Lucía Yépez Explained

Lucía Yépez
Full Name:Lucía Yamileth Yépez Guzman
Birth Date:18 February 2001
Birth Place:Mocache, Ecuador
Country:Ecuador
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Lucía Yamileth Yépez Guzman (born 18 February 2001) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the women's 53kg event. She also won one of the bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, in the same category. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Career

She won the gold medal in the 53kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] [2]

Yépez competed for Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[8]

Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[9] [10] She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[12] [13]

Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[14] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[15] [16]

In September 2023, Yépez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[17] In November 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[18] She defeated Laura Herin of Cuba in her gold medal match.[18]

In February 2024, Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[19] She defeated Betzabeth Argüello of Venezuela in her gold medal match.[19] In August 2024, Yépez won the silver medal in the women's 53kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[20]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2022Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico3rdFreestyle 55kg
Bolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia1stFreestyle 53kg
South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay1stFreestyle 53kg
2023Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1stFreestyle 53kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 53kg
Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile1stFreestyle 53kg
2024Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico1stFreestyle 53kg
Olympic GamesParis, France2nd Freestyle 53kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Dowdeswell. Andrew. 5 November 2021. Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 5 November 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG. 10 November 2021. 10 November 2021. United World Wrestling.
  3. Web site: Ladines. Ronald. 2021-05-07. La luchadora Lucía Yépez se clasificó a los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2021. 2021-07-24. El Comercio. es-EC.
  4. Web site: Wrestling YEPEZ GUZMAN Lucia Yamileth. dead. 2021-07-24. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725235151/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1462428-yepez-guzman-lucia-yamileth.htm.
  5. Web site: Lucía Yépez clasifica a Tokio 2021 en lucha libre 50 kilogramos. 2021-07-24. Primicias. 7 May 2021 . es-MX.
  6. Web site: archysport. 2021-08-06. Lucía Yépez loses her second fight and waits for the playoff. 2021-10-29. Archysport. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2021-08-21. Lucía Yépez receives an Olympic diploma after her participation in the Tokyo Olympic Games Other Sports sports. 2021-10-29. Today in 24 Sport English. en-us.
  8. Web site: Wrestling Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014195126/https://www.calivalle2021.com/medalleria/deporte/2561 . 14 October 2022 . 14 October 2022 . 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
  9. News: 5 July 2022 . Neisi Dajomes se consagró campeona bolivariana en el arranque y envión en la división de los 81 kg . es . La Gaceta . 21 September 2022.
  10. Web site: 2022 Bolivarian Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720205816/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-07/results_07_valledupar.pdf?VersionId=MgI89r00Oeb4gSM3e4zfYy7TrZLeqZr1 . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. News: 13 October 2022 . Jacqueline Mollocana gana medalla de oro en Asunción . es . Primicias . 15 October 2022.
  13. News: 13 October 2022 . Luchadora Soleymi Caraballo sacó la casta y logró el oro en Asunción 2022 . es . Diario Primicia . 15 October 2022.
  14. Web site: 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201011/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK . 26 February 2023 . 26 February 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  15. News: Lloyd . Owen . 5 May 2023 . Burroughs and Hildebrandt extend remarkable Pan-American Wrestling Championships records . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 May 2023.
  16. Web site: 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226203320/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-senior-panam-champ-buenos-aires-2023.pdf?VersionId=yecp8rLNiqq7ACmM2ZKBSs__yD7nb2yA . 26 February 2024 . 26 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  18. Web site: 2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113175541/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  19. Web site: 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228032955/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=Efb44FH3Pq4shxxDWjI7EpGpxkdEL.Lw . 28 February 2024 . 5 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  20. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.