# Gabriel Mercedes
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{{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](/source/Monte_Plata), [Monte Plata Province](/source/Monte_Plata_Province), Dominican Republic
| height = 163 cm
| weight = 58 kg
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [taekwondo](/source/taekwondo)}}
{{Medal|Country | the {{DOM}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[Olympic Games](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{Medal|Silver | [2008 Beijing](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics) | [58 kg](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_58_kg)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/World_Taekwondo_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1999 Edmonton](/source/1999_World_Taekwondo_Championships)|54 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2011 Gyeongju](/source/2011_World_Taekwondo_Championships)|[58 kg](/source/2011_World_Taekwondo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_flyweight)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Pan American Games](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_Pan_American_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold| [2007 Rio de Janeiro](/source/2007_Pan_American_Games) | [58 kg](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold| [2011 Guadalajara](/source/2011_Pan_American_Games) | [58 kg](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2003 Santo Domingo](/source/2003_Pan_American_Games) | [58 kg](/source/2003_Pan_American_Games)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold| [2002 San Salvador](/source/2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) | 54 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold | [2010 Mayaguez](/source/2010_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) | [58 kg](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2010_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games)}}
}}
'''Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes'''{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Mercedes|Reyes}} (born 12 November 1979, in [Monte Plata](/source/Monte_Plata), [Monte Plata Province](/source/Monte_Plata_Province)) is a [Dominican](/source/Dominican_Republic) [taekwondo](/source/taekwondo) practitioner and Olympic medalist.
He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), after tying with [Guillermo Pérez](/source/Guillermo_P%C3%A9rez_(taekwondo)) of [Mexico](/source/Mexico), but losing by a judge's decision.[{{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}}]
He carried the flag for his delegation at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Taekwondo_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_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.[{{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 }}]
==See also==
* [Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics](/source/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)
* [Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics](/source/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics)
* [Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics](/source/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics)
==Notes==
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==References==
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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](/source/Beijing_2008_Olympics) (archived)
* {{Olympics.com|gabriel-mercedes|Gabriel Mercedes}}
* {{Olympedia|108195|Yulis Mercedes}}
* {{InterSportStats|name=Yulis Mercedes}}
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{{succession box
| before = [Félix Sánchez](/source/F%C3%A9lix_S%C3%A1nchez_(hurdler))
| title = [Flagbearer](/source/List_of_flag_bearers_for_the_Dominican_Republic_at_the_Olympics) for {{DOM}}
| years = [London 2012](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics)
| after = [Luguelín Santos](/source/Luguel%C3%ADn_Santos)
}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercedes, Gabriel}}
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Dominican Republic male taekwondo practitioners
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Dominican Republic
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Dominican Republic
Category:Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in taekwondo
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in taekwondo
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic
Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Mixed Dominicans
Category:21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
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