Camille Martens
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| Full name | Camille Lynette Martens Lafon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Cami | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 1, 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (at the 1996 Olympics) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Canada (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kalev RSG Club (1995-1996), Club Elite (1986-1994), Aura/Okanagan RG Stars 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ludmilla Dimitrova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Svetlana Joukova, Evelyn Koop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Lori Fung, Tricia Gilmore Cohee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1996 (with a short 5 month come-back in 1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 02.02.2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Camille Martens (born June 1, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former Canadian rhythmic gymnast who now works as a coach.
Martens won medals at Junior Pan Ams (1990), Four Continents Championships (1990, 1992, 1994). At the 1993 World Championships in Alicante, Spain, she ranked 21st. She competed in the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won a gold in the team competition and silver in the all-around and three apparatus finals. Two years later, she competed at the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, she was 33rd in the qualification round after dropping her ball late in her ball routine.
After finishing her career, Martens founded a rhythmic gymnastics club in the Okanagan Valley; some of her students have represented Canada internationally. She also founded the Cirque Theatre Company.
Martens is the mother of two adult children and resides in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. In 2022 she married French snowboarder Benoit Lafon.