Camilo Vera

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 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.

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.

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

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.

Senior gymnastics career 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 to the all-around final and to 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 VeraYearEvent 2018 Colombian Championships 2019 Colombian Championships 4 4 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 Osijek World Cup 5 Pan American Championships 7 5 5 Central American and Caribbean Games 8