Camille Martens

Camille Martens (born June 1, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former Canadian rhythmic gymnast who now works as a coach.

Camille Martens Lafon
Full name	Camille Lynette Martens Lafon
Nickname(s)	Cami
Born	(1976-06-01) June 1, 1976 (age 49) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (at the 1996 Olympics)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Canada (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999)
Club	Kalev RSG Club (1995-1996), Club Elite (1986-1994), Aura/Okanagan RG Stars 1999
Head coach(es)	Ludmilla Dimitrova
Assistant coach(es)	Svetlana Joukova, Evelyn Koop
Former coach(es)	Lori Fung, Tricia Gilmore Cohee
Retired	1996 (with a short 5 month come-back in 1999)
Medal record Representing  Canada Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Team 1994 Victoria All Around 1994 Victoria Ball 1994 Victoria Clubs 1994 Victoria Ribbon
Last updated on: 02.02.2023.

Martens won medals at Junior Pan Ams (1990), Four Continents Championships (1990, 1992, 1994). At the 1993 World Championships in Alicante, Spain, she ranked 21st.^[1] She competed in the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won a gold in the team competition and silver in the all-around and three apparatus finals.^[2] Two years later, she competed at the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, she was 33rd in the qualification round after dropping her ball late in her ball routine.^[1][3]

After finishing her career, Martens founded a rhythmic gymnastics club in the Okanagan Valley; some of her students have represented Canada internationally. She also founded the Cirque Theatre Company.^[4]

Martens is the mother of two adult children and resides in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. In 2022 she married French snowboarder Benoit Lafon.