peoplepill id: angel-barajas
ÁB
Colombia
7 views today
7 views this week
Ángel Barajas
Colombian gymnast

Ángel Barajas

The basics

Quick Facts

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Ángel Gabriel Barajas Vivas (born August 12, 2006) is a Colombian artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 South American Youth Games champion and 2023 Junior World all-around silver medalist.

Personal life

Barajas was born in Cúcuta, Colombia to Angélica María Vivas and Wilson Barajas.

Junior gymnastics career

2021

Barajas competed at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships where he helped Colombia place second as a team. Individually he won bronze in the all-around, on floor exercise, and on horizontal bar but won gold on pommel horse.

2022

In late April Barajas competed at the 2022 South American Youth Games. He led Colombia to team gold and individually won gold in six of the seven individual events, only missing out on rings. In July Barajas competed at the Pan American Championships where he helped Colombia finish fourth as a team. Individually he won gold on horizontal bar, silver in the all-around, on floor exercise, and vault, and bronze on parallel bars.

2023

In late March Barajas competed at the second Junior World Championships as the lone male Colombian delegate. On the first day of competition Barajas qualified to the all-around final in first place. Additionally he qualified to the floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar finals. During the all-around final Barajas won silver behind Qin Guohuan of China. During apparatus finals Barajas won two gold medals on floor exercise and parallel bars. Additionally he won bronze on horizontal bar. With four medals Barajas left Antalya as the most decorated athlete.

Senior gymnastics career

2024

Barajas became age-eligible for senior competition in 2024. He made his senior debut at the Cairo World Cup in mid February where he qualified to the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals. He won bronze on horizontal bar behind Tang Chia-hung and Joe Fraser and finished eighth on parallel bars. At the conclusion of the World Cup series Barajas earned an individual Olympic berth for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB
Junior
2018Colombian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Colombian Championships (senior)64
2021
Pan American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022South American Youth Games1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships42nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023
Junior World Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Senior
2024Cairo World Cup83rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup4
Baku World Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Doha World Cup4

References

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Ángel Barajas is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Ángel Barajas
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes