title as Božanić captures gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Derek Alvez (2013-10-02). "Staten Island teenager Crystal Weekes gets her kicks in taekwondo". SILive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ Staten Island Advance Sports Desk (2015-09-11). "Crystal Weekes wins gold medal at 2015 Junior Pan American Taekwondo Games". SILive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Port Richmond's Crystal Weekes takes Taekwondo title in Costa Rica - Costa Rica Star News". News.co.cr. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (2016-03-11). "Two golds for Dominican Republic at WTF Rio 2016 Pan-American qualifier". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "A Crystal Weekes González le dicen la Mike Tyson femenina". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ Por José Ayala Gordián (2016-04-17). "Crystal Weeks es la nueva cara del taekwondo boricua | El Nuevo Día". Elnuevodia.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
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