BERUBE Camille

Date of Birth: 21 May 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S7,SB6,SM7

Place of birth: GATINEAU, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : GATINEAU, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle - S7
	Women's 100m Backstroke - S7	5
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB6	8
	Women's 50m Butterfly - S7
	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM7	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM7 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM7 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB6 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB6 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S7 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S7 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Butterfly - S7 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
9	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:45.54
11	400m Freestyle - S8	2012	London, GBR	5:39.14
11	100m Backstroke - S8	2012	London, GBR	1:26.96
11	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2012	London, GBR	3:20.68
15	100m Freestyle - S8	2012	London, GBR	1:18.31
15	100m Butterfly - S8	2012	London, GBR	1:39.53
World Championships
5	100m Backstroke - S8	2010	Eindhoven, NED	1:26.60
5	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2010	Eindhoven, NED	4:53.78
6	200m Individual Medley - SM7	2019	London, GBR	3:09.77
6	400m Freestyle - S8	2010	Eindhoven, NED	5:44.94
7	100m Backstroke - S7	2019	London, GBR	1:24.87
7	100m Freestyle - S8	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:17.12
7	400m Freestyle - S8	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	5:43.57
7	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	3:09.24
8	100m Breaststroke - SB6	2019	London, GBR	1:47.86
8	100m Backstroke - S9	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:24.10
9	50m Butterfly - S7	2019	London, GBR	39.48
10	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2010	Eindhoven, NED	5:39.03
12	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2010	Eindhoven, NED	3:36.63

Cross-country skiing, handcycling, rock climbing. (swimming.ca, 09 Aug 2019; cbc.ca, 18 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Communications, Womens Studies - University of Ottawa, Canada

Languages spoken:

English, French, German, Spanish

Gatineau Swimming [Canada]

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Noemie has competed in cross-country skiing and won medals at the Canadian junior championships. (xcottawa.ca, 21 Jan 2013; Swimming Canada, 26 Aug 2010)

2009 for Canada (Swimming Canada, 26 Aug 2010)

She began swimming at age eight. (Swimming Canada, 26 Aug 2010)

She wanted to get involved in a sport and feels her impairment disappears when she is in the water. (Swimming Canada, 26 Aug 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Mar 2021; swimming.ca, 25 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Throw me to the wolves, I'll come back leading the pack." (athletescan.com, 01 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S7, SB6, SM7 (IPC, 12 Feb 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (uottawa.ca, 07 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
She has limited use of both legs after cancer [neuroblastoma] was detected after she was born. A tumour was removed from her lower back, which resulted in partial paralysis. "At first, the doctors said that I had no more than a 30% chance of survival, that I would not be able to walk or sit and maybe even have intellectual damage. I was more at risk of having heart problems, another childhood cancer and greater aggravations later on. None of this was true and the specialists never cease to be amazed. We think that swimming may or may not have helped avoid more complications or at least delay them. I like to think that sport has, in a certain way, saved my life." (uottawa.ca, 07 Sep 2016; ottawacitizen.com, 28 Jul 2015)

General
VISUALISING THE WATER
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced her training facilities to close, she would meditate and visualise being in the water as a form of training. "Swimming is such a unique sport. It's about the feeling of the water. You almost become one with the water. When you get back to the pool you feel awkward. It's just a feeling you can't get anywhere else. I visualise the first 50 metres of my backstroke. I'll sit there and ground myself in the moment. I use peppermint essential oil. I'll close my eyes. I'm not watching myself swimming. I'm embodying the experience. I'm in the water. I'm trying to feel the water." (cbc.ca, 18 Mar 2020; ici.radiocanada.ca, 30 Aug 2020)

BREAK FROM COMPETING
She decided to take a break from competing to focus on finishing her studies at the University of Ottawa in 2017/18, but still continued to train. "I am happy to have had the time to define myself outside the sport. Being away from high performance and pressure is good, but I'm ready to re-embark." (ici.radio-canada.ca, 17 Jul 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
After completing a bachelor's degree in communications and women's studies at the University of Ottawa in 2018, she began working for the Canadian Paralympic Committee in October 2018. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2018)

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Legend

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

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