Carmel Kallemaa

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.

Life and career Kallemaa was born in Tartu, Estonia. She moved to Ontario, Canada with her family in 2013. Her mother Janika Mölder was a gymnast, who competed for Soviet Union in group exercises at World and European Championships. Kallemaa took up rhythmic gymnastics at age two.

Competing for Estonia Kallemaa represented Estonia internationally from 2013 until 2018.

2016 Summer Olympics Cycle Kallemaa competed at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, finishing 16th with ball and clubs, and 18th with hoop. At the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, she ranked 43rd all-around, after competing with ball, hoop and clubs. In May at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, the group finished 11th. Part of Canada's group at the 2019 Pan American Games, Kallemaa finished off the podium. In September at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the group was 20th in the all-around.

2024 Summer Olympics Cycle In 2021, Kallemaa returned to individual competition. At the 2021 Virtual Elite Canada in March, Kallemaa won the senior all-around title. At the Rhythmic Gymnastics Canadian Championships in May 2022, Kallemaa competed as a group gymnast, winning gold. At the 2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Kallemaa competed as an individual gymnast and won bronze medals in the team, individual all-around and clubs events. She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the team all-around event alongside teammates Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzanna Shahbazian, a silver medal in the clubs event and bronze medals in the hoop and ribbon events.

At the 2023 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, Kallemaa won team bronze alongside teammates Tatiana Cocsanova and Suzana Shahbazian. She was sixth with clubs, seventh with ribbon, eighth all-around and with hoop. In August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain, and took 44th place in all-around qualifications.

In 2024, together with Jana Alemam, Eva Cao, Tatiana Cocsanova, Suzanna Shahbazian and Kate Vetricean, she won silver medal in team competition at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships in Cali, Colombia.

2028 Summer Olympics Cycle In 2025, she competed at Portimao World Challenge Cup and ended on 20th place in all-around. She won bronze medal in team competition alongside Pin Rong Lee and Suzanna Shahbazian at the 2025 Pan American Championships in Asunción, Paraguay. She took 7th place in Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon finals. In July, she competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and took 33rd place in all-around. She was selected to represent Canada at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest competitor in the entire field. She took 53rd place in all-around qualifications and 18th place in team competition.

In 2026, she switched back to competing in group. In June, she and her teammates competed at the 2026 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. They took fourth place in all-around and both apparatus finals.

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