Karla Johanna Jaramillo Navarrate (born 21 January 1997) is an Ecuadorian

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

athlete. She won a gold medal in 20 km walk at the

2019 South American Championships in Athletics 2019 South American Championships in Athletics was the 51st edition of the biennial athletics competition between South American nations. The event was held in Lima, Peru, from 24 to 26 May at the Villa Deportiva Nacional. Medal summary Men Wo ...

, setting Ecuadorian record and South American record in 20 km track walk. She placed eighth in women's 20 kilometres walk at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

. Representing Ecuador at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

, she placed 18th in the women's 20 kilometres walk. She represented Ecuador at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* Ecuadorian female racewalkers 1997 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Ecuador Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics South American Championships in Athletics winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ibarra, Ecuador Olympic athletes for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian women 21st-century Ecuadorian people South American Games competitors for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games {{Ecuador-athletics-bio-stub