Johana Viveros Mondragón (born 3 April 1994) is a Colombian inline

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who has won multiple medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games,

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and

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Career

Viveros started skating at the age of 10 in the Alfonso Barberena neighborhood park in

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. She then went on to the Luz Mery Tristán Skating Club where she received a scholarship to continue training. She qualified for the

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, Canada, but she fractured her elbow. 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. At the

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held in

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in 2018, she also managed to win three gold medals. She represented Colombia at the

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held in Birmingham, United States. She won medals in both road and track speed skating.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viveros, Johana 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 World Games gold medalists for Colombia World Games medalists in roller sports World Games silver medalists 21st-century Colombian women Medalists at the 2017 World Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games