Crystal Weekes

Crystal Weekes González is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[1]

Crystal Weekes

Personal information
Full name	Crystal Weekes González
Nickname	Bam Bam
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Born	(1998-01-14) January 14, 1998 (age 27) United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country	Puerto Rico
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	+67 kg
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Puerto Rico World Championships 2022 Guadalajara 73 kg Grand Prix 2022 Rome +67kg Pan American Championships 2016 Queretaro 73 kg
Updated on 20 December 2022

Junior career

Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.^[2][3][4]

Senior career

At the 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament she finished 2nd in the heavyweight division to earn a spot at the 2016 Olympics.^[5]

In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Personal life

She is from New York City, but has a Puerto Rican grandfather.^[6] She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."^[7]