The lifter born in Cali won overall gold at 96 kilograms for his birth nation of Colombia in Tashkent in Uzbekistan in 2021.

In July 2022, Paredes switched allegiances to Bahrain for whom he won a second 96kg world title.

Coincidentally, this came in Colombia at the 2022 World Championships held in Bogota.

Paredes also won the Asian title for Bahrain in 2022, on his new home soil in Manama.

For Colombia he was a two-time Pan American champion.