Jackeline Rentería Castillo[a] (born 23 February 1986 in Cali, Colombia) is a female wrestler from Colombia. She won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[1] and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She reached the semifinals in both tournaments, losing to the eventual silver medalists and winning the repechage bout. With her second medal she tied Helmut Bellingrodt, an Olympic Sports Shooter as the most decorated Colombian Olympian. In the Rio 2016 Olympics, they were joined by Óscar Figueroa in Weightlifting, Caterine Ibargüen in Triple Jump and Mariana Pajón in BMX. She is studying at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and also at the Universidad de Thomas Gomez.
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rentería and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.
References
- ^ "Jackeline RENTERIA". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jackeline Rentería". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012.
External links
- Jackeline Rentería at the International Wrestling Database
- Jackeline Rentería at Olympics.com
- Jackeline Rentería at Olympedia
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