Who is Julisy Angulo? Ecuador's first female world champion shock Tokyo

Initially, Julisy Angulo only aimed at making the final in Tokyo, making her gold medal a shocking and emotional victory. Ecuador’s athlete, Julisy Angulo, competes in the Women’s javelin group A qualification during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. (AFP) Juleisy Angulo of Ecuador, all surprised at the World Athletics Championship Tokyo 2025 and demanded the female Javelin World title with a personal best of 65.12m. Angulo entered the 14th seed and became Ecuador’s first female world gold medal and the country’s first world champion for field meetings. Her second round, an almost two -meter improvement on her previous best, secured her a historic victory. Who is Julisy Angulo? Juleisy Angulo is a determined 24-year-old javelin throw from Ecuador who has overcome important challenges, including two operations on her left knee, to achieve her lifelong dream of a world medal. Inspired by her training partner, Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado, Colombia, who earned silver two years ago, Angulo’s perseverance and ambition brought her to this historic victory. Initially, she was aimed at just getting the final in Tokyo, making her gold medal a shocking and emotional victory. The gold medalist Ecuador’s athlete Juleisy Angulo (R) responds because she is congratulated by the athlete Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado of Colombia after the female Spies Final at the World Cup in Tokyo. A surprising result during the Tokyo event lacked the Women’s -Spies event in Tokyo to the dominance seen in previous years, with the winning distance of 65.12 m the smallest ever for the world title. Still, it opened the door for underdogs like Julisyangulo. Australia’s Mackenzie Little had an early pace with a 63.58 m throw in the first round, but Angulo’s second round moved the momentum. Anete Sietina of Latvia answered late and threw a personal best of 64.64 m into the final round to claim silver, while little was holding onto bronze. Qualification and missed opportunities The qualifying round delivered its own drama when the Olympic champion of Japan Haruka Kitaguchi could not progress to the final. Despite a season best of 64.63 million earlier this year, Kitaguchi achieved only 60.38m, which finished 14th and missed the final of 12 women, to the disappointment of the home crowd. Meanwhile, Adriana Vilagos of Serbia led qualifiers with a 66.06 million throw, and Little posted a season’s best of 65.54m, both distances that could have won gold, but none of them could repeat in the final. A new era for women’s throwing Juleisy Angulo’s victory not only rewrote Ecuador’s athletics history, but also emphasized the unpredictability of the female spear in 2025. While the winning distance may be modest, the passion and perseverance of Angulo, Sietina and Little Made Tokyo was a memorable stage.