Michelle Helen Cameron (born 10 April 1980) is a retired South African rhythmic gymnast.
Michelle Cameron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michelle Helen Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 10 April 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1994-2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
Cameron debuted at the 1994 African Championships where she won bronze in the All-Around and gold with hoop and ball. In 1995 she won gold in the All-Around as well as with ball, clubs and ribbon at the African Games in Harare.[1]
She won All-Around gold also at the 1996 African Championships in Walvis Bay and the 1998 edition.[1] At the 1999 African Games, she was a gold medalist in the All-Around, a team silver medalist and a bronze medalist in the first individual All-Around. At national level she was crowned national individual champion in 1996, 1998, and 1999.[1][2]
Cameron retired in 2000.[3]She became a coach in 2001, working at the Tuks Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and the South African national team. In 1998 she graduated in dance from the National School of the Arts and obtained a Bachelor of Science in medicine in 2004 from the University of Pretoria.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Union Africaine de Gymnastique - UNE BELLE HISTOIRE D'UNE CHAMPIONNE D'AFRIQUE". web.archive.org. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "National ALL AROUND Champions 1999". gymmedia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Van Rensburg tops in rhythmic gymnastics". iol.co.za. 17 September 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2024.