Angie Palacios

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Dájomes.

Angie Paola Palacios Dájomes (born September 12, 2000) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter and two time Youth World Champion^[2] competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Angie Palacios

Personal information
Birth name	Angie Paola Palacios Dájomes
Born	(2000-09-12) September 12, 2000 (age 24) Shell, Ecuador
Weight	63.30 kg (140 lb)
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	64 kg
Coached by	Hugo Quelal, Jorge Rivero[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 121 kg (2023, CWR) Clean and jerk: 140 kg (2023) Total: 261 kg (2023)
Medal record Representing  Ecuador Women's weightlifting Olympic Games 2024 Paris –71 kg World Championships 2023 Riyadh –71 kg 2022 Bogotá –71 kg Pan American Games 2023 Santiago –71 kg 2019 Lima –64 kg Pan American Championships 2022 Bogotá –71 kg 2023 Bariloche –71 kg 2024 Caracas –71 kg 2020 Santo Domingo –64 kg South American Games 2022 Asunción –76 kg Junior World Championships 2019 Suva –64 kg IWF Grand Prix 2023 Havana –71 kg

Career

She competed in the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Fiji winning silver medals in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.^[4] Later she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games^[5] in the 64 kg division winning a bronze medal.^[6]

Palacios represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7][8] She placed sixth with a total of 226 kg.

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[9] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.^[9]

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[10] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. In the same year, she won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[11]

She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[12] In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 2024, Palacios competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[13] She won a bronze medal with a total of 256 kg. She was second after the Snatch.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of Olympic champion, three-time Junior World champion, and 6-time Pan American champion weightlifter Neisi Dajomes.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	64 kg	100	104	108	—	122	127	127	—	226	6
2024	Paris, France	71 kg	110	114	116	—	135	138	140	—	256
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	69 kg	90	94	95	9	112	116	120	11	215	9
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	64 kg	91	95	100	9	115	120	122	11	222	9
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	64 kg	101	101	101	—	115	—	—	23	—	—
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	71 kg	110	115	116		132	136	140	5	252
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	71 kg	113	113	117		131	135	138		255
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	71 kg	113	113	116	4	132	136	—	8	245	6
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	64 kg	98	103	105	—	118	118	123	—	228
2023	Santiago, Chile	71 kg	110	115	118	—	130	135	—	—	253
Pan American Championships
2017	Miami, United States	69 kg	95	99	101		115	120	123	4	222	4
2021	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	64 kg	100	105	108		115	120	125	6	225
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	71 kg	107	111	113		130	134	137		247
2023	Bariloche, Argentina	71 kg	106	110	111		130	135	137		248
2024	Caracas, Venezuela	71 kg	105	110	—		125	130	—		240
Junior World Championships
2019	Suva, Fiji	64 kg	93	96	101		116	119	119		220
IWF Grand Prix
2023	Havana, Cuba	71 kg	113	117	121 CWR		135	140	143		261