Oriana Viñas

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]

Oriana Viñas
Full nameOriana Valentina Viñas Perez[1]
Country represented Colombia
Born (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002[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
2024 CaliTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
2023 San SalvadorTeam
2023 San SalvadorBall
South American Games
2018 CochabambaBall
South American Championships
2018 Melgar Team
2022 Paipa Hoop
2018 Melgar Ball
2021 Cali Team
2021 Cali All-around team
2022 Paipa Team
2022 Paipa All-around team
2023 Barranquilla Team
2021 Barranquilla All-around team

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. Asunción 2022 (in Spanish). Access date: Oct-19-2023.
  2. 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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