Yorgelis Salazar

Yorgelis Salazar (born 10 November 1997) is a Venezuelan karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Career
In June 2021, Salazar competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was eliminated in her second match by Jana Messerschmidt of Germany. In November 2021, Salazar was eliminated in her first match in the women's 50kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Salazar won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She also won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event. In 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She defeated Aika Okazaki of Japan in her bronze medal match. A week later, Salazar won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.