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| Born | 8 October 1997 Tartu, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
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]
Kallemaa represented Estonia internationally from 2013 until 2018.
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]
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.
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]
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]
| 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) |
