Angie Palacios

She competed in the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Fiji winning silver medals in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.^[4] Later she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games^[5] in the 64 kg division winning a bronze medal.^[6]

Palacios represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7][8] She placed sixth with a total of 226 kg.

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[9] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.^[9]

Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[10] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. In the same year, she won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[11]

She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[12] In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 2024, Palacios competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[13] She won a bronze medal with a total of 256 kg. She was second after the Snatch.

She is the younger sister of Olympic champion, three-time Junior World champion, and 6-time Pan American champion weightlifter Neisi Dajomes.