# Katherin Echandia

Katherin Oriana Echandia Zárate (born 14 August 2001) is a Venezuelan weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.

## Career

Echandia won the gold medal in the girls' 44 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A month later, she won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Echandia also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Echandia won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.
She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. Two months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
Echandia competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela. Later that year she set personal bests in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and total at the IWF World Cup.
In August 2024, Echandia competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She made one successful attempt both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk setting 188 kg in total, allowing her to place ninth.

## Achievements

| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
| Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Summer Olympics |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 49 kg | 83 | 86 | 86 | — | 105 | 107 | 109 | — | 188 | 9 |
| World Championships |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 45 kg | 67 | 71 | 71 | 5 | 86 | 90 | 93 | | 157 | |
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 49 kg | 75 | 78 | 80 | 15 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 13 | 176 | 14 |
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 49 kg | 80 | 80 | 80 | 17 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 11 | 182 | 11 |
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 49 kg | 74 | 77 | 80 | 16 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 15 | 177 | 15 |
| IWF World Cup |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 49 kg | 81 | 83 | 85 | 9 | 102 | 106 | 108 | 7 | 193 | 6 |
| Pan American Games |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Santiago, Chile | 49 kg | 79 | 82 | 84 | — | 101 | 104 | 105 | — | 189 | |
| Pan American Championships |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 49 kg | 77 | 77 | 77 | — | 96 | 100 | 100 | 6 | — | — |
| 2021 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 49 kg | 70 | 76 | 76 | 6 | 90 | 95 | 99 | 8 | 171 | 7 |
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 49 kg | 78 | 76 | 78 | 9 | 98 | 103 | 105 | 8 | 176 | 8 |
| 2024 | Caracas, Venezuela | 49 kg | 81 | 83 | 85 | | 102 | 106 | 106 | | 185 | |