Neisi Dajomes

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Neisi Patricia Dájomes Barrera

| image = Neisi Dajomes.jpg

| caption = Dajomes in 2021

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador

| height = 1.67 m

| weight = 75.80 kg

| country = Ecuador

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = –76 kg

| coach = Mayra Hoyos{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=941130|title=Athlete Profile|work=IWF.net|access-date=6 September 2019}}

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 118 kg (2021)|Clean and jerk: 145 kg (2021)|Total: 263 kg (2021)}}

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ECU}}}}

}}

Neisi Patricia Dájomes Barrera (born 12 May 1998) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter, who is the 2020 Tokyo 76 kg Olympic Champion, a 6-time Pan American Champion, Pan American Games Champion and a 3-time Junior World Champion. As of 2024, she is the only female Ecuadorian athlete to win multiple Olympic medals. She competed in the 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W76A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 76 kg] She is the older sister of the 2023 Pan American champion and Olympic medalist weightlifter Angie Palacios.

Career

Dajomes competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/neisi-patricia-dajomes-barrera |title=Neisi Dajomes |accessdate=15 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806065618/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/neisi-patricia-dajomes-barrera |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/07/olympic-champion-defeated-2/ |title=76kg Results|website=IWF.net|date=7 November 2018 |accessdate = 11 November 2018}}

In April 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships{{Cite web |url=http://www.panamwf.org/media/61917/resultados_pesas_mayores_gua_2019.pdf |title=2019 Pan American Championships Results |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428052137/http://www.panamwf.org/media/61917/resultados_pesas_mayores_gua_2019.pdf |url-status=dead }} 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.[https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/WLF/PAG2019_WLF_C73_WLFW76KG--------------------------.pdf 2019 Pan American Games Results] 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/deportes/neisi-dajomes-medalla-panamericanos-oro.html|title=Neisi Dajomes consigue la primera medalla de oro para Ecuador en los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019|work=El Comercio|date=29 July 2019 |accessdate=6 September 2019}}

Dajomes was the gold medalist in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Women's 76 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW76KG--------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801145113/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW76KG--------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

She won the gold medal in the women's 81{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.{{Cite news |last=Iveson |first=Ali |date=29 July 2022 |title=Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126379/rogers-stars-for-us-but-colombi |access-date=30 July 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://panampesas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RESULTBOOK.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730112107/https://panampesas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RESULTBOOK.pdf |archive-date=30 July 2022 |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas}} She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition. She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.{{Cite news |last=Núñez |first=Felipe |date=4 July 2022 |title=Neisi Dajomes obtiene doble medalla de oro en los Juegos Bolivarianos |work=Primicias.ec |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/jugada/neisi-dajomes-doble-medalla-oro-bolivarianos/ |access-date=3 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Medalists |url=https://www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com/medalleria/deporte/2439 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203149/https://www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com/medalleria/deporte/2439 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |website=2022 Bolivarian Games}} She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.{{Cite news |last=Benitez |first=Karla |date=5 October 2022 |title=Guayanesa Yorgelis Salazar y Orluis Aular aportan oro para Venezuela en Asunción 2022 |work=Primicia |url=https://primicia.com.ve/deportes/guayanesa-yorgelis-salazar-y-orluis-aular-aportan-oro-para-venezuela-en-asuncion-2022/ |access-date=7 October 2022 |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Women's 87 kg |url=https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/resultados/competencias/Levantamiento%20de%20pesas%20Women%2087kg.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005193303/https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/resultados/competencias/Levantamiento%20de%20pesas%20Women%2087kg.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2022 |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=2022 South American Games}}

Dajomes won the gold medal in the women's 81{{nbsp}}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.{{Cite web |date=6 August 2021 |title=Shell: Tierra de campeones: Película documental ecuatoriana en desarrollo |url=https://www.adececuador.org/2021/08/06/shell-tierra-de-campeones-pelicula-documental-ecuatoriana-en-desarrollo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131195842/https://www.adececuador.org/2021/08/06/shell-tierra-de-campeones-pelicula-documental-ecuatoriana-en-desarrollo/ |archive-date=31 January 2023 |website=Asociación de Documentalistas del Ecuador |language=es}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Araujo |first=Adela |date=11 October 2023 |title="Neisi, la fuerza de un sueño" el documental que relatará la historia de la campeona mundial de halterofilia |language=es |work=Metro Ecuador |url=https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/deportes/2023/10/11/neisi-la-fuerza-de-un-sueno-el-documental-que-relatara-la-historia-de-la-campeona-mundial-de-halterofilia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012073414/https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/deportes/2023/10/11/neisi-la-fuerza-de-un-sueno-el-documental-que-relatara-la-historia-de-la-campeona-mundial-de-halterofilia/ |archive-date=12 October 2023}}

