Jackeline Rentería

Jackeline Rentería Castillo (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, and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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.

Jackeline Rentería
Rentería at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full nameJaqueline Rentería Castillo
Born23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) (age 38)
Cali, Colombia
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 55 kg
2012 London 55 kg
World Championships
2017 Paris63 kg
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro55 kg
2019 Lima 62 kg
2015 Toronto63 kg
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