Karen Duarte
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| Full name | Karen Lorena Duarte Fernandez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 2006 Bogota, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karen Lorena Duarte Fernandez (born 20 January 2006) is a Colombian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represents her country in international competitions.
Career
[edit]Karen debuted as a senior in 2022, when she competed in the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the national senior group. There, along Angelica Guerrero, Natalia Jiménez, Adriana Mantilla, Nicol Mora and Kizzy Rivas, took 8th place in the All-Around and 5th with 5 hoops.[2][3] In late November she won bronze in the All-Around, with 3 ribbons + 2 balls and in teams at the South American Championships along Adriana Mantilla, Natalia Jiménez, Paula Flechas, Kizzy Rivas and Isabella Salazar.[4]
In June 2023 the group was 8th overall at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, as well as 7th with 5 hoops and 6th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls final.[5] Twenty days later the groups, made of Karen, Kizzy Rivas, Natalia Jiménez, Laura Patiño and Adriana Mantilla, won bronze in the All-Around and in the mixed event and silver with 5 hoops at the Central American and Caribbean Games.[6][7][8] In the same year, at the Pan American Games, she helped the group take 5th place in the All-Around, 5th place with 5 hoops and 4th place with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[9]
In 2024 she won bronze in the All-Around along Paula Flechas, Natalia Jiménez, Adriana Mantilla, Laura Patiño and Kizzy Rivas, at the Pan American Championships in Ciudad de Guatemala.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "DUARTE Karen - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "2022 Pan American All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Senior Groups Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ "2022 South American Championships".
- ^ "2023 Pan American Championships" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ "Gymnastics - Group All-Around Medalists" (PDF). 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Gymnastics - Hoop - Medalists" (PDF). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Gymnastics - 3 Ribbons & 2 Balls - Medalists" (PDF). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "2023 Pan American Games" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ "ksis". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Colombian rhythmic gymnasts
- 21st-century Colombian sportswomen
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in gymnastics
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships