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
Nationality	Ecuadorian
Born	12 May 1998 Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75.80 kg (167 lb)
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–76 kg
Coached by	Mayra Hoyos[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 117 kg (2018) Clean and jerk: 142 kg (2018) Total: 259 kg (2018)
Medal record Representing  Ecuador World Championships 2017 Anaheim –75 kg 2018 Ashgabat –76 kg 2019 Pattaya –76 kg Pan American Games 2019 Lima –76 kg 2015 Toronto –69 kg Pan American Championships 2017 Miami –75 kg 2018 Santo Domingo –75 kg 2019 Guatemala City –75 kg Junior World Championships 2016 Tbilisi –69 kg 2017 Tokyo –75 kg 2018 Tashkent –75 kg

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, Brazil	69kg	100	104	107	6	130	135	135	9	237	7
World Championships
2015	Houston, United States	69kg	98	102	103	9	125	130	132	10	233	10
2017	Anaheim, United States	75 kg	103	106	108		128	132	135		240
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	76 kg	110	115	117		137	142	146	4	259
Pan American Games
2015	Toronto, Canada	69 kg	98	98	100	2	121	123	125	2	225
2019	Lima, Peru	76 kg	109	112	115	1	135	135	140	1	255
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2017	Miami, United States	75 kg	103	107	110		128	131	140		241
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	75 kg	107	111	114		132	137	140		248
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	76 kg	104	108	109		131	136	—		245
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2016	Tbilisi, Georgia	69 kg	99	103	105		123	125	—		230
2017	Tokyo, Japan	75 kg	103	106	108		128	134	134		242
2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75 kg	105	110	115		128	134	140		255

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.

External links

• Neisi Dajomes at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Neisi Dajomes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)