Crystal Weekes Explained

Crystal Weekes
Fullname:	Crystal Weekes González
Nickname:	Bam Bam
Nationality:	Puerto Rican
Birth Date:	14 January 1998
Birth Place:	United States
Height:	5 ft 10 in
Weight:	161 lb
Sport:	Taekwondo
Event:	+67 kg
Updated:	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]

Notes and References

1. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 19 November 2022 . Salim follows in father's footsteps with world taekwondo title as Božanić captures gold . InsideTheGames.biz . 20 November 2022.
2. Web site: Derek Alvez . Staten Island teenager Crystal Weekes gets her kicks in taekwondo . SILive.com . 2013-10-02 . 2016-08-05.
3. Web site: Staten Island Advance Sports Desk . Crystal Weekes wins gold medal at 2015 Junior Pan American Taekwondo Games . SILive.com . 2015-09-11 . 2016-08-05.
4. Web site: Port Richmond's Crystal Weekes takes Taekwondo title in Costa Rica - Costa Rica Star News . News.co.cr . 2012-09-05 . 2016-08-05.
5. Web site: Palmer . Dan . Two golds for Dominican Republic at WTF Rio 2016 Pan-American qualifier . Insidethegames.biz . 2016-03-11 . 2016-08-05.
6. Web site: A Crystal Weekes González le dicen la Mike Tyson femenina . Primerahora.com . 2016-08-05.
7. Web site: Por José Ayala Gordián . Crystal Weeks es la nueva cara del taekwondo boricua | El Nuevo Día . Elnuevodia.com . 2016-04-17 . 2016-08-05.