Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes (born November 12, 1979 in

Monte Plata Monte Plata is a town and municipality (''municipio'') and the capital of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal districts (''distritos municipal'') of Boyá, Chirino, and Don Juan Don Juan (), also ...

Monte Plata Province Monte Plata () is an eastern province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992. The province is bordered to the north by the Sánchez Ramírez, Duarte and Samaná provinces, to ...

) is a Dominican

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practitioner and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, after tying with Guillermo Pérez of

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, but losing by a judge's decision. He carried the flag for his delegation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was favored to win his county's third medal at these games. He competed in the Men's 58 kg (flyweight). He lasted one round and a half. A bad move shattered the meniscus and the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He kept fighting with evident pain, before he limped away in tears.

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* * * * 1979 births Living people Dominican Republic male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners of the Dominican Republic Olympic silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Mixed-race Dominicans {{DominicanRepublic-sport-bio-stub

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