{{Short description|Uruguayan psychopedagogue and chess player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Camila Colombo | image = | caption = | birth_name = Camila Colombo Seré | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|06|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Psychopedagogue, chess player | signature = Firma Camila Colombo.svg | alma_mater = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona | employer = Club Mágico de Extremadura | module2 = {{Infobox chess player | child = yes | title = Woman International Master (2012) |peakrating = 2129 (September 2009) |rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/3001822/chart 2084] (March 2022) |country = Uruguay |FideID = 7000537 }} }} '''Camila Colombo Seré''' (born 4 June 1990) is a Uruguayan psychopedagogue and chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 2012. Colombo is a multiple-time national women's champion.

==Personal life== Born in Montevideo, Camila Colombo, at age 8, together with her sisters, learned to play chess with their father.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/camila-colombo-n250249 |title=Ajedrecista, Escuela Uruguaya de Ajedrez en Club Banco República |trans-title=Chess Player, Uruguayan School of Chess for Club Banco República |work=El Observador |language=Spanish |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

Colombo studied education at the {{ill|School of Humanities and Sciences (University of the Republic)|es|Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (Universidad de la República)|lt=School of Humanities and Sciences}} at the University of the Republic, and psychopedagogy at Instituto Universitario CEDIIAP.

Since 2011, she has lived in Spain and works at the ''Club Mágico de Extremadura'' as a sports and therapeutic chess instructor. She is studying for a master's degree in neuropsychological rehabilitation and cognitive stimulation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

==Chess== She went on to play at the Uruguayan School of Chess for Club Banco República and participated in several national and international tournaments. In 2002 Colombo became the Uruguayan girls U12 champion and the South American school girls U12 champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educajedrez.edu.uy/noticias/camila.asp|title=Camila Colombo Seré Campeona Sudamericana Estudiantil Sub 12|publisher=educajerez|language=Spanish|trans-title=Camila Colombo Seré Under-12 South American Student Champion|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093317/http://www.educajedrez.edu.uy/noticias/camila.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the same year, she took the bronze medal for the third place of Uruguay in the South American team championships, and she also won the gold medal for the best player on board four.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} In 2007, Colombo became the South American girls U18 champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brasilbase.pro.br/s18b2007.htm|title=Federación 2007 - 4° Campeonato Sulamericano u18 (boys), 3° Campeonato Sulamericano u18 (girls)|author=BrasilBase|language=pt|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> Colombo won the Uruguayan women's championship for four consecutive years from 2007 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/407153-camila-colombo-se-proclamo-campeona-nacional-de-ajedrez|title=Camila Colombo se proclamó campeona nacional de Ajedrez|date=17 April 2010|work=LR21|language=Spanish|trans-title=Camila Colombo Proclaimed National Chess Champion|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://nau64.com/camila-colombo-la-primera-dama-en-una-final-absoluta/|title=Una Dama en la Final – MF Camila Colombo|date=9 March 2011|publisher=Academia de Ajedrez nau64|language=es|access-date=2019-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620130735/http://nau64.com/camila-colombo-la-primera-dama-en-una-final-absoluta/|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, she qualified to play in the Uruguayan absolute championship, becoming the first woman to do so.<ref name=":0" /> Later in the same year, Colombo finished third in the Zonal 2.5 women's tournament in Santiago de Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://es.chessbase.com/post/carolina-lujn-gan-el-zonal-sudamericano-2-5-en-chile/27|title=Carolina Luján ganó el zonal sudamericano 2.5 en Chile|date=5 September 2011|website=Noticias de ajedrez| publisher=ChessBase|language=es|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> Thanks to this result, she was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM), becoming the first from Uruguay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ajedrezlaproa.blogspot.com/2011/09/camila-colombo-es-la-primera-wim-de.html|title=Camila Colombo es la primera WIM de Uruguay|date=4 September 2011|publisher=Club de Ajedrez la Proa|language=Spanish|trans-title=Camila Colombo is Uruguay's First WIM|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> In 2013, Colombo became again the Uruguayan women's champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://es.chessdom.com/2013/la-wim-camila-colombo-es-la-campeona-uruguaya-de-2013/|title=La WIM Camila Colombo es la Campeona Uruguaya de 2013|date=3 March 2013|publisher=Chessdom|language=Spanish|trans-title=The WIM Camila Colombo is the 2012 Uruguayan Champion|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

She was part of the Uruguayan team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 2008 in Dresden, 2012 in Istanbul<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.referi.uy/camila-colombo-la-primera-campeona-sub-20-n101297 |title=Camila Colombo, la primera campeona sub 20 |trans-title=Camila Colombo, the First Woman Sub-20 Champion |work=El Observador Referi |language=Spanish |date=11 April 2011 |access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> and 2014 in Tromsø. Thanks to her performance in Dresden, Colombo was awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2009.

==Awards== * 2010: first place in the U20 Absolute Uruguayan Championship. * 2011: third place in the South American Zonal Championship 2.5. * 2011: Female International Master. * 2012: twelfth place in the Absolute Uruguayan Championship. * 2014: ninth place in the Absolute Uruguayan Championship. * 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2012; 2013; 2014: first place in the Uruguayan Women's Championship.

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==External links== * {{FIDE}} * {{Chess.com member|CamiCS}} * {{OlimpBase women's player|66ii0o0f}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colombo, Camila}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Chess Woman International Masters Category:Sportspeople from Montevideo Category:Uruguayan chess players Category:University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni Category:Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni