Joshua Karnes
American gymnast (born 2004)
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Joshua Andrew Karnes (born July 6, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast.
representedUnited States
(2025–present)
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| Full name | Joshua Andrew Karnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 6, 2004 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States (2025–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Penn State Nittany Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jacob Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
Karnes attended Erie High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Pennsylvania State University to pursue gymnastics.[1]
Gymnastics career
2023
In February 2023, Karnes competed at the 2023 Winter Cup and placed fourth on floor exercise and seventh in the all-around.[2] In April, during the 2023 NCAA men's gymnastics championship, he won bronze on parallel bars, placed fourth in the all-around and seventh on vault.[1]
In August 2023, he competed at the World University Games where he helped the USA finish fourth as a team.[3] Individually, he finished sixth in the all-around.[4]
2024
In February 2024, he competed at the 2024 Winter Cup and won silver on floor exercise and placed ninth in the all-around.[5] In April, during the 2024 NCAA men's gymnastics championship, he won bronze on parallel bars.[1]
He then competed at the 2024 National Championships and placed seventeenth in the all-around.[6] He suffered a concussion during the event.[7] Six days before the 2024 Olympic Trials, he passed a concussion test and was cleared to compete.[8][9] At the Olympic trials, he placed eighth on horizontal bar.[10]
2025
Karnes was selected to represent the United States at the 2025 Pan American Championships alongside Taylor Burkhart, Taylor Christopulos, Brandon Dang, Asher Hong, and alternate Jun Iwai.[11] During the event, he helped team USA win team gold.[12] He also won silver on pommel horse, horizontal bar, and in the all-around with a score of 79.900.[13] Following his time at Penn State, Karnes planned to move to EVO Gymnastics to continue his training after the 2025 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.[14]
Personal life
Karnes was born to Jim and Monica Karnes, and has two brothers, Tony and Nick, and one sister, Abby.[1] In 2017, he competed on Little Big Shots.[15][16]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2023 | Winter Cup | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| NCAA Championships | 6 | 4 | 7 |  | |||||
| World University Games | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| 2024 | Winter Cup | 9 |  | 9 | 10 | 16 | 19 | ||
| NCAA Championships | 5 | | |||||||
| U.S. National Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| Olympic Trials | 8 | ||||||||
| 2025 | NCAA Championships | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| Pan American Championships |  | | | 5 | | ||||
| U.S. National Championships | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 2026 | Winter Cup | 28 | 5 | 4 | | 6 |
