Katherin Oriana Echandia Zárate (born 14 August 2001) is a Venezuelan

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. 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 The 2022 Bolivarian Games (Spanish:''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Valledupar, Colombia from June 24 to July 5. It was the fifth time of the ev ...

held in Valledupar, Colombia.

Career

Echandia won the gold medal in the girls' 44kg event at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and edu ...

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. Echandia also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. Echandia won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the

2021 Junior Pan American Games The 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021'') was an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November ...

held in Cali and Valle, Colombia. She won two gold medals at the

held in Valledupar, Colombia. She won the gold medal in her event at the

2022 South American Games The XII South American Games (Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguaya ...

held in Asunción, Paraguay. Two months later, she competed in the women's 49kg event at the

2022 World Weightlifting Championships The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The ...

held in Bogotá, Colombia. Echandia competed in the women's 49kg event at the

2023 World Weightlifting Championships The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships is an upcoming weightlifting competition scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. The event serves as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Th ...

held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won the silver medal in the women's 49kg event at the

2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...

held in Santiago, Chile. In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49kg event at the

Pan American Weightlifting Championships The Pan American Weightlifting Championships is the continental weightlifting championships for nations from North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean organised by Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF). Senior editio ...

held in Caracas, Venezuela.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Echandia, Katherin Living people 2001 births Venezuelan female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Venezuela World Weightlifting Championships medalists South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Weightlifters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Venezuelan women Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games medalists in weightlifting