Yuri Alvear

Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born 29 March 1986) is a Colombian female judoka, three times World Champion in her division.[1][2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alvear and the second or maternal family name is Orejuela.
Yuri Alvear
Personal information
Full nameYuri Alvear Orejuela
NationalityColombian
Born (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986
Jamundí, Colombia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryColombia
SportJudo
Event(s)–70 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro–70 kg
2012 London–70 kg
World Championships
2009 Rotterdam–70 kg
2013 Rio de Janeiro–70 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk–70 kg
2015 Astana–70 kg
2017 Budapest–70 kg
2018 Baku–70 kg
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara–70 kg
2019 Lima–70 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro–70 kg
2015 Toronto–70 kg
Pan American Championships
2007 Montreal–70 kg
2009 Buenos Aires–70 kg
2014 Guayaquil–70 kg
2016 Havana –70 kg
2017 Panama –70 kg
2018 San José–70 kg
2015 Edmonton–70 kg
2008 Miami–70 kg
2011 Guadalajara–70 kg
2012 Montreal–70 kg
2013 San José–70 kg
South American Games
2010 Medellín–70 kg
2010 MedellínTeam
2014 Santiago–70 kg
2018 Cochabamba–70 kg
2006 Buenos Aires–63 kg

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. 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. 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.

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.[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
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2007Pan American Judo Championships 1stMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2008Pan American Judo Championships 3rdMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2008Olympic Games 7thMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2009Pan American Judo Championships 1stMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2009World Judo Championships 1stMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2010South American Games 1stMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2011Pan American Judo Championships 3rdMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2012Olympic Games 3rdMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2014World Judo Championships 1stMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2015World Judo Championships 3rdMiddleweight (−70 kg)
2016Olympic Games 2ndMiddleweight (−70 kg)

All results referenced in her JudoInside profile.[14]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. IJF profile
  3. "Yuri Alvear Orejuela, campeona mundial de judo, es la segunda Deportista del Año de EL TIEMPO". eltiempo.com.
  4. "Vallecaucana Yuri Alvear es el primer oro de los Juegos Nacionales". eltiempo.com.
  5. "Judo: Colombiana Alvear, seis meses fuera de competencias por lesión". Spanish.china.org.cn.
  6. colombia.com (28 July 2006). "Judo: Cuba demuestra su poderío al ganar mayoría de oro" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  7. "63 – 70kg (middleweight) women results – Judo – Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. "World Championships Rotterdam, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  9. "International Judo Federation". www.intjudo.eu. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. "World Championships women Vienna, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. "World Championships Osaka, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  12. "63 – 70kg (middleweight) women results – Judo – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  13. elcolombiano.com (1 August 2012). "Yuri Alvear ganó medalla de bronce en judo" (in Spanish). Colprensa. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  14. "Yuri Alvear, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Mariana Pajón		 Flagbearer for  Colombia
Rio de Janeiro 2016		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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