Damian Istria

{{short description|Australian artistic gymnast}}

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| club = Lawnton Academy of Artistic Gymnastics

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{{Medal|Comp | Commonwealth Games }}

{{Medal|Gold | 2006 Melbourne | Horizontal bar }}

{{Medal|Silver | 2002 Manchester | Horizontal bar }}

{{Medal|Silver | 2006 Melbourne | Team }}

{{Medal|Silver | 2006 Melbourne | Rings }}

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Damian Mark Istria (born 24 August 1982) is an Australian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/damian-istria-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/damian-istria-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}} and the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

He was commemorated on Australian postage stamps following his gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

After his competitive gymnastics career he became an acrobat at Cirque du Soleil.{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/fitness/ci_6270263 |title=Workouts with Cirque |first=Suzanne S. |last=Brown |work=Denver Post |date=2 July 2007}}