Camille Bahl | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | Schiltigheim, Alsace, France | 13 October 1999
Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1] |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Level | Senior International Elite |
Years on national team | 2012-2016 (France) |
Club | Comb la ville |
Gym | INSEP |
Head coach(es) | Veronique Legras Snoeck |
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]
Camille 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]
Bahl 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]
Bahl 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]
Bahl 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.