Dani Le Ray

Dani Le Ray
Full name	Danielle Kate Le Ray
Nickname(s)	Dani
Born	(1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42) Sutherland, New South Wales
Hometown	Sydney
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Australia
Club	Le Ray Gymnastics Abbotsleigh in Wahroonga Le Ray Gymnastics Academy & High Performance in Greenacre Le Ray Gymnastics Balmain Le Ray Gymnastics PLC Sydney in Croydon Le Ray Gymnastics Ravenswood in Gordon
Retired	2000
Medal record Representing   Australia Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team All-around

Danielle Kate "Dani" Le Ray (born 6 November 1982) is an Australian gymnast. ^[1] She started gymnastics in 1989 at the age of six. She represented Australia as an Olympic competitor at the Sydney Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics in 2000 ^[2] and in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

On the lead up to the Sydney Olympics, Danielle Le Ray also featured in the Bonds "Our Olympic Heroes" calendar alongside Ian Thorpe, Cathy Freeman; Matt Shirvington; Emma George; Geoff Huegill; James Thompkins & Drew Ginn; Grant Hackett; Tania Van Heer; Patrick Johnson; