Oriana Viñas

Oriana Viñas
Full nameOriana Valentina Viñas Perez[1]
Country represented Colombia
Born (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 22)[1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2018–
Head coach(es)Mariangel Balza[2]
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Colombia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pacific Rim Championships 0 0 1
CAC Games 0 1 1
South American Games 0 0 1
South American Championships 0 2 7
Total 0 3 10
Pacific Rim Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Cali Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador Ball
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Ball
South American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Melgar Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paipa Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2024 Santiago Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Melgar Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cali Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cali All-around team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paipa Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paipa All-around team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Barranquilla Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Barranquilla All-around team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Santiago Hoop

Oriana Viñas (born 29 January 2002) is a Colombian/Venezolana rhythmic gymnast. She participated at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in 2019 and 2023.[2]

Personal life

She took up the sport at age six, she was initially a swimmer but had to stop swimming after suffering from hypothermia. Her ambition is to become a coach after she retires. Born in Venezuela, she has had Colombian citizenship since age 12 as her father is from Colombia. She moved there at age 14, following coach Mariangel Balza, who encouraged her to begin representing Colombia, she was cleared to compete for the country in 2017.[3]

Career

At the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships Oriana finished 7th in teams, 12th in the All-Around and 8th in the ribbon final.[4][5][6]

At the Pan American Championships in 2018 she was 18th in the All-Around and 5th in teams.[7][8] In October, she won silver in teams and bronze with ball at the South American Championships.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Asunción 2022 (in Spanish). Access date: Oct-19-2023.
  2. ^ a b FIG profile. International Gymnastics Federation. Access date: Oct-19-2023.
  3. ^ conexionuec3 (2022-06-09). "La extranjera que venía a ocupar un puesto colombiano". Conexión Externado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "2017 Pan American Junior Teams" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  5. ^ "2017 Pan American Junior All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  6. ^ "2017 Pan American Junior Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  7. ^ "2018 Pan American Teams" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  8. ^ "2018 Pan American All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  9. ^ "Nominative list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-28.


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