Leigh Marning

{{short description|Australian rhythmic gymnast}}

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{{MedalSilver| 1994 Victoria|Team All-around}}

{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|Individual All-around}}

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Leigh Marning (born 8 February 1979 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia) is a rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games. She now works as a contortionist and freelance circus performer and trainer, specializing in aerials, contortion and hula hoops.

Career

She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1994, where she won a silver medal in the team all-around event and a bronze medal in the club event, and in 1998, where she won silver medals in the individual all-around and rope events and a bronze medal in the team all-around event.{{cite web |title=Leigh Marning |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/leigh-marning/ |website=commonwealthgames.com.au |access-date=4 November 2024}}

Marning trained at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia from 2001 to 2003 and was later accepted into the Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas.

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