# 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 is gymnast Janika Mölder. 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, finishing 16th with ball and clubs, and 18th with hoop. In May 2014, she competed at the Koop Cup in Canada. At the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, she ranked 43rd all-around, after competing with ball, hoop and clubs. 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. At the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, she ranked 58th all-around, competing with ball, clubs and ribbon. 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. At the Baku World Cup Category B, she was ranked 20th all-around.

#### 2020 Summer Olympics Cycle

In 2017, at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, Kallemaa ranked 22nd in the all-around qualification. At the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup, she was 23rd all-around.
In December 2018 the International Gymnastics Federation approved her request to switch nationality from Estonia to Canada.

### Competing for Canada
#### 2020 Summer Olympics Cycle

In 2019 Kallemaa competed as a member of Canada's rhythmic gymnastics group. 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 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.
In January 2022, Kallemaa was named as an individual national team member. 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.

## Routine music information

| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
| 2024 | Hoop | Gangsta's Paradise by 2WEI, At Last by Etta James |
| 2024 | Ball (first) | Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian, Feel This Moment by Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera |
| 2024 | Ball (second) | The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini, New York, New York by Frank Sinatra |
| 2024 | Clubs | Money, Money, Money (from Mamma Mia!) by Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski |
| 2024 | Ribbon | La Bamba (song) by Ritchie Valens |
| 2023 | Hoop | Suite No. 1: Les Toréadors (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet |
| 2023 | Ball | Clair de lune (story told by Carmel Kallemaa) by Claude Debussy |
| 2023 | Clubs | Does Your Mother Know (from Mamma Mia!) by Christine Baranski, Philip Michael |
| 2023 | Ribbon (first) | New York, New York (FWB Remix) by Ray Quinn (Friends with Benefits OST) |
| 2023 | Ribbon (second) | La Bamba (song) by Ritchie Valens |
| 2022 | Hoop (first) | Sugar Plum Raid by Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 2022 | Hoop (second) | Suite No. 1: Les Toréadors (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet |
| 2022 | Ball | Just The Way You Are by Barry White |
| 2022 | Clubs | Super Trouper (from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) by Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski |
| 2022 | Ribbon | New York, New York (FWB Remix) by Ray Quinn (Friends with Benefits OST) |