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In late April, Barajas participated in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 South American Youth Games| |
In late April, Barajas participated in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 South American Youth Games|South American Youth Games]], leading Colombia to team gold. He individually won gold in six of the seven events, missing out only on rings.<ref name="barajas2022">{{cite web |date=May 10, 2022 |title=Ángel Barajas: así es el nuevo diamante de la gimnasia colombiana |trans-title=Ángel Barajas: this is the new diamond of Colombian gymnastics |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ciclo-olimpico/angel-barajas-juegos-sudamericanos-diamante-de-la-gimnasia-colombiana-670990 |work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]}} |
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</ref> In July, at the [[2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championships|Pan American Championships]], he helped Colombia finish fourth as a team. Individually, he won gold on the horizontal bar, silver in the all-around, floor exercise, and vault, and bronze on parallel bars.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 14, 2022 |title=U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27662 |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27675 |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref> |
</ref> In July, at the [[2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championships|Pan American Championships]], he helped Colombia finish fourth as a team. Individually, he won gold on the horizontal bar, silver in the all-around, floor exercise, and vault, and bronze on parallel bars.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 14, 2022 |title=U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27662 |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27675 |work=[[USA Gymnastics]]}}</ref> |
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Full name | Ángel Gabriel Barajas Vivas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cúcuta, Colombia | August 12, 2006|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2018–present (COL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Liga Norte de Santander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Jairo Ruiz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ángel Gabriel Barajas Vivas (born August 12, 2006) is a Colombian artistic gymnast. He is the first Colombian gymnast to win an Olympic medal, earning a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1] Barajas is also the 2022 South American Youth Games champion and the 2023 Junior World all-around silver medalist.
Junior gymnastics career
2021
In 2021, Barajas competed at the Junior Pan American Championships, where he helped Colombia secure second place as a team. Individually, he won bronze medals in the all-around, floor exercise, and horizontal bar, and he claimed gold on the pommel horse.[2]
2022
In late April, Barajas participated in the South American Youth Games, leading Colombia to team gold. He individually won gold in six of the seven events, missing out only on rings.[3] In July, at the Pan American Championships, he helped Colombia finish fourth as a team. Individually, he won gold on the horizontal bar, silver in the all-around, floor exercise, and vault, and bronze on parallel bars.[4][5]
2023
In late March, Barajas competed at the second Junior World Championships as the lone male Colombian delegate. On the first day, he qualified for the all-around final in first place and also made it to the finals for floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[6][7] In the all-around final, he won silver, finishing behind Qin Guohuan of China. In the apparatus finals, Barajas secured gold medals on floor exercise and parallel bars, and a bronze on horizontal bar.[8] With four medals, he left Antalya as the most decorated athlete.[9]
Senior gymnastics career
2024
Barajas became eligible for senior competition in 2024. He made his senior debut at the Cairo World Cup in mid-February, where he qualified for the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals. He won bronze on the horizontal bar, finishing behind Tang Chia-hung and Joe Fraser, and placed eighth on parallel bars.[10] At the conclusion of the World Cup series, Barajas earned an individual Olympic berth for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.[11]
At the Olympic Games, Barajas competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar. During qualifications, he qualified for the horizontal bar final and was the third reserve for the parallel bars final. On the final day of competition for artistic gymnastics, Barajas scored 14.533 on the horizontal bar—the highest score of the day. However, he lost the execution score tie-breaker to Shinnosuke Oka, earning the silver medal. This achievement made Barajas the first Colombian gymnast to win an Olympic medal.[12][13]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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Junior | |||||||||
2018 | Colombian Championships | ||||||||
2019 | Colombian Championships (senior) | 6 | 4 | ||||||
2021 | |||||||||
Pan American Championships | |||||||||
South American Championships | |||||||||
2022 | South American Youth Games | 4 | |||||||
Pan American Championships | 4 | ||||||||
2023 | |||||||||
Junior World Championships | |||||||||
Senior | |||||||||
2024 | Cairo World Cup | 8 | |||||||
Cottbus World Cup | 4 | ||||||||
Baku World Cup | |||||||||
Doha World Cup | 4 | ||||||||
Olympic Games | 14 |
Personal life
Barajas was born in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, to Angélica María Vivas and Wilson Barajas. He has two younger siblings.[14] Since 2018, he has been training with the Norte de Santander Gymnastics League alongside gymnasts like Jossimar Calvo and is coached by Jairo Ruiz Casas.[15][16] He attends the Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International.[3]
References
- ^ Méndez, Por Juan David Botia (August 5, 2024). "Miguel Ángel Barajas habló de cómo ganó la medalla de plata en los Juegos Olímpicos de París: "No tenía nada que perder"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ "Seven U.S. gymnasts capture 15 medals during final day of 2021 Junior Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ángel Barajas: así es el nuevo diamante de la gimnasia colombiana" [Ángel Barajas: this is the new diamond of Colombian gymnastics]. El Tiempo. May 10, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Debut con primer lugar para Ángel Barajas en el Mundial de Gimnasia Artística" [Debut with first place for Ángel Barajas in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships]. Colombian Olympic Committee (in Spanish). March 28, 2023.
- ^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Con dos oros vuelveal país el Ángel de la". El Colombiano (in Spanish). April 2, 2023.
- ^ "FIG dice que Barajas es "el gimnasta más fascinante surgido en Sudamérica"" [FIG says Barajas is "the most fascinating gymnast to emerge in South America"]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). April 4, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Cairo World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. February 18, 2024.
- ^ "23 more Artistic gymnasts have earned Olympic berths! See who's headed to Paris here". International Gymnastics Federation. April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Ángel Barajas Makes History with Colombia's First-Ever Olympics Medal in Gymnastics". Remezcla. August 5, 2024.
- ^ "¡Histórico Ángel Barajas! Una Plata Olímpica Que Sabe A Oro Para La Gimnasia Artística Colombiana" [Historic Angel Barajas! An Olympic silver that tastes like gold for Colombian artistic gymnastics]. International Olympic Committee (in Spanish). August 5, 2024.
- ^ Rengifo, Lisandro Abel (May 10, 2022). "Ángel Barajas: así es el nuevo diamante de la gimnasia colombiana". El Tiempo. Casa Editorial El Tiempo. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Ángel Barajas, la nueva joya de la gimnasia artística colombiana". Comité Olímpico Colombiano. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ Rengifo, Lisandro Abel (May 10, 2022). "Ángel Barajas: así es el nuevo diamante de la gimnasia colombiana". El Tiempo. Casa Editorial El Tiempo. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Colombian male artistic gymnasts
- 21st-century Colombian people
- Sportspeople from Cúcuta
- Medalists at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Colombia
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Olympic silver medalists for Colombia
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics