Johana Viveros

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Johana Viveros
Personal information
Full nameJohana Viveros Mondragón
Born (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 30)
Cali, Colombia
Sport
CountryColombia
SportSpeed skating

Johana Viveros Mondragón (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[edit]

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 qualified 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]

She represented Colombia at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[4] She won medals in both road and track speed skating.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Johana Viveros, una caleña que patina hacia la gloria". www.elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Estamos viendo los resultados de cada sacrificio: patinadora Johana Viveros". RCN Radio (in Spanish). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Johana Viveros: de bailarina frustrada a campeona de patinaje". www.elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (11 July 2022). "Denmark strike twice with bowling victories at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Road Speed Skating Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Track Speed Skating Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.