Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 29 March 1986) is a Colombian judoka, three times World Champion in her division. [1] [2]
Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 29 March 1986) is a Colombian judoka, three times World Champion in her division. [1] [2]
Yuri was born in Jamundí which is a suburb of Cali, the third largest city in Colombia. Her father Arnuy is a builder and mother Miryam is a housewife.[ citation needed ] She also has a brother, Harvy.
From youth, she was very talented in all kind of sports, she participated in water polo, volleyball, handball, athletics.[ citation needed ] When she was 14 Ruperto Guaúña, a judo trainer of Litecom school, was looking for girls for his judo team. [3] That's how Yuri became a judoka.[ citation needed ]
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] She is also her sparring partner.
Alvear won a bronze medal in the under 57 kg division of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. [5]
In 2008, she participated in the 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 ] [6]
In 2009, she won the World Championships in Rotterdam. [7] In the final she gained victory over Anett Mészáros from Hungary and became the third South American judoka to win the title, following Natasha Hernández (of Venezuela) in 1984 and Daniela Krukower (of Argentina) in 2003. [8] [9] [10]
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 had a torn ACL. [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 two Olympic medals.
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
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