Camille Martens Lafon | |
Fullname: | Camille Lynette Martens Lafon |
Nickname: | Cami |
Regionsrepresented: | BC and Ontario |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1976 |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Hometown: | Vernon, BC |
Residence: | Vernon, BC |
Height: | 173 cm (at the 1996 Olympics) |
Weight: | 50 kg (at the 1996 Olympics) |
Discipline: | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Level: | Senior international |
Natlteam: | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 |
Club: | Kalev RSG Club (1995-1996), Club Elite (1986-1994), Aura/Okanagan RG Stars 1999 |
Headcoach: | Ludmilla Dimitrova |
Assistcoach: | Svetlana Joukova, Evelyn Koop |
Formercoach: | Lori Fung, Tricia Gilmore Cohee |
Retired: | 1996 (with a short 5 month come-back in 1999) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Updated: | 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Martens is the mother of two adult children and resides in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. In 2022 she married French snowboarder Benoit Lafon.