Neisi Patricia Barrera Dajomes (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter, 2020 Tokyo 76 kg Olympic Champion, 4 time Pan American Champion, Pan American Games Champion and 3 time Junior World Champion competing 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She is the older sister of Angie Palacios.
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Nationality | Ecuadorian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 24) Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75.80 kg (167 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | –76 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Mayra Hoyos[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] finishing seventh overall.
She became junior world champion in 2017 in the 75 kg division, and defended her title in 2018. She won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in the 75 kg division, and a bronze medal at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 76 kg. At the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships she set junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total.[4]
In April 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships[5] winning gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and the total. Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in the 76 kg division.[6] In the snatch portion of the competition she lifted 115 kg with her third, and final lift. She led Aremi Fuentes by a full 5 kg when the clean & jerk portion began, and lifted 140 kg with her final lift and clinched the gold medal.[7]
She was the gold medalist in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[9][10] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.[10] She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[11][12] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[13][14]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2016 | ![]() | 69kg | 100 | 104 | 107 | 6 | 130 | 9 | 237 | 7 | ||
2020 | ![]() | 76kg | 111 | 115 | 118 | 1 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 1 | 263 | ![]() |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() | 69kg | 98 | 103 | 9 | 125 | 130 | 10 | 233 | 10 | ||
2017 | ![]() | 75 kg | 103 | 106 | 108 | ![]() | 128 | 132 | ![]() | 240 | ![]() | |
2018 | ![]() | 76 kg | 110 | 115 | 117 | ![]() | 137 | 142 | 4 | 259 | ![]() | |
Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() | 69 kg | 98 | 100 | 2 | 121 | 123 | 125 | 2 | 225 | ![]() | |
2019 | ![]() | 76 kg | 109 | 112 | 115 | 1 | 135 | 140 | 1 | 255 | ![]() | |
Pan American Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2017 | ![]() | 75 kg | 103 | 107 | 110 | ![]() | 128 | 131 | ![]() | 241 | ![]() | |
2018 | ![]() | 75 kg | 107 | 111 | ![]() | 132 | 137 | ![]() | 248 | ![]() | ||
2019 | ![]() | 76 kg | 104 | 108 | 109 | ![]() | 131 | 136 | — | ![]() | 245 | ![]() |
2022 | ![]() | 81 kg | ||||||||||
Junior World Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2016 | ![]() | 69 kg | 99 | 103 | 105 | ![]() | 123 | 125 | — | ![]() | 230 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() | 75 kg | 103 | 106 | 108 | ![]() | 128 | 134 | ![]() | 242 | ![]() | |
2018 | ![]() | 75 kg | 105 | 110 | 115 | ![]() | 128 | 134 | 140 | ![]() | 255 | ![]() |
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Preceded by Klaus Jungbluth |
Flag bearer for ![]() Tokyo 2020 with Julio Castillo |
Succeeded by Sarah Escobar |
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Pan American Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Light Heavyweight | |
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69 kg (1999–2015) · 76 kg (2019–) | |
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