Sandra Cam (born 30 June 1972 in

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, Liège,

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) is a Belgian retired freestyle swimmer who represented her country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, in

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( 1992) and

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( 1996). She is best known for winning two medals at the

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in Buffalo, United States. Cam graduated from

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(SMU) in

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with a BA in

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and a BA in Philosophy. While swimming for SMU, she earned 14 all–American honors at the

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championships between 1992 and 1996, setting all-time SMU records in several events. She also won the award for the “best female athlete” of the

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Championship (SWC) in 1995 and 1996.

Achievements

First Belgian National Championship record at the age 13 in the 200 m butterfly and First Belgian National Championship title at age 14 in the 200 m freestyle. She won over 35 Belgian National Championship titles from 1986 until her retirement in 1997. 1986: A Finalist at the Junior European Championships in

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1987: A Finalist at the Junior European Championships in

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1989: Two times A Finalist at the Senior European Championships in

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, Germany in the 400 m freestyle and 400 m

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1990: A Finalist at the

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, Australia in the 400 m Freestyle 1991: Took Silver at the World Cup in Bonn, Germany in the 400 m freestyle setting her up as the third highest ranked female in the world from 07/1990 till 04/1991. 1991: Two times A finalist at the Senior European Championships in

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in the 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle 1992: Took Second place in the B final of the

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in Barcelona, Spain in the 400 m freestyle 1993: Took Gold at the World University Games in Buffalo, United States in the 400 m freestyle and Silver in the 800 m freestyle 1994: Took Silver at the US Open in

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, United States, in the 400 m freestyle and 800 m freestyle 1995: Took Fifth place at the Senior European Championships in

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in the 400 m freestyle 1996: Took Fifth place at the

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in the 800 m freestyle 1996: Took Second place in the B Final of the

in Atlanta, United States.

References

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1972 births Living people Belgian female butterfly swimmers Belgian female freestyle swimmers Belgian female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Belgium Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming People from Seraing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belgium Universiade silver medalists for Belgium Sportspeople from Liège Province 20th-century Belgian women {{Belgium-swimming-bio-stub