Neisi Dajomes

Neisi Patricia Barrera Dájomes (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter, 2020 Tokyo 76 kg Olympic Champion, 4 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 Barrera and the second or maternal family name is Dájomes.

Neisi Patricia Barrera Dájomes
Personal information
NationalityEcuadorian
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Weight75.80 kg (167 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–76 kg
Coached byMayra Hoyos[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 118 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 145 kg (2021)
  • Total: 263 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo–76 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Anaheim–75 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ashgabat–76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Pattaya–76 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima–76 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto–69 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Miami–75 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Santo Domingo–75 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Guatemala City–75 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Bogotá–81 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Bariloche–81 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Cochabamba–75 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Asunción–87 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Tbilisi–69 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Tokyo–75 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 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 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 on November 2023.[16]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69kg100104107613013513592377
2020Japan Tokyo, Japan76kg111115118113514014512631st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States69kg9810210391251301321023310
2017United States Anaheim, United States75 kg1031061082nd place, silver medalist(s)1281321353rd place, bronze medalist(s)2402nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan76 kg1101151173rd place, bronze medalist(s)13714214642593rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2015Canada Toronto, Canada69 kg9898100212112312522252nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019Peru Lima, Peru76 kg109112115113513514012551st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2017United States Miami, United States75 kg1031071101st place, gold medalist(s)1281311401st place, gold medalist(s)2411st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic75 kg1071111141st place, gold medalist(s)1321371401st place, gold medalist(s)2481st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala76 kg1041081091st place, gold medalist(s)131136—1st place, gold medalist(s)2451st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia81 kg1131171201st place, gold medalist(s)1381431431st place, gold medalist(s)263 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2016Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia69 kg991031051st place, gold medalist(s)123125—1st place, gold medalist(s)2301st place, gold medalist(s)
2017Japan Tokyo, Japan75 kg1031061081st place, gold medalist(s)1281341341st place, gold medalist(s)2421st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan75 kg1051101151st place, gold medalist(s)1281341401st place, gold medalist(s)2551st place, gold medalist(s)

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.
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