Yudelina Mejía
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Born | (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 81 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yudelina Mejía Peguero (born 4 June 1997)[1] is a Dominican Republic weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2][3] She is also a three-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Mejía represented the Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Career
Mejía won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[4] She also won the silver medal in the same event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[5] In the same year, Mejía competed in the women's 81 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[6]
Mejía won two medals, including gold, at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador. She won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg Snatch event and the silver medal in the women's 87 kg Clean & Jerk event. A few months later, she competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[7] In October 2023, Mejía won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2][3]
In February 2024, Mejía won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela. In August 2024, she competed in the women's 81 kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[8]
Achievements
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2024 | ![]() | 81 kg | 111 | — | 145 | — | 256 | 5 | ||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2022 | ![]() | 81 kg | 107 | 10 | 136 | 9 | 243 | 10 | ||||
2023 | ![]() | 81 kg | 105 | 110 | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
2023 | ![]() | 81 kg | 107 | 111 | — | 130 | 133 | — | 244 | ![]() | ||
Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
2020 | ![]() | 81 kg | 102 | 106 | ![]() | 125 | 131 | 136 | ![]() | 242 | 4 | |
2021 | ![]() | 81 kg | 105 | 108 | 111 | ![]() | 130 | ![]() | 241 | ![]() | ||
2022 | ![]() | 81 kg | 104 | 109 | 113 | ![]() | 128 | 135 | 139 | ![]() | 252 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Women's 81 kg Entry List" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b Oliver, Brian (24 October 2023). "Colombia take team honours and American Reeves stars at Pan American Games weightlifting". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Colombia se impone en el Panamericano de Halterofilia; Ecuador finaliza en el octavo lugar". El Universo (in Spanish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
- Yudelina Mejía at the International Weightlifting Federation