Michelle A. Cameron-Coulter, (born December 28, 1962, in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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) is a retired Canadian Olympic
synchronized swimmer, and former world champion.
Career
Cameron began synchronized swimming at age 13,
and she joined the Calgary Aquabelles in 1976.
In 1985 she was paired with swimming partner
Carolyn Waldo
Carolyn Jane Waldo, (born December 11, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian former synchronised swimming, synchronized swimmer and broadcaster.
Competing both as a solo and as part of a duo with Michelle Cameron, Waldo experience ...
.
The pair found great success, winning most major duet competitions including the 1985 Rome and Spanish Opens, 1986 Commonwealth Games, 1986 World Aquatics Championships and the 1987 Pan Pacific Championships.
Cameron's most notable achievement is earning a gold medal in the
women's duet event at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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. She was the first person from the province of
Alberta
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to win an
Olympic gold medal
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Competitions
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.
Honours
In 1988, she was made a Member of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
. In 1991, she was inducted into
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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.
In 2000, she was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
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.
See also
*
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ...
References
External links
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profileCBC Archives: 1988 Seoul: Carolyn Waldo & Michelle Cameron
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1962 births
Living people
Canadian synchronized swimmers
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada
Synchronized swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Members of the Order of Canada
Swimmers from Calgary
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
Synchronized swimmers at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Commonwealth Games medallists in synchronised swimming
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Synchronised swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games