Karla Navas

Navas was born in Panama in 2004. Her mother Veronica Boyd was also a gymnast and her grandfather Guillermo Boyd represented Panama in weightlifting at the 1968 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=67315|title=Karla Navas FIG profile|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}

Navas made her international debut at the Pacific Rim Championships where she finished seventh in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21802|title=U.S. women, McCallum, Bowers take gold at Pac Rim Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221030908/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21802|url-status=dead}} She next competed at the Junior Pan American Championships, where she helped Panama finish seventh as team; Navas finished fifteenth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18jrpanam_aa.pdf|title=2018 Junior Pan American Championships Results (AA)}} In October Navas competed at the Junior South American Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/10/22/2018-south-american-junior-championships-results/|title=2018 South American Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 22, 2018}}

Navas was selected to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Hillary Heron. Together they finished twenty-third as a team. Individually Navas finished 47th in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/07/02/2019-junior-world-championships-results/|title=2019 Junior World Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=July 2, 2019}} Navas ended the season competing at the Junior South American Championships. She placed sixth in the all-around and helped Panama place third as a team. During event finals she placed first on uneven bars, fourth on vault, and fifth on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/10/21/2019-south-american-junior-championships-results/|title=2019 South American Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 21, 2019}}

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Navas became age-eligible for senior competition in 2020; however most competitions were canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore Navas did not compete that year. She returned to competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships where she helped Panama place fourth as a team and individually she placed seventh in the all-around. During event finals she placed fourth on vault and sixth on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2021/06/08/2021-pan-american-championships-results/|title=2021 Pan American Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbginastica.com.br/noticia/1640/rebeca_conquista_vaga_para_os_jogos_olimpicos_de_toquio|title=REBECA CONQUISTA VAGA PARA OS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE TÓQUIO|work=Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG)|lang=Portuguese|date=June 6, 2021}}

Navas competed at the Bolivarian Games where she helped Panama finish third as a team. Individually she finished ninth in the all-around. She won silver on vault behind Yamilet Peña and bronze on balance beam. She next competed at the Pan American Championships where she helped Panama finish tenth as a team during qualifications. Individually, she placed twenty-first in the all-around but won gold on vault. Additionally she qualified to compete at the upcoming World Championships as an individual.{{cite web|url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/deportes/karla-navas-con-oro-en-panamericano-de-gimnasia-1209561|title=Karla Navas con oro en Panamericano de Gimnasia|lang=es|work=Panamá América|trans-title= Karla Navas with gold in Pan American Gymnastics}}{{Cite web|title=U.S. senior men win team title, women capture silver as Pan American Championships end|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27689|work=USA Gymnastics|date=July 17, 2022}} At the South American Games Navas helped Panama finish fifth as a team. Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around, fourth on the uneven bars and balance beam, and seventh on vault.

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Category:2004 births

Category:21st-century Panamanian sportswomen

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