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]

Angie Palacios
Personal information
BornAngie Paola Palacios Dájomes
(2000-09-12) September 12, 2000 (age 25)
Weight63.30 kg (140 lb)
Sport
Country Ecuador
SportWeightlifting
Event
64 kg
Coached byHugo Quelal, Jorge Rivero[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 121 kg (2023, CWR)
  • Clean and jerk: 140 kg (2023)
  • Total: 261 kg (2023)

Career

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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] She placed sixth with a total of 226 kg.

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.

In 2024, Palacios competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[13] She won a bronze medal with a total of 256 kg. She was second after the Snatch.

Personal life

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She is the younger sister of Olympic champion, three-time Junior World champion, and 6-time Pan American champion weightlifter Neisi Dajomes.

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021Tokyo, Japan64 kg100104108N/a122127127N/a2266
2024Paris, France71 kg110114116N/a135138140N/a2563rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2017Anaheim, United States69 kg9094959112116120112159
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan64 kg91951009115120122112229
2019Pattaya, Thailand64 kg10110110111523
2022Bogotá, Colombia71 kg1101151162nd place, silver medalist(s)13213614052523rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia71 kg1131131172nd place, silver medalist(s)1311351383rd place, bronze medalist(s)2552nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand71 kg113113116413213682456
Pan American Games
2019Lima, Peru64 kg98103105N/a118118123N/a2283rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Santiago, Chile71 kg110115118N/a130135N/a2531st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2017Miami, United States69 kg95991013rd place, bronze medalist(s)11512012342224
2021Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic64 kg1001051082nd place, silver medalist(s)11512012562253rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022Bogotá, Colombia71 kg1071111131st place, gold medalist(s)1301341372nd place, silver medalist(s)2471st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Bariloche, Argentina71 kg1061101111st place, gold medalist(s)1301351373rd place, bronze medalist(s)2481st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Caracas, Venezuela71 kg1051101st place, gold medalist(s)1251301st place, gold medalist(s)2401st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships
2019Suva, Fiji64 kg93961012nd place, silver medalist(s)1161191192nd place, silver medalist(s)2202nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF Grand Prix
2023Havana, Cuba71 kg113117121 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)1351401431st place, gold medalist(s)2611st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  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. 25 July 2019. 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. 1 2 "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.
  13. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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