Katherin Echandia

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

Career

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

Echandía won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia. Two months later, she competed in the women's 49kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

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

In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela. Later that year she set personal bests in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and total at the IWF World Cup.

In August 2024, Echandía competed in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She made one successful attempt both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk setting 188 kg in total, allowing her to place ninth.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2024 Paris, France 49 kg 83 86 86 105 107 109 188 9 World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 45 kg 67 71 71 5 86 90 93 157 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 49 kg 75 78 80 15 95 98 100 13 176 14 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 80 80 80 17 102 105 105 11 182 11 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 74 77 80 16 95 100 105 15 177 15IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 49 kg 81 83 85 9 102 106 108 7 193 6 Pan American Games 2023 Santiago, Chile 49 kg 79 82 84 101 104 105 189 Pan American Championships 2020 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 49 kg 77 77 77 — 96 100 100 6 — — 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 49 kg 70 76 76 6 90 95 99 8 171 7 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 78 76 78 9 98 103 105 8 176 8 2024 Caracas, Venezuela 49 kg 81 83 85 102 106 106 185 2025 Cali, Colombia 53 kg 84 84 87 5 107 110 112 199