Katherin Echandía

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]

Katherin Echandía

Echandia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Katherin Oriana Echandía Zárate
Born	(2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	49 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Venezuela World Championships 2018 Ashgabat 45 kg Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 49 kg Pan American Championships 2024 Caracas 49 kg 2025 Cali 53 kg South American Games 2022 Asunción 49 kg Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar 49 kg S 2022 Valledupar 49 kg CJ Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali-Valle 49 kg Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires 44 kg

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
2024	Paris, France	49 kg	83	86	86	—	105	107	109	—	188	9
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	45 kg	67	71	71	5	86	90	93		157
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	49 kg	75	78	80	15	95	98	100	13	176	14
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	49 kg	80	80	80	17	102	105	105	11	182	11
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	49 kg	74	77	80	16	95	100	105	15	177	15
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	49 kg	81	83	85	9	102	106	108	7	193	6
Pan American Games
2023	Santiago, Chile	49 kg	79	82	84	—	101	104	105	—	189
Pan American Championships
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	49 kg	77	77	77	—	96	100	100	6	—	—
2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	49 kg	70	76	76	6	90	95	99	8	171	7
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	49 kg	78	76	78	9	98	103	105	8	176	8
2024	Caracas, Venezuela	49 kg	81	83	85		102	106	106		185
2025	Cali, Colombia	53 kg	84	84	87	5	107	110	112		199