Crystal Weekes

Crystal Weekes
Personal information
Full name Crystal Brittany Weekes González
Nickname(s) Bam Bam
Nationality Puerto Rican
Born (1998-01-14) January 14, 1998
United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country  Puerto Rico
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) +67 kg
Updated on August 14, 2016.

Crystal Weekes González is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Junior career

Weekes is a two-time junior world champion and two-time junior Pan American champion.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

Personal life

She is from New York City, but has a Puerto Rican grandfather.[5] She holds the nickname of "Bam Bam."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Derek Alvez (2013-10-02). "Staten Island teenager Crystal Weekes gets her kicks in taekwondo". SILive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Dan (2016-03-11). "Two golds for Dominican Republic at WTF Rio 2016 Pan-American qualifier". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  5. ↑ "A Crystal Weekes González le dicen la Mike Tyson femenina". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. ↑ 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.
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