| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Colombia | ||
| Women's judo | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2009 Rotterdam | –70 kg |
| Pan American Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Montreal | –70 kg |
| Gold | 2009 Buenos Aires | –70 kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Miami | –70 kg |
| Bronze | 2011 Guadalajara | –70 kg |
| South American Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Buenos Aires | –63 kg |
| Gold | 2010 Medellín | –70 kg |
Yuri Alvear Orejuela (born March 29, 1986 in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca[1]) is a female judoka from Colombia.
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Yuri was born in Jamundí what is suburb of third largest city in Colombia, Cali. Her father Arnuy is a builder and mother Miryam is a housewife. She has also a brother Harvy.
From youth she was very talented in all kind of sports she did like water polo, volleyball, handball, athletics. When she was 14 a judo trainer of Litecom school Ruperto Guaúña was looking for a girls in his judo team.[2] That's how Yuri became a judoka.
Yuri begun with judo late but she already had physical condition from previous sport so she just needed to learn technical aspects of judo. She did it well and today is one of the best judoka in the world.
She is very good friend with other top Colombian judoka Anny Cortez.[3]
Two weeks before 2010 Pan American Judo Championships after training she felt some pain in left knee. She went to doctor and he found that she has torn ACL.[4]
She is one of the best judoka in women's middleweight category today.
In 2008 she participated Olympic Games in Beijing where she placed 7th losing very close match with Leire Iglesias from Spain and lost change to fight for medal.
In 2009 she won World Championships in Rotterdam. In final she gained victory over Anett Mészáros from Hungary and became third South American judoka who won the title by Natasha Hernández in 1984 and Daniela Krukower in 2003.
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pan American Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2008 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 7th | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2009 | Pan American Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2009 | World Judo Championships | 1st | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2010 | South American Games | 1st | Middleweight (–70 kg) |
| 2011 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (–70 kg) |