Leigh Marning

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Leigh Marning
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Born (1979-02-08) 8 February 1979 (age 47)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria Team All-around
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Individual All-around
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Rope
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team All-around
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Hoop

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

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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.[1]

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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