Lucía Yamileth Yépez Guzmán (born 18 February 2001) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler.
She is an Olympic silver medalist (2024), World Wrestling Championships silver medalist (2025), winner of the Pan American Games (2023), and four-time winner of the Pan American Wrestling Championships (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
Career
She won the gold medal in the 53kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Yépez competed for Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.
Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.
Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. A few months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In September 2023, Yépez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In November 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She defeated Laura Herin of Cuba in her gold medal match.
In February 2024, Yépez won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. She defeated Betzabeth Argüello of Venezuela in her gold medal match. In August 2024, Yépez won the silver medal in the women's 53kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
She debuted for Real American Freestyle (RAF) on 28 February 2026 at RAF 06, defeating Everest Leydecker.
Yépez defeated Cameron Guerin at RAF 09 on 30 May 2026.
She challenged Kendra Ryan for the interim RAF Women's Strawweight Championship at RAF 10 on 13 June 2026. She won the championship by 12-2 Technical Fall. She was promoted to undisputed champion and defeated Felicity Taylor on 18 July 2026, at RAF 11 by technical fall.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent 2022Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 3rdFreestyle 55kgBolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia 1stFreestyle 53kgSouth American GamesAsunción, Paraguay 1stFreestyle 53kg 2023Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina 1stFreestyle 53kgWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rdFreestyle 53kgPan American GamesSantiago, Chile 1stFreestyle 53kg2024Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 1stFreestyle 53kgOlympic GamesParis, France 2ndFreestyle 53kg 2025Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsMonterrey, Mexico 1stFreestyle 53kgWorld ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 2ndFreestyle 53kgBolivarian GamesLima and Ayacucho, Peru 1stFreestyle 53kg2026Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsCoralville, Iowa, United States 1stFreestyle 53kg
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