Gabriel Mercedes

{{Short description|Domician taekwondo practitioner (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | full_name = Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes | image = Gabriel Mercedes (adE-TpNgOjY).png | caption = Mercedes in 2019 | birth_date = 12 November 1979 | birth_place = Monte Plata, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic | height = 163 cm | weight = 58 kg | headercolor = lightsteelblue | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's taekwondo}} {{Medal|Country | the {{DOM}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver | 2008 Beijing | 58 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|1999 Edmonton|54 kg}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Gyeongju|58 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 58 kg}} {{Medal|Gold| 2011 Guadalajara | 58 kg}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2003 Santo Domingo | 58 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{Medal|Gold| 2002 San Salvador | 54 kg }} {{Medal|Gold | 2010 Mayaguez | 58 kg}} }}

'''Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes'''{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Mercedes|Reyes}} (born 12 November 1979, in Monte Plata, Monte Plata Province) is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist.

He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after tying with Guillermo Pérez of Mexico, but losing by a judge's decision.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Yulis Mercedes |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/yulis-mercedes-1.html |quote=Full name: Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203153902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/yulis-mercedes-1.html |archivedate=3 December 2016}}</ref>

He carried the flag for his delegation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was favored to win his county's third medal at these games. He competed in the Men's 58 kg (flyweight). He lasted one round and a half. A bad move shattered the meniscus and the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He kept fighting with evident pain, before he limped away in tears.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/tears-at-taekwondo-the-painful-farewell-of-2008-medallist-mercedesby-pablo-sanguinetti-dpa_230320.html |title=Tears at taekwondo: the painful farewell of 2008 medallist Mercedes |last=Sanguinetti |first=Pablo |publisher=Europe Online |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-date=13 February 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213141520/http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/tears-at-taekwondo-the-painful-farewell-of-2008-medallist-mercedesby-pablo-sanguinetti-dpa_230320.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{TaekwondoData|name=Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080823222539/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/8000452.shtml Yulis Gabriel Mercedes] at the Beijing 2008 Olympics (archived) * {{Olympics.com|gabriel-mercedes|Gabriel Mercedes}} * {{Olympedia|108195|Yulis Mercedes}} * {{InterSportStats|name=Yulis Mercedes}}

{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Félix Sánchez | title = Flagbearer for {{DOM}} | years = London 2012 | after = Luguelín Santos }} {{s-end}}

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