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Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner
Crystal Weekes
Personal information
Full nameCrystal Weekes González
NicknameBam Bam
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1998-01-14) January 14, 1998 (age 26)
United States
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country Puerto Rico
SportTaekwondo
Event+67 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Puerto Rico
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara 73 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome +67kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Queretaro 73 kg
Updated on 20 December 2022

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.

Junior career

Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.

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.

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. She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."

References

  1. Berkeley, Geoff (19 November 2022). "Salim follows in father's footsteps with world taekwondo title as Božanić captures gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. Derek Alvez (2013-10-02). "Staten Island teenager Crystal Weekes gets her kicks in taekwondo". SILive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  3. Staten Island Advance Sports Desk (2015-09-11). "Crystal Weekes wins gold medal at 2015 Junior Pan American Taekwondo Games". SILive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  4. "Port Richmond's Crystal Weekes takes Taekwondo title in Costa Rica - Costa Rica Star News". News.co.cr. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  5. Palmer, Dan (2016-03-11). "Two golds for Dominican Republic at WTF Rio 2016 Pan-American qualifier". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. "A Crystal Weekes González le dicen la Mike Tyson femenina". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  7. Por José Ayala Gordián (2016-04-17). "Crystal Weeks es la nueva cara del taekwondo boricua | El Nuevo Día". Elnuevodia.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.


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