Crystal Weekes

Crystal Weekes

Personal information
Full name	Crystal Weekes González
Nickname	Bam Bam
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Born	(1998-01-14) January 14, 1998 (age 27) United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country	Puerto Rico
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	+67 kg
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Puerto Rico World Championships 2022 Guadalajara 73 kg Grand Prix 2022 Rome +67kg Pan American Championships 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.