Crystal Weekes González is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's middleweight event at the

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held in

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, Mexico.

Junior career

Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.

Senior career

At the

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she finished 2nd in the heavyweight division to earn a spot at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

Personal life

She is from

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, but has a Puerto Rican grandfather. She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."

References

Puerto Rican female taekwondo practitioners Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Puerto Rico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1998 births Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico 21st-century Puerto Rican women {{PuertoRico-taekwondo-bio-stub