Carmel Kallemaa
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Born | Tartu, Estonia | 8 October 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2019- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former countries represented | Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Glimmer Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Janika Mölder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carmel Kallemaa (born 8 October 1997) is an Estonian-born Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She is a Commonwealth Games champion and a Pan American Championships medalist.
Life and career
[edit]Kallemaa was born in Tartu, Estonia. She moved to Ontario, Canada with her family in 2013. Her mother is gymnast Janika Mölder.[1] Kallemaa took up rhythmic gymnastics at age two.[2]
Competing for Estonia
[edit]Kallemaa represented Estonia internationally from 2013 until 2018.
2016 Summer Olympics Cycle
[edit]Kallemaa competed at the 2013 World Games, finishing 16th with ball and clubs, and 18th with hoop.[2] In May 2014, she competed at the Koop Cup in Canada.[3] At the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, she ranked 43rd all-around, after competing with ball, hoop and clubs.[2] Alongside Viktoria Bogdanova and Olga Bogdanova Koop, she contributed to team Estonia's 16th place finish. In 2015, she competed at the Budapest World Cup Category B in all four apparatus and the all-around, finishing 38th.[2] At the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, she ranked 58th all-around, competing with ball, clubs and ribbon.[2] Again, her teammates were Viktoria Bogdanova and Olga Bogdanova Koop, and they placed 18th as a team. In 2016, at the Olympic Test Event, Kallemaa placed 23rd in qualification.[2] At the Baku World Cup Category B, she was ranked 20th all-around.[2]
2020 Summer Olympics Cycle
[edit]In 2017, at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, Kallemaa ranked 22nd in the all-around qualification.[2] At the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, she was 23rd all-around.[2]
In December 2018 the International Gymnastics Federation approved her request to switch nationality from Estonia to Canada.
Competing for Canada
[edit]2020 Summer Olympics Cycle
[edit]In 2019 Kallemaa competed as a member of Canada's rhythmic gymnastics group.[4] In May at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, the group finished 11th.[5] Part of Canada's group at the 2019 Pan American Games,[1][6] Kallemaa finished off the podium.[7] In September at the World Championships in Baku, the group was 20th in the all-around.[8]
2024 Summer Olympics Cycle
[edit]In 2021, Kallemaa returned to individual competition.[9] At the 2021 Virtual Elite Canada in March, Kallemaa won the senior all-around title.[9]
In January 2022, Kallemaa was named as an individual national team member.[10] At the Rhythmic Gymnastics Canadian Championships in May 2022, Kallemaa competed as a group gymnast, winning gold.[11] At the 2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Kallemaa competed as an individual gymnast and won bronze medals in the team,[12] individual all-around and clubs events.[13] She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the team all-around event alongside teammates Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzanna Shahbazian,[14] a silver medal in the clubs event[15] and bronze medals in the hoop[16] and ribbon events.[17][18][19]
At the 2023 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, Kallemaa won team bronze alongside teammates Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzana Shahbazian.[20] She was sixth with clubs,[21] seventh with ribbon,[22] eighth all-around[23] and with hoop.[24]
Routine music information
[edit]Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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2024 | Hoop | Gangsta's Paradise by 2WEI, At Last by Etta James |
Ball (first) | Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian, Feel This Moment by Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera | |
Ball (second) | The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini, New York, New York by Frank Sinatra | |
Clubs | Money, Money, Money (from Mamma Mia!) by Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski | |
Ribbon | La Bamba (song) by Ritchie Valens | |
2023 | Hoop | Suite No. 1: Les Toréadors (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet |
Ball | Clair de lune (story told by Carmel Kallemaa) by Claude Debussy | |
Clubs | Does Your Mother Know (from Mamma Mia!) by Christine Baranski, Philip Michael | |
Ribbon (first) | New York, New York (FWB Remix) by Ray Quinn (Friends with Benefits OST) | |
Ribbon (second) | La Bamba (song) by Ritchie Valens | |
2022 | Hoop (first) | Sugar Plum Raid by Benjamin Wallfisch |
Hoop (second) | Suite No. 1: Les Toréadors (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet | |
Ball | Just The Way You Are by Barry White | |
Clubs | Super Trouper (from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) by Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski | |
Ribbon | New York, New York (FWB Remix) by Ray Quinn (Friends with Benefits OST) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Carmel Kallemaa". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Carmel Kallemaa". FIG Athlete profile. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Koop Cup 2014 and Four Continents AGG Championships | Gymnastics Ontario". www.gymnasticsontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Gymnastics Canada Announces 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team Group". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Strong performances for Canadian rhythmic gymnasts at World Challenge Cup in Spain". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Canadian gymnastics teams named for 2019 Pan American Games in Lima". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Garcia Captures Silver in Clubs to Close out Pan Am Games Rhythmic Competition". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships wrap-up in Azerbaijan". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ a b "Carmel Kallemaa captures first senior all-around title at 2021 Virtual Elite Canada in Rhythmic Gymnastics". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "News | Gymnastics Canada". www.gymcan.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "News | Gymnastics Canada". www.gymcan.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Griskenas delivers leading all-around performance as U.S. claims team gold at Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Carmel Kallemaa awarded senior third all-around at the 2022 Pan American Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". www.gymcan.org. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Canada crowned Rhythmic Gymnastics champions". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics - Clubs results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics - Hoop results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics - Ribbon results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ sydneywray (2022-08-07). "2022 Commonwealth Games: Canada captures 17 medals on Day 9". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "News | Gymnastics Canada". www.gymcan.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Orlando, Alexandra (2023-06-12). "BRAZIL DOMINATES THE PAN AMERICAN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP". Panam Sports. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Juegos Panamericanos 2023 - Web Results". Juegos Panamericanos - Web Results. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Juegos Panamericanos 2023 - Web Results". Juegos Panamericanos - Web Results. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Juegos Panamericanos 2023 - Web Results". Juegos Panamericanos - Web Results. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Juegos Panamericanos 2023 - Web Results". Juegos Panamericanos - Web Results. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Canadian rhythmic gymnasts
- Estonian emigrants to Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Sportspeople from Tartu
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen