Kameron Nelson (gymnast)

Nelson qualified for and competed at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships in the junior divisions.^[3] He walked on to the Ohio State Buckeyes men's gymnastics team as he had a previous encounter with Buckeyes assistant coach Casimiro Suárez.^[2] He was the vault champion at the 2023 Winter Cup and the 2023 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.^[2] As a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team, Nelson participated at 2023 FIG World Cup Cairo.^[5] He qualified for event finals on the floor exercise and vault where he placed 8th and 5th respectively.^[5]

He won the vault title again at the 2024 Winter Cup and placed second at the 2025 Winter Cup.^[1] Nelson trained triple back somersaults starting when he was a teenager and is known as the "triple back guy".^[2][4]

In January 2025, Nelson became the first gymnast in history to use two triple somersaults in a single floor routine in January 2025.^[2][4][6][7] At the 2025 NCAA men's gymnastics championship, Nelson won the vault title and placed third on the floor exercise.^[4] In August of that year, Nelson competed at the National Championships where he won silver on floor exercise and vault behind Asher Hong on both. After the competition, he was selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships alongside Hong, Brandon Dang, Patrick Hoopes, Brody Malone, and Donnell Whittenburg.^[8] At the World Championships, Nelson qualified for the floor exercise final in third place behind Jake Jarman and Carlos Yulo.^[9] During the event final he finished fourth.

At the 2026 World Cup Series in Cottbus, Germany, held on February 19-22, he won a bronze on rings.^[10] In Osijek, Croatia, held on April 9-12, he was the number 1 qualifer on the floor apparatus, but just missed the podium on both the floor and vault finals.^[11]

• Kameron Nelson at World Gymnastics
• Kameron Nelson at USA Gymnastics
• Kameron Nelson at Ohio State Buckeyes