Mayerlin Mejía
Personal information
Full nameMayerlin Yanay Mejía Matos
NationalityDominican
Born (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994
Azua, Azua
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women’s taekwondo
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team Kyorugui
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Team Kyorugui

Mayerlin Yanay Mejía Matos (born 3 April 1994)[1][2] is a Dominican Republic taekwondo athlete. She became 2023 Pan American Games champion in the Kyorugi team competition.

Early and personal life

Mejía was among the semi-finalists of the 2012 Dominican Republic National Reading Contest.[3][4]

Career

2018

Mejía participated in the Central American and Caribbean Games losing 4-26 in the quarterfinal round to the Cuban Tamara Robles.[5]

2022

She participated in the World Championships and won her contest over Kenian Mary Muriu before losing 0-2 to seeded No.1 Chinese Luo Zongshi in the round of 32.[6]

2023

At the 2023 Pan Am Series of Heredia, Costa Rica, she won the bronze medal when she lost to the Cuban Marlyn Pérez in the semifinal round.[7] She won the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Team Kyorugui silver medal with Nahomy Víctor, Vanessa Corporan and Madelyn Rodríguez.[8] Mejía represented her home country at the Pan American Games taekwondo competition, she lost 0-1 to American Caitlin Cox in the -57 kg category in the round of 16.[9] She won the Kyorugi team competition gold medal with Madelyn Rodríguez and Katherine Rodríguez.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Mayerlin Yanay Mejía Matos". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mayerlin Yanay Mejía Matos". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hoy se definirá el campeón de Lectura" [Today the Reading champion will be defined]. Hoy (in Spanish). 10 August 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Estudiante de Moca gana el Concurso Nacional de Lectura" [Moca student wins the National Reading Contest]. El Dia (in Spanish). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tamara, un roble de oro" [Tamara, a golden oak]. JIT (in Spanish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships Women -57kg" (PDF). DTU. 14 November 2023. p. 2. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pan Am Series: Heredia (Serie I) 24.02.2023". Taekwondo Data. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "México gana las últimas dos preseas de oro en Taekwondo, en Centroamericanos y del Caribe" [Mexico wins the last two gold medals in Taekwondo, in Central America and the Caribbean]. Atomos (in Spanish). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "2023 Pan American Games Women's Kyorugi -57kg ROUND OF 16". Santiago 2023. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Taekwondo conquista oro equipo femenino" [Taekwondo wins gold for women's team]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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