Cameron van der Burgh is a retired South African competitive swimmer and hedge fund analyst.
He is Africa’s first home-trained world record holder and individual male Olympic Champion.
He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke in a new world record and the 2016 Olympics.
He set his first world long-course record (27.06s) in the 50 m breaststroke in the semifinals at South African national in April 2009, cutting 0.12 of a second from Oleg Lisogor’s old world record set in 2002.
He won the world title in the same year at the Rome championship, also in the 50 m breaststroke.
He also won the 50 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in 27.18 seconds in a new game’s records and the 100m world title at the 2010 short course world championship.
He had won numerous World Championship medals since his debut in 2007 when he took a bronze medal. Three times he has won the FINA overall World Cup.
He created a big passion for the financial markets from a young age when he won the JSE School Challenge in 2005 and managed a portion of his won capital further ever since.
Cameron van der Burgh’s Age
According to the year 2021, his age is 32, and he was born on May 25, 1988, in Pretoria, South Africa.
Burgh’s Height
Talking about his height is 6ft 1inch tall.
And his weight is 85kg.
Cameron van der Burgh Nationality
He is from Pretoria, South Africa, so his nationality is South African.
Burgh’s Family
He was born to his father, David van der Burgh, and his mother, Beverly van der Burgh.
There is no more information about his family.
Dating, Relationship, and Marriage
He was married to Nefeli Valakelis.
In 2012 100m breaststroke champion his wife announced their first child’s birth, a boy called Harry David.
Burgh’s Instagram
Currently, on his Instagram, there are 293 following, 76.1k followers, and 1036 posts.
Cameron van der Burgh’s Twitter
There are 99.3k followers, 183 following, and 6443 tweets on his Twitter account.