Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes is celebrating her spot on the podium at the 2024 Paris Games.
The 23-year-old Ecuadorian weightlifter and two-time Youth World Champion earned a bronze in the women’s 71KG weightlifting event on Friday with a final score of 256.
That was just one point shy of he score registered by the silver medalist, Colombia’s Mari Leivis Sanchez.
Team USA’s Olivia Reeves, who set a new Olympic record with a score of 262, took home the gold.
Palacion previously won the gold medal in the women’s 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
Palacios is the younger sister of three time Junior World Champion Neisi Dajomes.
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Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes is celebrating her spot on the podium at the 2024 Paris Games.
That was just one point shy of he score registered by the silver medalist, Colombia’s Mari Leivis Sanchez.
