Camille Bahl (born 13 October 1999) is a French

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

and former gymnast of the french national team. She represented

France at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics France competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Medalists Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in ''italics''. These medals are not counted towards th ...

and the 2015 European Championships.

Personal life

Camille Bahl was born on 13 October 1999, in

Schiltigheim Schiltigheim (, , and sometimes by non-local speakers of French; Alsatian: ''Schelige'' ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called ''Schilikois'' in French and ''Scheligemer'' ...

. She began gymnastics at the age of five in

Oberhoffen-sur-Moder Oberhoffen-sur-Moder (german: Oberhofen an der Moder) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population Notable people * Sébastien Loeb, French rally and racing driver * Charles Miller, born Oberhoffen- ...

and was recruited to join the Union

Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

club. She began training at the

INSEP INSEP, the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance), is a French training institute and center for excellence in sports that trains elite athletes. It is located on th ...

in the summer of 2014. She speaks French, English, and German.

Career

Junior career: 2013–2014

Bahl finished 7th in the junior all-around at the 2013 French Championships, and Union Haguenau won the team silver medal. At the 2014 French Championships, she finished 5th in the all-around and won the silver medal on vault behind

Loan His Loan Válerie His (born 10 April 1999) is a retired French artistic gymnast. She represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics and helped the French team finish eleventh. She won a bronze medal with the French team at the 2016 European Champions ...

, and Union Haguenau finished 4th. At a friendly meet against Romania and Belgium, the French team finished 3rd, and Bahl finished 6th in the all-around and won the bronze medal on the vault. She competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships alongside Loan His,

Marine Boyer Marine Clémence Boyer (, born 22 May 2000) is a French female artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 Mediterranean Games champion, the 2016 European silver medalist and the 2018 European bronze medalist on the balance beam. She is also the 2018 Eur ...

, Océane Pause, and

Juliette Bossu Juliette Bossu is a French retired gymnast. In 2015 Bossu competed in the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi. Bossu a two time gold medalist at the 2016 and 2017 French Gymnastics Championships appeared at four national ch ...

, and they finished 7th as a team. She was then selected to compete at the

2014 Youth Olympic Games The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

where she finished 8th in the all-around final. Her last competition of the season was the Élite Gym Massilia, where she finished 6th on vault, 8th with her team, and 24th in the all-around.

Senior career

2015–2016

Bahl made her senior debut at the 2015 French Championships, where she won the gold medal on the vault and finished 4th in the all-around. She competed at the

2015 City of Jesolo Trophy The 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy ( it, Trofeo Citta Jesolo 2015) was the eighth edition of the City of Jesolo Trophy competition and was held March 25–29, 2015 at the SGA Gymnasium Treviso in Jesolo, Italy Teams from Italy, the United States, Can ...

, where the French team finished 4th, and Bahl finished 4th on the vault and 8th on the floor exercise. She competed at the 2015 European Championships where she finished 7th in the vault event final. She competed at a friendly meet where the French team lost to Romania. Then at a friendly meet against Spain, the French team won, and Bahl won the gold medal on vault. She was the alternate for the French team at the 2015 World Championships. She won the bronze medal on vault at the Elite Gym Massilia and finished 4th in the all-around. Bahl competed at the

2016 City of Jesolo Trophy The 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy was the ninth edition of the City of Jesolo Trophy gymnastics competition, held at the SGA Gymnasium in Jesolo, Italy from March 19–20, 2016. Teams from Italy, United States, Brazil and France attended, as well as ...

, where the French team finished 4th. She pulled out of the Olympic Test Event and France's Olympic Trials due to an ankle injury. She continued to struggle with injuries and initially retired in March 2017.

Comeback: 2018–present

Bahl returned to competition in December 2018 at the Top 12 Series 2, where she only competed on the balance beam and helped Haguenau beat Combs la Ville. In 2021, after a break, she returned to competition with her new club “Combs la Ville” and has since competed in the Top 12 Championships. At most meets she doesn't compete on bars.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahl, Camille 1999 births Living people French female artistic gymnasts People from Schiltigheim Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin 21st-century French women