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Cameron van der Burgh

Personal information
Full name	Cameron van der Burgh
Nationality	South Africa
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Date of birth	May 25, 1988 (1988-05-25) (age 21)
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Weight	86 kilograms (190 lb)
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  South Africa World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 50 m breaststroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke Bronze 2009 Rome 100 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) Silver 2008 Manchester 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2008 Manchester 50 m breaststroke

Cameron van der Burgh (born May 25 1988 in Pretoria) is a South African swimmer^[1].

He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals since his debut in 2007 when he took a bronze medal. He is studying for Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Pretoria.

van der Burgh obtained his first world long-course record (27.06) in the 50 m breaststroke, in the semifinals at South African nationals in April 2009. Cutting off 0.12 seconds of Oleg Lisogor's old world record set in 2002. He on the world title in the same year at the Rome championship, also in the 50 m breaststroke.

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Records
Preceded by Oleg Lisogor	Men's 50 metre breaststroke World record holder (shourt course) November 8, 2008 – present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Felipe França	Men's 50 metre breaststroke world record holder (long course) July 29, 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Ed Moses	Men's 100 metre breaststroke world record holder (short course) November 9, 2008 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent