Cameron van der Burgh

Cameron van der Burgh
van der Burgh in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National team South Africa
Born (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubEnergy Standard
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships (LC) 2 3 5
World Championships (SC) 4 3 1
Commonwealth Games 4 2 3
African Games 6 0 0
African Championships 1 0 0
Total 18 9 9
Olympic Games
2012 London100 m breaststroke
2016 Rio de Janeiro100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
2009 Rome50 m breaststroke
2013 Barcelona50 m breaststroke
2013 Barcelona100 m breaststroke
2015 Kazan50 m breaststroke
2015 Kazan100 m breaststroke
2007 Melbourne50 m breaststroke
2009 Rome100 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai50 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai100 m breaststroke
2017 Budapest50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
2010 Dubai100 m breaststroke
2016 Windsor50 m breaststroke
2018 Hangzhou50 m breaststroke
2018 Hangzhou100 m breaststroke
2008 Manchester100 m breaststroke
2010 Dubai50 m breaststroke
2014 Doha50 m breaststroke
2008 Manchester50 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi50 m breaststroke
2010 Delhi100 m breaststroke
2014 Glasgow50 m breaststroke
2018 Gold Coast50 m breaststroke
2010 Delhi4×100 m medley
2014 Glasgow100 m breaststroke
2014 Glasgow4×100 m medley
2018 Gold Coast100 m breastroke
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m medley
African Games
2007 Algiers50 m breaststroke
2007 Algiers100 m breaststroke
2011 Maputo50 m breaststroke
2011 Maputo100 m breaststroke
2015 Brazzaville50 m breaststroke
2015 Brazzaville100 m breaststroke
African Championships
2016 Bloemfontein50 m breaststroke

Cameron van der Burgh OIS (born 25 May 1988) is a retired South African competitive swimmer and hedge fund analyst. He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and individual male Olympic champion. He is married to longtime partner Nefeli Valakelis.