Katherin Echandia

Venezuelan weightlifter (born 2001)
Katherin Echandia
Echandia in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKatherin Oriana Echandia Zárate
Born (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 22)
Sport
CountryVenezuela
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Venezuela
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat 45 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 49 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Caracas 49 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 49 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 49 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 49 kg CJ
Junior Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cali–Valle 49 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 44 kg

Katherin Oriana Echandia Zárate (born 14 August 2001)[1] is a Venezuelan weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[2] She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3][4]

Career

Echandia won the gold medal in the girls' 44 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] A month later, she won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[2] Echandia also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[6]

Echandia won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.[1]

She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3][4] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[7] Two months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[8]

Echandia competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[9] She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[10]

In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 45 kg 67 71 71 5 86 90 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 157 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 49 kg 75 78 80 15 95 98 100 13 176 14
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 80 80 80 17 102 105 105 11 182 11
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 74 77 80 16 95 100 105 15 177 15
South American Games
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay 49 kg 80 80 83 — 102 104 107 — 187 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022 Colombia Valledupar, Colombia 49 kg 78 78 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 96 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — —
Junior Pan American Games
2021 Colombia Cali, Colombia 49 kg 78 78 81 — 98 98 104 — 176 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's 49 kg Results" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Keydomar Vallenilla ganó oro y plata en Valledupar". Líder (in Spanish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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