Yulieth Sanchéz-Bocanegra (born May 23, 1988 in Santander) is a judoka from Colombia.

Yulieth Sanchéz
Personal information
BornMay 23, 1988 (1988-05-23) (age 36)
Santander, Colombia
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's judo
Pan American Judo Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Buenos Aires - 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 San Salvador - 52 kg
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellín - 52 kg

Yulieth lives and train in Bucaramanga, Santander. She started with judo around 1999 when she was 11.[1]

She studies physical therapy at Universidad Manuela Beltrán in Bogotá and she is in eight semester (year 2010).[2]

Judo

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She is very successful at Pan American Judo Championships, in last two years 2009 and 2010[3][4] she always got to final where she stood against Cuban Olympic medalist Yanet Bermoy. Their score is 1:1.

At 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam she lost her only match with Finnish judoka Jaana Sundberg.

Achievements

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Year Tournament Place Weight class
2009 Pan American Judo Championships 2nd Half-Lightweight (- 52 kg)
2009 World Judo Championships AC Half-Lightweight (- 52 kg)
2010 South American Games 3rd Half-Lightweight (- 52 kg)
2010 Pan American Judo Championships 1st Half-Lightweight (- 52 kg)

References

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  1. ^ http://www.vanguardia.com/multimedia/videos?task=videodirectlink&id=1393 (video presentation of her)
  2. ^ "Es uno de los logros más importantes en mi carrera | Noticias de sa..." 198.104.137.165. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ [1] (video)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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