Lucía Yépez
File:Lucia Yépez en el Mundial Sub 23 de Lucha Olimpica.jpg
Yépez in 2021
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Born | Mocache, Ecuador |
February 18, 2001
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Country | Ecuador |
Sport | Amateur wrestling |
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Event(s) | Freestyle |
Medal record
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Lucía Yamileth Yépez Guzman (born 18 February 2001) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the women's 53 kg event. She also won one of the bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, in the same category. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
Career
She won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1][2]
Yépez competed for Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4][5][6][7] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[8]
Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[9][10] She competed in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[12][13]
Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[14] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[15][16]
In September 2023, Yépez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[17] In November 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[18] She defeated Laura Herin of Cuba in her gold medal match.[18]
In February 2024, Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[19] She defeated Betzabeth Argüello of Venezuela in her gold medal match.[19] In August 2024, Yépez won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[20]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2022 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 3rd | Freestyle 55 kg |
Bolivarian Games | Valledupar, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg | |
South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg | |
2023 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 53 kg | |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg | |
2024 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
References
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External links
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Ecuadorian women
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Ecuador
- Bolivarian Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- Ecuadorian female sport wrestlers
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Olympic silver medalists for Ecuador
- Olympic wrestlers for Ecuador
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador
- South American Games medalists in wrestling
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics