Leigh Marning
{{short description|Australian rhythmic gymnast}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1994 Victoria|Team All-around}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|Individual All-around}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|Rope}}
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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 KÀ in Las Vegas.
References
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External links
- [https://www.angelfire.com/md/mdgym/rhythmic.html Rhythmic Gymnastic Profiles]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070210055116/http://www.circusoz.com/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=153&languageId=1&contentId=-1 Circus Oz]
- [http://www.rsg.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1277 Rhythmic Gymnastics | View topic - Transition into the Cirque Du Soleil..Rebecca Jose etc..]
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Category:Australian rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Taree
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Category:Gymnasts at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales
Category:21st-century Australian women
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen
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