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Michelle Cameron (gymnast)

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Michelle Cameron
Full nameMichelle Helen Cameron
Country represented South Africa
Born (1980-04-10) 10 April 1980 (age 44)
Pretoria, South Africa
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team1994-2000
Retiredyes
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hoop
Gold medal – first place 1994 Ball
Gold medal – first place 1996 Walvis Bay All-Around
Gold medal – first place 1998 All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 1994 All-Around
African Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare All-Around
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare Ball
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare Clubs
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg All-Around
Silver medal – second place 1999 Johannesburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg All-Around

Michelle Helen Cameron (born 10 April 1980) is a retired South African rhythmic gymnast.

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "Union Africaine de Gymnastique - UNE BELLE HISTOIRE D'UNE CHAMPIONNE D'AFRIQUE". 2007-10-09. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  2. ^ "National ALL AROUND Champions 1999". gymmedia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Van Rensburg tops in rhythmic gymnastics". iol.co.za. 17 September 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2024.