Neisi Patricia Barrera Dájomes (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian

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 ...

, 2020 Tokyo 76 kg Olympic Champion, 4 time Pan American Champion, Pan American Games Champion and 3 time Junior World Champion competing 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the

International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

reorganized the categories. She is the older sister of Angie Palacios.

Career

She competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh overall. She became junior world champion in

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in the 75 kg division, and defended her title in

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. She won a silver medal at the

World Championships in the 75 kg division, and a bronze medal at the

World Weightlifting Championships in the 76 kg. At the

World Weightlifting Championships she set junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total. In April 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships winning gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and the total. Later in 2019 she competed at the

2019 Pan American Games ; ay, Taqinipuniw anatt’apxtanxa'' , nations participating = 41 , athletes participating = 6,680 , events = 419 in 38 sports , opening ceremony = July 26 , closing ceremony = August 11 , officially opened by = Martín Vizcarra , to ...

in the 76 kg division. In the snatch portion of the competition she lifted 115 kg with her third, and final lift. She led

Aremi Fuentes Aremi Fuentes Zavala (born 23 May 1993) is a Mexican weightlifter. She competes in the 69 and 76 kg categories, in addition to representing Mexico in international competitions. Career She competed at world championships, including at the 201 ...

by a full 5 kg when the clean & jerk portion began, and lifted 140 kg with her final lift and clinched the gold medal. She was the gold medalist in the women's 76 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition. 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. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dajomes, Neisi 1998 births Living people Ecuadorian female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Ecuador Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games silver medalists for Ecuador World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic gold medalists for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian women