Camilo Vera

Camilo Vera
Camilo Vera
Full name	Keynher Camilo Vera Carrascal
Born	28 February 2007 (age 19); Cúcuta, Colombia
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Colombia; (2018–present);
Club	Liga Norte de Santander
Head coach	Jairo Ruiz
Representing Colombia
Men's artistic gymnastics
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Junior World Championships

Keynher Camilo Vera Carrascal (born February 28, 2007) is a Colombian artistic gymnast. He is the 2026 Pan American all-around and vault champion. He is also the 2025 Junior World Champion on parallel bars and horizontal bar.

Early life

Vera was born in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He has two siblings, Jhan Carlos and Dana, who are judokas. He began training in 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.

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.

In early 2023, Vera suffered a spinal injury that required him to undergo stem cell treatment in Bogotá.

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.

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

Vera competed at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games, where he helped Colombia finish second as a team. Individually, he won gold on vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. 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. He was one of only two competitors to win two individual titles alongside Arsenii Dukhno.

Vera started competing at the senior level in 2026. At the 2026 Pan American Championships, Vera helped Colombia win silver behind Canada. Individually, he qualified for the all-around final and the floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, and vault finals. During the all-around final Vera performed cleanly on all apparatuses and was able to win the all-around title after teammate Ángel Barajas fell on the final apparatus. During event finals, Vera placed seventh on floor exercise and fifth on pommel horse and rings before winning gold on vault.

Competitive history

Competitive history of Camilo Vera
Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2018	Colombian Championships
2019	Colombian Championships				4		4
2022
2022	Junior Pan American Championships	4		6		7
2023	Colombian Championships
	2nd Colombian Championships
	South American Junior Championships				7		7
2024	Bolivarian Youth Games			7
	Pacific Rim Championships						5
	Colombian Championships							4
	Junior Pan American Championships			7
2025	Colombian Championships
	Junior Pan American Games		4			4
	South American Junior Championships
	Junior World Championships	12	14
2026	Cairo World Cup			WD					WD
	Osijek World Cup								5
	Pan American Championships			7	5	5
	Central American and Caribbean Games					8
	World Championships