Johana Edelmira Ordóñez Lucero (born December 12, 1987, in

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

) is a female Ecuadorian

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, 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. Race judges carefully asses ...

Career

She represented

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at the

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, and competed for the women's 20 km race walk. Despite the tumultuous weather, Ordóñez finished and completed the race in thirty-fifth place, with a time of 1:36:26.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1987 births Living people Ecuadorian female race walkers Olympic athletes for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Guayaquil World Athletics Championships athletes for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games athletes for Ecuador Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Ecuadorian sportswomen {{Ecuador-athletics-bio-stub