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| Full name | Karla Andrea Navas Boyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 2004 Panama City, Panama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Panama (2018–present (PAN)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | No Limits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Carlos Rafael Gil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karla Andrea Navas Boyd (born 12 September 2004) is a Panamanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022, 2024, and 2025 Pan American champion on vault.
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. [1]
Navas made her international debut at the Pacific Rim Championships where she finished seventh in the all-around. [2] She next competed at the Junior Pan American Championships, where she helped Panama finish seventh as team; Navas finished fifteenth in the all-around. [3] In October Navas competed at the Junior South American Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around. [4]
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. [5] 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. [6]
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. [7] [8]
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. [9] [10] 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.
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2018 | Pacific Rim Championships | 7 | |||||
| Pan American Championships | 7 | 15 | |||||
| South American Championships | 11 | ||||||
| Top Gym | 26 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| Junior World Championships | 23 | 47 | |||||
| South American Championships |  | 6 | 4 |  | 5 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2021 | |||||||
| Pan American Championships | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2022 | Bolivarian Games | | 9 |  | | ||
| Pan American Championships | 10 | 21 | | ||||
| South American Games | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| World Championships | 77 | ||||||
| 2023 | |||||||
| Pan American Championships | 7 | 11 | 10 | 17 | |||
| Central American & Caribbean Games | | | 4 | | | ||
| World Championships | 43 | ||||||
| Pan American Games | 7 | 12 | |||||
| 2024 | Cottbus World Cup | | |||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||
| Doha World Cup | | ||||||
| Pan American Championships | 5 | 6 | | ||||
| South American Championships | | 7 | | | 4 | ||
| 2025 | |||||||
| Pan American Championships | 6 | 9 | | 4 | |||
| Paris World Challenge Cup | | ||||||
| World Championships | 38 |
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