Karen Marcano

{{Short description|Venezuelan ten-pin bowler (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|27 July 1979}} | birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela | height = 165 cm | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Bowling }} {{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Las Vegas | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Las Vegas | Team of 5 }} {{MedalCompetition | World Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Cali | Singles }} {{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games }} {{MedalGold | 2006 Cartagena | Trios }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Puerto Rico | Masters event }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Cartagena | Team of 5 }} {{MedalCompetition | PABCON }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Las Vegas | Masters event }} {{MedalGold | 2011 | Mixed Doubles }} }}

'''Karen Marcano''' (born 27 July 1979) is a Venezuelan ten-pin bowler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/bowling/athlete-profile-n10146845-marcano-karen.htm |title=Karen Marcano |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games |access-date=5 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122944/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/bowling/athlete-profile-n10146845-marcano-karen.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008 she finished first in the Women's World Ranking Masters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/4038 |title=Women's Final |website=bowlingdigital.com |access-date=21 February 2010 |archive-date=17 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117185735/http://bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/4038 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lucas |last=Wiseman |date=22 August 2013 |title=USA wins women's doubles gold, silver at Worlds |url=https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=17179869418 |website=bowl.com |publisher=United States Bowling Congress |access-date=25 September 2024 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828103542/https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=17179869418 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Exclusive – Venezuela's Karen Marcano Talks Ten Pin |url=https://wp.talktenpin.net/2017/02/21/world-exclusive-venezuelas-karen-marcano-talks-ten-pin/ |website=TalkTenpin.net |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=25 September 2024 |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925215850/https://wp.talktenpin.net/2017/02/21/world-exclusive-venezuelas-karen-marcano-talks-ten-pin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/7140 |title=Karen Marcano starts PABCON Championships with victory in Singles |website=bowlingdigital.com |access-date=21 February 2010 |archive-date=6 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206184944/http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/7140 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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

===Other Titles===

* Sur American Games Masters Champion * Sur American Championship Masters Champion * Pre-Olimpics Event Masters Champion 2x * Alba Games Masters Champion * Tournament of La Raza Masters Champion 2x * Tournament of La Raza Masters Champion * World Games "Buena voluntad" Masters Champion

==References== <references />

==External links== * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|bowling/athlete-profile-n1124428-marcano-karen}} * {{2015 Pan American Games profile|bowling/athlete-profile-n10146845-marcano-karen}}

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