Macarena Orellana Caperochipi Is a Chilean history teacher and kickboxing champion, Pan American champion and six times national champion. In October 2021, he won the silver medal at the Kickboxing World Cup in Egypt. It is nicknamed the "Maquinita".
Biography.
Orellana was born and raised in the Arellano neighborhood in Macul. He has a Master's degree in Latin American History. He taught history at Silva Henríquez University and in high schools And was an assistant professor of the Department of History of the Universidad of Chile.
She started kickboxing when she was looking to do a sport to feel safer in her daily life and in the public space, for being a woman and a lesbian, after the murders of Nicole Saavedra and of Daniel Zamudio. Training with Iván Galaz. Additionally, he tried other contact sports such as MMA, Boxing and BJJ. Sebastián Corral gave it the nickname the "Maquinita". Its motto is "Fight as a Woman".
She offers kickboxing workshops for young people and is a sports manager. In addition, since 2017 it organizes women's kickboxing championships "Fight as a Woman", which bring together athletes of all levels.
He denounced the lack of economic support for sport in Chile, in particular to be able to represent Chile in international tournaments. Despite having qualified three times for the world championship, he could not attend in 2017 and 2019 due to lack of money. In August 2021, while Orellana was campaigning to raise funds to participate in the World Cup in Egypt, he received a proposal for help from businessman Andrónico Luksic, which he rejected. She explained that she did not want to be used for an image wash and criticized Luksic and his companies, also ensuring that she prefers to receive money "from honest people, who believe in my work, in my activism, in my sports and teaching life." In October 2021, he won the silver medal at the Kickboxing World Cup in Egypt.
In 2016, she reported, along with the student Dina Camacho, having been sexually harassed by Leonardo León, former director of the History career.
She is a fan of the club of Colo-Colo Football.
Sports achievements.
She was invited to several national and international tournaments, although due to lack of resources she could not attend the WAKO Kickboxing World Championship in Hungary in 2017. He achieved the following achievements: