Rosa Chacha

Rosa Alba Chacha Chacha (born 8 December 1982) is an Ecuadorian long-distance runner. She is a four-time Olympian in the marathon and is the national record holder in the half marathon. She is the 2022 South American Games marathon champion.

Career Chacha ran her first race when she was eight years old. She qualified for the marathon at the 2011 Pan American Games and finished eighth.

Chacha competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 83rd with a time of 2:40:57, a seasonal best. She then won the 2013 South American Marathon Championships in Buenos Aires. At the 2014 South American Half Marathon Championships, she finished second to Carmen Martínez. She placed seventh in the marathon at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Chacha represented Ecuador at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon and finished 100th with a time of 2:48:52. At the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships, she finished 56th with a time of 1:14:19.

Chacha finished fourth in the marathon at the 2019 Pan American Games with a personal best time of 2:32:45. She represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and she finished 41st with a time of 2:36:44. She won the bronze medal in the half marathon at the 2022 Bolivarian Games.

Chacha set the national record at the 2023 Hamburg Marathon with a time of 2:26:34 and also met the qualification standard for the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the Olympic Games, she finished 73rd with a time of 2:42:14.

Personal life Chacha was born in Ambato but moved to Quito, where her mother worked at a farm. She has four siblings. She is coached by her husband, and they have one daughter.

Personal bests 5000 m: 16:17.75 min A – Lima, Peru, 19 June 2009 10,000 m: 34:51.14 min A – Lima, Peru, 21 June 2009 Half marathon: 1:11:23 hrs – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21 August 2022 Marathon: 2:26:34 hrs – Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023

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