BUSCOMB Camille

New Zealand

Athletics

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HAMILTON

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : NEW ZEALAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 5000m
	Women's 10,000m	19

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 10,000m Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2019	Doha, QAT	12th (14:58.59)	12th (31:13.21)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (15:40.41)	30th (33:07.53)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m	5000m
2021	1 x 10th	1 x 11th
2018	1 x 16th	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
10	2021	3000m	Doha, QAT	8:58.10
11	2021	5000m	Oslo, NOR	15:23.90
16	2018	3000m	Birmingham, GBR	9:00.52

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
11	2021	10,000m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	32:12.39

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach

Education:

Psychology - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Family:

Partner Cameron French

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Melbourne Track Club [Australia]

Coach:

Nic Bideau [club], AUS

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Cameron French competed for New Zealand in the 400m hurdles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jun 2020; cambridgenews.nz, 27 Oct 2019; stuff.co.nz, 18 Aug 2020)

Injuries:

In October 2015 she underwent surgery to remove a cyst from her jaw. She continued to compete before she had fully recovered and developed related health problems, meaning she was out for five weeks in early 2016. (stuff.co.nz, 26 Mar 2018, 05 Oct 2016; femmefitness.co.nz, 02 Nov 2015)

Start:

She took up athletics at age five. (athleticsillustrated.com, 26 Mar 2018)

Reason:

"I watched [New Zealand swimmer] Danyon Loader swim to his two gold medals at the Atlanta Olympic Games [in 1996]. A fire started burning, and the desire to compete at the Olympic Games and to win gold medals quickly became a driving force for my life. I took up many sports and ultimately fell in love with running." (camillebuscomb.com, 26 Sep 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (athleticsillustrated.com, 21 Mar 2021)

Memorable:

Making the 5000m and 10,000m qualifying standard for the 2020 Olympic Games. (cambridgenews.nz, 27 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Live to run, run to live." (camillebuscomb.com, 26 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
STUDYING ABROAD
In 2009 she moved to the United States of America and studied at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, on an athletics scholarship for two and a half years. She then moved back to New Zealand to complete her studies at the University of Waikato. "I had some wonderful experiences at Purdue. I really grew a lot as a person and discovered who I was and what I really believed in. It was also the place that made me really realise that running was my passion, and that I really wanted to achieve my goals of representing New Zealand at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. For that I am forever thankful to Purdue." (stuff.co.nz, 06 Oct 2019; athleticsillustrated.com, 14 Dec 2016; purduesports.com, 01 Jun 2010)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CamilleBuscombNZ
https://instagram.com/camillebuscomb
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillebuscomb
https://twitter.com/camillebuscomb
Athlete Website: https://www.camillebuscomb.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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