Michelle Cameron
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Women's Synchronized Swimming | |||
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Gold | Seoul 1988 | Duet |
Michelle A. Cameron-Coulter (born January 28, 1962 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian Olympic synchronized swimmer, who won the gold medal with Carolyn Waldo, in the Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
From 1981 for the next seven years Cameron would be on the synchronized swimming team that would win six out of eight national championships. She was a member of the team that demonstrated the new sport to the International Olympic Committee to have the Games accept the sport.
In 1988, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1991, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
[edit] External links
- International Swimming Hall of Fame citation
- CBC Archives: 1988 Seoul: Carolyn Waldo & Michelle Cameron
Categories: Canadian sportspeople stubs | 1962 births | Living people | Alberta sportspeople | Canadian athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Canada's Sports Hall of Fame | Members of the Order of Canada | Olympic swimmers of Canada | People from Calgary | Canadians of Scottish descent | Synchronized swimming | Synchronized swimmers