Gabriel Mercedes

Personal information
Full name	Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes
Born	November 12, 1979 (1979-11-12) (age 44) Monte Plata, Monte Plata Province
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing the  Dominican Republic Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 58 kg World Championships 1999 Edmonton 54 kg 2011 Gyeongju 58 kg Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg 2011 Guadalajara 58 kg 2003 Santo Domingo 58 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador 54 kg 2010 Mayaguez 58 kg

Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes^[a] (born November 12, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]