Camille Buscomb

Camille French ( Buscomb; born 11 July 1990) is a New Zealand long-distance runner.

Early life Buscomb attended St Peter's School in Cambridge, New Zealand. She competed over 1500m in the World Youth Championships in 2007 and the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She eventually transferred her studies from Purdue to the University of Waikato in New Zealand, where she was offered a Hillary Scholarship in 2015.

Career After returning to New Zealand, won her first national title in 2012, over 3000 metres, and also came second in New Zealand's 800m championship. The next year she won national the national road championships, over 10 km, and on the track won the 3000m, along with silver over 1500m. She was New Zealand's 8 km cross-country champion that year, and also defended her 10 km road racing title from 2013. She retained her 10 km national road title and added the 5000m as well. She was third over 1500m at the national championships. That September she claimed her third consecutive national 10 km road championship. She won a second consecutive 5000m national title, and improved her 1500m standing to second place.

She was New Zealand's 5000m champion again in 2016 (with a third place over 1500m), and also repeated her Hamilton half marathon victory of the year before.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, Australia, she finished 12th in the 5000m in 15:55.45, and 14th in 10,000m in 32:23.91.

In 2021, Buscomb competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics finishing 14th in her heat of 5000m, in a time of 15:24.39, which did not qualify her for the final and in the Olympic 10,000m she finished 19th in 32:10.49.