Camille Bérubé

Camille Bérubé
Personal information
Born (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Height1.46 m (4 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportPara swimming
DisabilityNeuroblastoma survivor
Disability classS7, SB6, SM7
Medal record
Para swimming
Representing  Canada
World Championships
2022 Madeira 200 m medley SM7
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham 100m breaststroke SB6
Parapan American Games
2015 Toronto 100m backstroke S7
2015 Toronto 100m breaststroke SB7
2015 Toronto 200m medley SM7

Camille Bérubé (born 21 May 1995) is a Canadian para swimmer who competes in international elite swimming competitions. She is a three-time Parapan American Games medalist and has competed at the Paralympic Games three times.

Career

Bérubé began swimming at age six. She raced raced her first World Para Swimming Championships competing for Canada at age 14.[1] She made her Paralympic debut at the London 2012 Games. She placed eleventh in the 100m backstroke, 400m freestyle, and 200m individual medley.[2]

At the 2013 World Championships, she broke the Canadian 100m backstroke record.[3] Bérubé won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke and bronze medals in the 200m individual medley and 100m breaststroke at the 2015 Parapan American Games.[4][5] She placed ninth in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[6] after qualifying last-minute when the Russian team was banned from the Games.[2]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Bérubé placed fifth in the 200m SM7 individual medley and made it to the finals in the 100m S7 backstroke and the 100m SB6 breaststroke.[7][8]

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal, Bérubé placed third in the 200m SM7 individual medley.[9] She placed third in the women’s SB6 100m breaststroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and made it to the finals of the women’s S8 100m backstroke, in which she placed fourth.[10] Bérubé retired from swimming in 2022 after the Commonwealth Games.[11][12]

Personal life

Bérubé has limited use of her legs after she was diagnosed with cancer at birth, doctors removed a tumour in her lower back which caused the partial paralysis.[13][14] She attended the University of Ottawa.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo Bound: Camille Bérubé selected to third Paralympic Games team". Teams.geegees.ca. 2021-05-26.
  2. ^ a b Cleary, Martin (2016-09-07). "Ottawa at the Paralympics profile: Swimmer Camille Bérubé Swimmer added to Rio team due to Russian doping ban". OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  3. ^ a b Cleary, Martin (2015-07-28). "Parapan Am Games: Swimming has "saved" Camille Berubé". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  4. ^ "Camille Berube adds bronze in 200m individual medley to her silver at Parapan Am Games". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  5. ^ "Canadian swimmers earn 15 more medals at Parapan Am Games". CTVNews. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  6. ^ Cleary, Martin (2020-08-25). "Para-swimmer taking competition break one stroke at a time". OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  7. ^ "Camille Bérubé accède à la finale du 100 m brasse SB6". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  8. ^ "Les Jeux du rire et des sourires pour Camille Bérubé". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  9. ^ "Canada's Aurélie Rivard, Shelby Newkirk capture gold on opening day of Para swimming worlds". Yahoo Sports. 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  10. ^ Cleary, Martin (2022-08-03). "HIGH ACHIEVERS WEEKEND WRAP: Retiring Camille Bérubé, rookie Jenna Lalonde earn bronze medals at Commonwealth Games". Ottawa Sports Pages. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  11. ^ "Camille Bérubé renoue avec les Jeux paralympiques après avoir vécu un « gros deuil »". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  12. ^ Plante, Jean-François (2022-08-02). "Fin de carrière euphorique pour Camille Bérubé". Le Droit (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  13. ^ "Camille Berube - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Camile Berube - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.