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Cameron van der Burgh

Cameron van der Burgh
van der Burgh in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National team South Africa
Born (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubEnergy Standard
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships (LC) 2 3 5
World Championships (SC) 4 3 1
Commonwealth Games 4 2 3
African Games 6 0 0
African Championships 1 0 0
Total 18 9 9
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Manchester 50 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 100 m breastroke
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m breaststroke
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bloemfontein 50 m breaststroke

Cameron van der Burgh OIS (born 25 May 1988) is a retired South African competitive swimmer[1] and hedge fund analyst. He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and individual male Olympic champion.[2] He is married to longtime partner Nefeli Valakelis.[3]

  1. ^ "Team SA profile – Cameron van der Burgh". SouthAfrica.info. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ^ "SuperSport - Olympics". www.supersport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Cameron van der Burgh ties the knot!". Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

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