Yuri Alvear
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| Full name | Yuri Alvear Orejuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Colombian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1986 Jamundí, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –70 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 29 March 1986) is a Colombian female judoka, three times World Champion in her division.[1][2]
Early life
Yuri was born in Jamundí which is a suburb of the third largest city in Colombia, Cali. Her father Arnuy is a builder and mother Miryam is a housewife.[citation needed] She has also a brother Harvy.
From youth, she was very talented in all kind of sports that she participated in like water polo, volleyball, handball, athletics.[citation needed] When she was 14 Ruperto Guaúña, a judo trainer of Litecom school, was looking for a girls for his judo team.[3] That's how Yuri became a judoka.
Yuri began judo late, but she already was already in good physical condition from previous sport so she just needed to learn technical aspects of judo.[citation needed]
She is a very good friend with other top Colombian judoka Anny Cortez.[4]
Two weeks before the 2010 Pan American Judo Championships after training she felt some pain in her left knee. She went to doctor and he found that she has torn ACL.[5]
Judo career
Alvear won the bronze medal of the under 57 kg division of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.[6]
In 2008, she participated Olympic Games in Beijing where she placed 7th. She lost to Anaysi Hernández of Cuba in the main draw and then lost a very close match against Leire Iglesias from Spain in the repechage losing her chance to fight for a medal.[citation needed][7]
In 2009, she won the World Championships in Rotterdam.[8] In the final she gained victory over Anett Mészáros from Hungary and became third South American judoka who won the title by Natasha Hernández (of Venezuela) in 1984 and Daniela Krukower (of Argentina) in 2003.[9][10][11]
In 2012, she won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in London, beating Chen Fei of China.[12] This was the first ever Olympic medal for Colombia in Judo.[13]
In 2016, she returned to the Olympic games in Rio and won a silver medal, becoming the 5th Colombian athlete to win 2 Olympic medals.
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2007 | Pan American Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2008 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 7th | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2009 | Pan American Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2009 | World Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2010 | South American Games | 1st | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2011 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 3rd | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2014 | World Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2015 | World Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 2nd | Middleweight (−70 kg) |
All results referenced in her JudoInside profile.[14]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ IJF profile
- ^ "Yuri Alvear Orejuela, campeona mundial de judo, es la segunda Deportista del Año de EL TIEMPO". eltiempo.com.
- ^ "Vallecaucana Yuri Alvear es el primer oro de los Juegos Nacionales". eltiempo.com.
- ^ "Judo: Colombiana Alvear, seis meses fuera de competencias por lesión". Spanish.china.org.cn.
- ^ colombia.com (28 July 2006). "Judo: Cuba demuestra su poderío al ganar mayoría de oro" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "63 – 70kg (middleweight) women results – Judo – Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "World Championships Rotterdam, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "International Judo Federation". www.intjudo.eu. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "World Championships women Vienna, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "World Championships Osaka, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "63 – 70kg (middleweight) women results – Judo – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ elcolombiano.com (1 August 2012). "Yuri Alvear ganó medalla de bronce en judo" (in Spanish). Colprensa. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Yuri Alvear, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
External links
- Yuri Alvear at JudoInside.com
- Yuri Alvear at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yuri Alvear at Olympics.com
- Worldjudo2014.ru
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Jamundí
- Colombian female judoka
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic judoka of Colombia
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Colombia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games