Yorgelis Salazar

Yorgelis Salazar
Personal information
Born (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 27)
Sport
CountryVenezuela
SportKarate
Weight class50 kg
Events
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Venezuela
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 0 1
Pan American Games 1 0 0
South American Games 1 0 0
Bolivarian Games 0 2 0
Total 2 3 1
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Kumite 50 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest Kumite 50 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Kumite 50 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Kumite 50 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Team kumite

Yorgelis Salazar (born 10 November 1997)[1] is a Venezuelan karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[1][2] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3]

Career

In June 2021, Salazar competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She was eliminated in her second match by Jana Messerschmidt of Germany.[4] In November 2021, Salazar was eliminated in her first match in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5]

Salazar won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[6] She also won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event.[6] In 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3] She defeated Aika Okazaki of Japan in her bronze medal match.[3] A week later, Salazar won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7][8]

Achievements

Year Competition Location Rank Event
2022 Bolivarian Games Valledupar, Colombia 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2nd Team kumite
World Games Birmingham, United States 2nd Kumite 50 kg
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 1st Kumite 50 kg
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Kumite 50 kg
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st Kumite 50 kg

References

  1. ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (9 July 2022). "World Games: Junna Tsukii takes under-50 kumite gold". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Karatekas from Chile shine on Day 2 of Karate at Pan American Games". World Karate Federation. 5 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 Pan American Games Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.