Camilo Vera

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Camilo Vera
Personal information
Full nameKeynher Camilo Vera Carrascal
Born (2007-02-28) February 28, 2007 (age 18)
Cúcuta, Colombia
Gymnastics career
Sport Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
(2018–present)
ClubLiga Norte de Santander
Head coachJairo Ruiz
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Men's artistic gymnastics
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Manila Parallel bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Manila Horizontal bar
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Asunción Vault
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Asunción Parallel bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Asunción Horizontal bar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Asunción Team

Keynher Camilo Vera Carrascal (born February 28, 2007) is a Colombian artistic gymnast. He is the 2025 Junior World Champion on parallel bars and horizontal bar. Additionally he was a three-time gold medalist at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.

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Early life

Vera was born in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He has two siblings, Jhan Carlos and Dana, who are judokas. He began training gymnastics under Jairo Ruiz and alongside Ángel Barajas. For a brief period when Vera was 11, his family moved to a farm in Catatumbo where he and his siblings trained in a makeshift gym built with sticks, cement, and bricks in a corner of their family farm. His family moved back to Cúcuta due to the ongoing guerrilla violence in the region. [1]

Junior gymnastics career

Vera competed at the 2022 Pan American Championships where he helped Colombia finish fourth as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and parallel bars and won bronze in the all-around behind Fred Richard and Ángel Barajas. [2] [3] In early 2023, Vera suffered a spinal injury that required him to undergo stem cell treatment in Bogotá. [4] . At the 2023 Junior South American Championships he helped Colombia win team gold and individually he won gold in the all-around and on floor exercise, rings, and horizontal bar. [5]

In early 2024 Vera competed at the inaugural Bolivarian Youth Games where he won gold in the all-around. [6] He next competed at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships where he won again won gold in the all-around. [7]

Vera competed at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games where he helped Colombian finish second as a team. Individually he won gold on vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. [8] He ended the year competing at the 2025 Junior World Championships where he co-won gold on the parallel bars alongside Nao Ojima and outright won the title on horizontal bar. [4] He was one of only two competitors to win two individual titles alongside Arsenii Dukhno. [9]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Camilo Vera
YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB
2018 Colombian ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg
2019 Colombian ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg4Silver medal icon.svg4Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2022
Pan American Championships 4Bronze medal icon.svg6Gold medal icon.svg7Gold medal icon.svg
2023 Colombian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2nd Colombian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Junior South American ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg7Gold medal icon.svg7Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2024 Bolivarian Youth Games Gold medal icon.svg7Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Pacific Rim Championships Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg5Gold medal icon.svg
Colombian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg4Gold medal icon.svg
Pan American Championships Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg7Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2025 Colombian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Junior Pan American Games Silver medal icon.svg44Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Junior World Championships 1214Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg

References

  1. "Del Catatumbo para el mundo" [From Catatumbo to the world]. Colombian Olympic Committee (in Spanish). February 25, 2025.
  2. "U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics . July 14, 2022.
  3. "Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics . July 16, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Las lágrimas que valen oro: Camilo Vera, el bicampeón que venció las lesiones y honró a su mamá en el podio mundial" [Tears that are worth their weight in gold: Camilo Vera, the two-time champion who overcame injuries and honored his mother on the world podium]. El Colombiano . November 25, 2025.
  5. "2023 South American Junior Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. September 2, 2023.
  6. "Con Camilo Vera sigue la cosecha de gimnastas cucuteños" [Camilo Vera continues the crop of Cúcuta gymnasts]. Colombian Olympic Committee (in Spanish). April 23, 2024.
  7. "2024 Pacific Rim Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. April 29, 2024.
  8. "2025 Junior Pan American Games Event Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics .
  9. "Two victories for Vera in 'veni vidi vici' performance at Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation . November 24, 2025.