Camille Bahl (born 13 October 1999) is a French artistic gymnast and former gymnast of the french national team. She represented France at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2015 European Championships.[2]
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Born | Schiltigheim, Alsace, France | 13 October 1999
Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1] |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Ebene | Senior International Elite |
Years on national team | 2012-2016 (France) |
Club | Comb la ville |
Gym | INSEP |
Head coach(es) | Veronique Legras Snoeck |
Personal life
editCamille Bahl was born on 13 October 1999, in Schiltigheim. She began gymnastics at the age of five in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder and was recruited to join the Union Haguenau club.[3] She began training at the INSEP in the summer of 2014.[4] She speaks French, English, and German.[3]
Career
editJunior career: 2013–2014
editBahl finished 7th in the junior all-around at the 2013 French Championships, and Union Haguenau won the team silver medal.[5] At the 2014 French Championships, she finished 5th in the all-around and won the silver medal on vault behind Loan His, and Union Haguenau finished 4th.[6] 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.[7] She competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships alongside Loan His, Marine Boyer, Océane Pause, and Juliette Bossu, and they finished 7th as a team.[8] She was then selected to compete at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games where she finished 8th in the all-around final.[2] 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.[9]
Senior career
edit2015–2016
editBahl 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.[10] She competed at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, where the French team finished 4th, and Bahl finished 4th on the vault and 8th on the floor exercise.[11][12] She competed at the 2015 European Championships where she finished 7th in the vault event final.[13] She competed at a friendly meet where the French team lost to Romania.[14] Then at a friendly meet against Spain, the French team won, and Bahl won the gold medal on vault.[15] She was the alternate for the French team at the 2015 World Championships.[4] She won the bronze medal on vault at the Elite Gym Massilia and finished 4th in the all-around.[16]
Bahl competed at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy, where the French team finished 4th.[17] She pulled out of the Olympic Test Event and France's Olympic Trials due to an ankle injury.[4][18] She continued to struggle with injuries and initially retired in March 2017.[19]
Comeback: 2018–present
editBahl 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.[20]
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.
References
edit- ^ "Camille BAHL". Esprit Bleu (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Camille Bahl". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ a b "BAHL Camille". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Camille Bahl : une détermination à toute épreuve". Gym and News (in French). 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (25 March 2013). "2013 French Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (6 April 2014). "2014 French Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (19 April 2014). "2014 Beaumont en Véron Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors Team Competition & Qualifications for CII & CIII" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (17 November 2014). "2014 Élite Gym Massilia Report and Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 March 2015). "2015 French Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "8¦ TROFEO CITTA DI JESOLO SENIOR JESOLO - sabato 28 marzo 2015" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in Italian). Italian Gymnastics Federation. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Classifica risultati: Ginnastica Artistica Femminile Seniores" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Italian Gymnastics Federation. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women's Apparatus Finals" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 September 2015). "2015 Romania-France Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (4 October 2015). "2015 France-Spain Friendly Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 November 2015). "2015 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "IX TROFEO DI JESOLO - QUALIFICATION SENIOR" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Pays, Sandrine (15 June 2016). "Camille Bahl, la grande absente". L'alsace (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Camille Bahl on Instagram". Instagram. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 December 2018). "2018 Top 12 Series 2 Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
External links
edit- Camille Bahl at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Camille Bahl at Olympics.com
- Camille Bahl at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Camille Bahl at Olympedia