Katherin Echandía

Katherin Echandía
Echandia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameKatherin Oriana Echandía Zárate
Born (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001
Sport
Country Venezuela
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 48 kg
  • 49 kg
  • 53 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Venezuela
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ashgabat45 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago49 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Caracas49 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Cali53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Panama City53 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Asunción49 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar49 kg S
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar49 kg CJ
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos Aires44 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2021 Cali-Valle49 kg

Katherin Oriana Echandía Zárate (born 14 August 2001)[1] is a Venezuelan weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[2] She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3][4]

Career

Echandía won the gold medal in the girls' 44 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] A month later, she won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[2] Echandía also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[6]

Echandía won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.[1]

She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3][4]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[7] Two months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[8]

Echandía competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[9] She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[10]

In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela. Later that year she set personal bests in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and total at the IWF World Cup.

In August 2024, Echandía competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[11] She made one successful attempt both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk setting 188 kg in total, allowing her to place ninth.[11]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024France Paris, France49 kg838686N/a105107109N/a1889
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan45 kg67717158690933rd place, bronze medalist(s)1573rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand49 kg7578801595981001317614
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg808080171021051051118211
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg74778016951001051517715
IWF World Cup
2024Thailand Phuket, Thailand49 kg818385910210610871936
Pan American Games
2023Chile Santiago, Chile49 kg798284N/a101104105N/a1892nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2020Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic49 kg777777—961001006——
2021Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador49 kg707676690959981717
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg78767899810310581768
2024Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela49 kg8183852nd place, silver medalist(s)1021061061st place, gold medalist(s)1852nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025Colombia Cali, Colombia53 kg84848751071101121st place, gold medalist(s)1992nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's 49 kg Results" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Keydomar Vallenilla ganó oro y plata en Valledupar". Líder (in Spanish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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