Johana Viveros
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1994 Cali, Colombia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sport | Speed skating |
Johana Viveros (born 3 April 1994) is a Colombian inline speedskater who has won multiple medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games, Inline Speed Skating World Championships, Pan American Games and World Games.
Career
Viveros started skating at the age of 10 in the Alfonso Barberena neighborhood park in Cali. She then went on to the Luz Mery Tristán Skating Club where she received a scholarship to continue training. She qualifed for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, but she fractured her elbow.[1] At the 2018 Inline Speed Skating World Championships, she won three gold, two silver and one bronze medals, being the most awarded athlete of the competition and crowned champion along with the national team.[2] At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla in 2018, she also managed to win three gold medals.[3]
References
- ^ "Johana Viveros, una caleña que patina hacia la gloria". www.elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Estamos viendo los resultados de cada sacrificio: patinadora Johana Viveros". RCN Radio (in Spanish). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Johana Viveros: de bailarina frustrada a campeona de patinaje". www.elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cali
- Colombian female speed skaters
- Inline speed skaters
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Roller speed skaters at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in roller skating
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- Competitors at the 2022 World Games
- 21st-century Colombian people