Karen Duarte

Karen Lorena Duarte Fernandez (born 20 January 2006) is a Colombian rhythmic gymnast.

Karen debuted as a senior in 2022, when she competed in the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the national senior group. There, along Angelica Guerrero, Natalia Jiménez, Adriana Mantilla, Nicol Mora and Kizzy Rivas, took 8th place in the All-Around and 5th with 5 hoops.^[1][2] In late November she won bronze in the All-Around, with 3 ribbons + 2 balls and in teams at the South American Championships along Adriana Mantilla, Natalia Jiménez, Paula Flechas, Kizzy Rivas and Isabella Salazar.^[3]

In June 2023 the group was 8th overall at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, as well as 7th with 5 hoops and 6th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls final.^[4] Twenty days later the groups, made of Karen, Kizzy Rivas, Natalia Jiménez, Laura Patiño and Adriana Mantilla, won bronze in the All-Around and in the mixed event and silver with 5 hoops at the Central American and Caribbean Games.^[5][6][7] In the same year, at the Pan American Games, she helped the group take 5th place in the All-Around, 5th place with 5 hoops and 4th place with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.^[8]

In 2024 she won bronze in the All-Around along Paula Flechas, Natalia Jiménez, Adriana Mantilla, Laura Patiño and Kizzy Rivas, at the Pan American Championships in Ciudad de Guatemala.^[9]