Soleymi Caraballo

Soleymi Antonieta Caraballo Hernández (born 17 June 1994) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. She is a gold medalist in her event at the Bolivarian Games (both in 2017 and 2022), the 2022 South American Games and the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She represented Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

She won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games (2014 and 2018) and the South American Games (2014 and 2018).

Career

Caraballo competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games both in 2014 and in 2018: she won the silver medal in the women's 63kg event in 2014 and again in the 68kg event in 2018. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.

Caraballo competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Caraballo won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.

Caraballo won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. In 2023, she competed in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Caraballo won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. In the final, she lost against Forrest Molinari of the United States. A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Venezuela for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match in the women's 68kg event at the Olympics.

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