Michelle Cameron (gymnast)

Michelle Cameron
Full name	Michelle Helen Cameron
Born	(1980-04-10) 10 April 1980 Pretoria, South Africa
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented	South Africa
Years on national team	1994-2000
Level	International Elite
Retired	yes
Medal record Rhythmic Gymnastics Representing South Africa African Championships 1994 Hoop 1994 Ball 1996 Walvis Bay All-Around 1998 All-Around 1994 All-Around African Games 1995 Harare All-Around 1995 Harare Ball 1995 Harare Clubs 1995 Harare Ribbon 1999 Johannesburg All-Around 1999 Johannesburg Team 1999 Johannesburg All-Around

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

Biography

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.

She won All-Around gold also at the 1996 African Championships in Walvis Bay and the 1998 edition. 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.

Cameron retired in 2000. 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.