Congratulations to our Team Canada member Carmel Kallemaa and coach Janika Moelder for successful competition in Bulgaria! You did amazing job and we are so proud of you! All our young gymnast are impatiently waiting to see you back in the gym, to hear your stories from World Championships and to hug and learn from you!
Carmel Kallemaa, won a gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics team competition at the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She went on to win an additional three medals in the individual finals, silver in clubs and bronze in both ribbon and hoop.
The 24-year-old rhythmic gymnast competed as part of Team Canada at the Commonwealth Games which took place in Birmingham, England on July 28th to August 8th, 2022.
Carmel Kallemaa, along with rhythmic gymnastics team members Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzanna Shahbazian won gold in the team competition with a total score of 272.95 points, placing them ahead of silver-medallist Australia (268.65) and bronze medalist England (267.05).
Carmel Kallemaa of Barrie won the individual All-Around Bronze medal for rhythmic gymnastics at the recent Pan American Championships. The competition took place on July 7-9, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kallemaa is the first Canadian gymnast to win a medal in the All-Around competition. With her hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon routines she earned a total of 113.6 points.
We were supposed to leave Toronto on Friday however our flight was cancelled due to a broken window on the plane.
Carmel spent hours on the phone trying to get new tickets, and she finally got them only at 3 am! However the new flight was for two days later, we stayed in Toronto.