Erika Alarcón is a Paraguayan roller skater. She participated at the

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in the

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competition, being awarded the

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in the women's solo dance event. She was the third person to win a gold medal for Paraguay in the competition. At the 2023 Artistic Skating World Championship held in

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she became the first Paraguayan to with a medal, with her 3th place at the Senior Ladies Solo Dance event.Erika Alarcón obtiene otra medalla para nuestro país en el Mundial de Patinaje
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Living people Artistic roller skaters Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2022 South American Games South American Games medalists in roller sports South American Games gold medalists for Paraguay 21st-century Paraguayan sportswomen Female roller skaters {{Paraguay-sport-bio-stub