Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros (born August 7, 1987) is a female Colombian

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competing in the 63 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories.

Career

Olympics

She competed at the

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competing in the 63 kg division. Originally she finished ninth but the original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova failed a doping control and her results were disqualified, as a result, Mercedes got moved up to eight place. In 2016 she competed at the

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in the 63 kg division finishing fourth overall. In 2021 she competed at the

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In the 64 kg.

Major results

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