Angie Palacios

Angie Paola Palacios Dájomes (born September 12, 2000) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter and two time Youth World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career She competed in the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Fiji winning silver medals in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total. Later she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in the 64 kg division winning a bronze medal.

Palacios represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She placed sixth with a total of 226 kg.

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition. She won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. In the same year, she won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

She won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 2024, Palacios competed in the women's 71kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She won a bronze medal with a total of 256 kg. She was second after the Snatch.

Personal life She is the younger sister of Olympic champion, three-time Junior World champion, and 6-time Pan American champion weightlifter Neisi Dajomes.

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