Neisi Dajomes

Neisi Patricia Barrera Dajomes (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter, Olympian, 3 time Pan American Champion, Pan American Games Champion and 3 time Junior World Champion competing 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She is the older sister of Angie Palacios.

Neisi Patricia Barrera Dajomes
Personal information
NationalityEcuadorian
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight75.80 kg (167 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–76 kg
Coached byMayra Hoyos[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 117 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 142 kg (2018)
  • Total: 259 kg (2018)

Career

She competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] finishing seventh overall.

She became junior world champion in 2017 in the 75 kg division, and defended her title in 2018. She won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in the 75 kg division, and a bronze medal at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 76 kg. At the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships she set junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total.[4]

In April 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships[5] winning gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and the total. Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in the 76 kg division.[6] In the snatch portion of the competition she lifted 115 kg with her third, and final lift. She led Aremi Fuentes by a full 5 kg when the clean & jerk portion began, and lifted 140 kg with her final lift and clinched the gold medal.[7]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69kg100104107613013513592377
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States69kg9810210391251301321023310
2017 Anaheim, United States75 kg103106108128132135240
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan76 kg1101151171371421464259
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto, Canada69 kg989810021211231252225
2019 Lima, Peru76 kg10911211511351351401255
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2017 Miami, United States75 kg103107110128131140241
2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic75 kg107111114132137140248
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala76 kg104108109131136—245
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia69 kg99103105123125—230
2017 Tokyo, Japan75 kg103106108128134134242
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan75 kg105110115128134140255

References
  1. "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 76 kg
  3. "Neisi Dajomes". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. "76kg Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. 2019 Pan American Championships Results
  6. 2019 Pan American Games Results
  7. "Neisi Dajomes consigue la primera medalla de oro para Ecuador en los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019". El Comercio. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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