Soleymi Antonieta Caraballo Hernández (born 17 June 1994) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. She is a gold medalist in her event at the Bolivarian Games (both in 2017 and 2022), the 2022 South American Games and the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She represented Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
She won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games (2014 and 2018) and the South American Games (2014 and 2018).
Career
Caraballo competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games both in 2014 and in 2018: she won the silver medal in the women's 63kg event in 2014 and again in the 68kg event in 2018. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.
Caraballo competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Caraballo won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.
Caraballo won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. In 2023, she competed in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Caraballo won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. In the final, she lost against Forrest Molinari of the United States.
Caraballo won the silver medal in her event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Venezuela for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match in the women's 68kg event at the Olympics.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent 2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile 3rdFreestyle 63kgCentral American and Caribbean GamesVeracruz, Mexico 2ndFreestyle 68kg2017Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia 1stFreestyle 75kg 2018Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsLima, Peru 2ndFreestyle 68kgSouth American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia 2ndFreestyle 68kgCentral American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia 2ndFreestyle 68kg 2022Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 1stFreestyle 68kgBolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia 1stFreestyle 68kgSouth American GamesAsunción, Paraguay 1stFreestyle 68kg2023Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile 2ndFreestyle 68kg2024Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 2ndFreestyle 68kg
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