Cameron van der Burgh OIS (born 25 May 1988) is a retired South African competitive swimmer[1] and hedge fund analyst.

[12][13] The 2014 Commonwealth Games marked the beginning of his major rivalry with World and Olympic champion Adam Peaty.

Although Peaty has maintained the upper hand at Olympic and World level, especially in the 100 metres breaststroke, Van Der Burgh has remained his main international rival, and remains the only swimmer to have beaten him since his breakthrough, on both occasions denying Peaty the only major silverware missing from his collection, the Commonwealth Games 50 metre breaststroke title (a race not on the Olympic calendar).

[14] Later that year he went on to record a 24 race unbeaten streak to win the overall men's World Cup, the third of his career.

[17] Van der Burgh went to Glenstantia Primary as a young boy[18] but matriculated at Crawford College in 2006.

[25] Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, van der Burgh received several sponsorships, including Arena,[26] Investec,[27] Audi,[28] USN,[29] and Tag Heuer,[30] with his most recent being a four-year deal with multi-brand corporation Procter & Gamble as the new Head and Shoulders ambassador, joining the likes of Michael Phelps, Lionel Messi and Jenson Button.

[32] Van der Burgh created a big passion for the financial markets from a young age when he won the JSE School Challenge in 2005[33] and has gone to further manage a portion of his own capital ever since.