Crystal Weekes
Personal information
Full nameCrystal Weekes González
NicknameBam Bam
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1998-01-14) January 14, 1998
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.[1]

Junior career

Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.[2][3][4]

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.[5]

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.[6] She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."[7]

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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