Neisi Dajomes

Neisi Patricia Dájomes Barrera (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter, 2020 Tokyo 76 kg Olympic Champion, 6 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.

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

Neisi Patricia Dájomes Barrera
Personal information
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight75.80 kg (167 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Event–76 kg
Coached byMayra Hoyos[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 118 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 145 kg (2021)
  • Total: 263 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo–76 kg
World Championships
2017 Anaheim–75 kg
2018 Ashgabat–76 kg
2019 Pattaya–76 kg
Pan American Games
2019 Lima–76 kg
2015 Toronto–69 kg
Pan American Championships
2017 Miami–75 kg
2018 Santo Domingo–75 kg
2019 Guatemala City–75 kg
2022 Bogotá–81 kg
2023 Bariloche–81 kg
2024 Caracas–81 kg
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba–75 kg
2022 Asunción–87 kg
Junior World Championships
2016 Tbilisi–69 kg
2017 Tokyo–75 kg
2018 Tashkent–75 kg

Career

Dajomes 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]

Dajomes was the gold medalist in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[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]

Dajomes won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 2021 she was part of a biographical documentary of her and her weightlifting teammates, Angie Dajomes and Tamara Salazar, with Retrogusto Films Inc. called Shell: Land of Champions.[15]

In 2022, it was announced that another production from the same studio was in the making, with a documentary film of her life called Neisi: The Power of a Dream. It is expected to be released in November 2023.[16]

On June 6, 2024, the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee, named her and the ecuadorian olympic walker Daniel Pintado as the official flag bearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.[17]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69kg100104107613013513592377
2020 Tokyo, Japan76kg11111511811351401451263
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States69kg9810210391251301321023310
2017 Anaheim, United States75 kg103106108128132135240
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan76 kg1101151171371421464259
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto, Canada69 kg989810021211231252225
2019 Lima, Peru76 kg10911211511351351401255
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2017 Miami, United States75 kg103107110128131140241
2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic75 kg107111114132137140248
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala76 kg104108109131136—245
2022 Bogotá, Colombia81 kg113117120138143143263
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia69 kg99103105123125—230
2017 Tokyo, Japan75 kg103106108128134134242
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan75 kg105110115128134140255

References
  1. "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 76 kg
  3. "Neisi Dajomes". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. "76kg Results". IWF.net. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. "2019 Pan American Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. 2019 Pan American Games Results
  7. "Neisi Dajomes consigue la primera medalla de oro para Ecuador en los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019". El Comercio. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  8. "Women's 76 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. Iveson, Ali (29 July 2022). "Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. Núñez, Felipe (4 July 2022). "Neisi Dajomes obtiene doble medalla de oro en los Juegos Bolivarianos". Primicias.ec. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  12. "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  13. Benitez, Karla (5 October 2022). "Guayanesa Yorgelis Salazar y Orluis Aular aportan oro para Venezuela en Asunción 2022". Primicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  14. "Women's 87 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  15. "Shell: Tierra de campeones: Película documental ecuatoriana en desarrollo". Asociación de Documentalistas del Ecuador (in Spanish). 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023.
  16. Araujo, Adela (11 October 2023). ""Neisi, la fuerza de un sueño" el documental que relatará la historia de la campeona mundial de halterofilia". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 October 2023.
  17. "Neisi Dajomes y Daniel Pintado son los abanderados de Ecuador para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024" (in Spanish). El Universo.com. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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