Karen Marcano

Personal information
Born	27 July 1979 (1979-07-27) (age 44) Caracas, Venezuela
Medal record Women's Bowling Representing  Venezuela World Championships 2013 Las Vegas Doubles 2013 Las Vegas Team of 5 World Games 2013 Cali Singles Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Trios 2010 Puerto Rico Masters event 2006 Cartagena Team of 5 PABCON 2010 Las Vegas Masters event 2011 Mixed Doubles

Karen Marcano (born 27 July 1979) is a Venezuelan ten-pin bowler.^[1] In 2008 she finished first in the Women's World Ranking Masters.^[2] In 2009 she won a gold medal at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also won the bronze medal at the masters event of the World Games in 2013 in Colombia.

World Tenpin Bowling Championships

In the 2013 combined WTBA World Championships in Henderson, Nevada, Karen teamed up with her sister Alicia Marcano. The sisters led the doubles qualifying round with a 2,880 total and a 240 average. Only 21 pins separated them from the World Championships record.^[3] However, according to the format of the games, the first-place finisher in the TV semifinals will face the fourth-place finisher from the US duo. They were defeated by the Americans and were forced to settle for bronze with Australia. They also won the team bronze medal at the event.^[4]

Games in the Continent

She won two gold medals in masters at Pan American Bowling Confederation Men's Championships (PABCON) Women's and Central American Games in 2010. In 2011 Karen and Amleto Monacelli won the gold medal for the country at PABCON Champion of Champions. She accumulated five medals in the Bolivarian Games, in total Karen has 11 individual titles on the continent.^[5]

She finished in 9th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 AMF World Cup.

Accolades

• Bronze medal in doubles at 2015 Pan American Games
• Rolled 300 game at 2015 World Bowling Women's Championships
• Two bronze medals in doubles and team at 2013 World Bowling Women's Championships
• Bronze medal in singles at 2013 World Games
• Bronze medal in singles at 2011 Pan American Games
• Gold medal in Masters at 2010 PABCON Women's Championships
• Gold medal Singles and two bronze medals in trios and Masters at 2009 PABCON Women's Championships
• Gold medal in trios and bronze medal in doubles at 2005 PABCON Women's Championships
• Bronze medals in singles and team at 2001 PABCON Women's Championships

Other Accomplishments and Awards

• Runner-up at 2015 PWBA/PBA Tomball Southwest Open
• 2014 Venezuelan national champion
• 2006 and 2014 South American Games champion
• 2001, 2009 and 2010 Pan American champion
• 2006 and 2010 Central American champion
• Runner-up at 2008 Women's World Ranking Masters
• Four-time Venezuela Bowler of the Year

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