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CAMO, short forClubAquatique deMontreal (French:[klybakatikdəmɔ̃ʁeal]), is a swim club based inMontreal,Quebec, Canada'sComplexe sportif Claude-Robillard.
CAMO operates in three areas:swimming,diving, andwater polo however, CAMO has had the greatest success in diving.
CAMO Natation and its Centre national de natation de Montréal train elite competitive swimmers.
CAMO's diving club (Le Club de Plongeon CAMO) was formed in 1981 as an official club operated by the City of Montreal. It originally was created to form divers at the "junior" level. Its first major success occurred in 1983 whenSylvie Bernier joined the club. The following year Bernier became the first Canadian to ever win a gold medal in diving, at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles.
The next major highlight in the diving club's history came at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona,Spain. There two of its members,Évelyne Boisvert andBruno Founier, were members of the Canadian team.
Since then CAMO's diving club has constantly been one of the most successful in Canada, both on the junior and on the senior level.
Since 1998 itsInternational CAMO Invitational, a world-calibre diving event, has attracted major diving stars from around the world to Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard every year.
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard has been the host of Club CAMO Water Polo since the1976 Summer Olympics. The club has won a number of provincial and Canadian championships over the years. Many members of the club have also been placed on various Canadian national water polo teams.
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