Rosa Chacha

Rosa Chacha, full name Rosa Alba Chacha Chacha, is an Ecuadorian long-distance runner born on 8 December 1982 in Ambato. She is a four-time Olympian in the marathon, competing at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Games, and holds the Ecuadorian national record in the half marathon. She won the 2011 Buenos Aires Marathon, the 2013 South American Marathon Championships and the marathon at the 2022 South American Games, and took bronze in the half marathon at the 2022 Bolivarian Games. Her marathon best of 2:26:34 was set at the 2023 Hamburg Marathon, a national record that also met the Olympic qualifying standard. She has finished in the top ten at the Pan American Games marathon on several occasions.