On 6 June 2024, the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee, named her and the ecuadorian olympic walker Brian Pintado as the official flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, however was the dressage rider Julio Mendoza Loor, who was the partner in carry the flag in the opening ceremony, replacing to Pintado.{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/otros-deportes/neisi-dajomes-y-daniel-pintado-son-los-abanderados-del-equipo-olimpico-de-ecuador-nota/|title=Neisi Dajomes y Daniel Pintado son los abanderados de Ecuador para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024|publisher=El Universo.com|language=ES|date=6 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024}} In August 2024, she competed in the women's 81{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} She was leading after the Snatch with a 122 kg lift and went down to the third place after the Clean & Jerk with a total of 267 kg.

Achievements

width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Olympic Games
2016	align=left \| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	69 kg	100	104	107	{{n/a}}	130	~~135~~	~~135~~	{{n/a}}	237	7
2020	align=left \| Tokyo, Japan	76 kg	111	115	118	{{n/a}}	135	140	145	{{n/a}}	263	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left\| Paris, France	81 kg	~~118~~	118	122	{{n/a}}	~~145~~	145	~~151~~	{{n/a}}	267	{{bronze3}}
colspan=13 \| World Championships
2015	align=left \| Houston, United States	69 kg	98	~~102~~	103	9	125	130	~~132~~	10	233	10
2017	align=left \| Anaheim, United States	75 kg	103	106	108	{{Silver2}}	128	132	~~135~~	{{Bronze3}}	240	{{Silver2}}
2018	align=left \| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	76 kg	110	115	117	{{bronze3}}	137	142	~~146~~	4	259	{{bronze3}}
2019	align=left \| Pattaya, Thailand	76 kg	110	~~115~~	~~116~~	{{bronze3}}	135	~~139~~	~~139~~	4	245	{{bronze3}}
2022	align=left \| Bogotá, Colombia	81 kg	~~116~~	~~116~~	117	4	141	~~145~~	~~146~~	5	258	5
2023	align=left \| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81 kg	115	~~118~~	~~120~~	{{bronze3}}	—	—	—	—	—	—
colspan=13\|IWF World Cup
2024	align=left\| Phuket, Thailand	81 kg	118	121	123	{{gold1}}	143	146	—	{{bronze3}}	269	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Pan American Games
2015	align=left\| Toronto, Canada	69 kg	98	98	100	{{n/a}}	121	123	125	{{n/a}}	225	{{silver2}}
2019	align=left\| Lima, Peru	76 kg	109	112	115	{{n/a}}	~~135~~	135	140	{{n/a}}	255	{{gold1}}
colspan=13 \| Pan American Championships
2017	align=left \| Miami, United States	75 kg	103	107	110	{{gold1}}	128	131	~~140~~	{{gold1}}	241	{{gold1}}
2018	align=left \| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	75 kg	107	111	~~114~~	{{gold1}}	132	137	~~140~~	{{gold1}}	248	{{gold1}}
2019	align=left \| Guatemala City, Guatemala	76 kg	104	108	109	{{gold1}}	131	136	—	{{gold1}}	245	{{gold1}}
2022	align=left \| Bogotá, Colombia	81 kg	113	117	120	{{gold1}}	138	~~143~~	143	{{gold1}}	263	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left \| Bariloche, Argentina	81 kg	106	111	115	{{gold1}}	136	141	~~145~~	{{silver2}}	256	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left \| Caracas, Venezuela	81 kg	115	118	121	{{gold1}}	~~141~~	141	~~146~~	{{gold1}}	262	{{gold1}}
colspan=13 \| Junior World Championships
2016	align=left\| Tbilisi, Georgia	69 kg	99	103	105	{{gold1}}	123	125	—	{{gold1}}	230	{{gold1}}
2017	align=left \| Tokyo, Japan	75 kg	103	106	108	{{gold1}}	128	~~134~~	134	{{gold1}}	242	{{gold1}}
2018	align=left \| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75 kg	105	110	115	{{gold1}}	128	134	140	{{gold1}}	255	{{gold1}}