Camille Martens

Camille Martens Lafon
Full name	Camille Lynette Martens Lafon
Nickname(s)	Cami
Country represented	Canada
Regions represented	BC and Ontario
Born	(1976-06-01) June 1, 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hometown	Vernon, BC
Residence	Vernon, BC
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (at the 1996 Olympics)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb) (at the 1996 Olympics)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior international
Years on national team	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)
Medal record Representing Canada Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Team Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria All Around Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria Ball Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria Clubs Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria Ribbon
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.

External links

• Camille Martens at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Camille Martens at Olympics.com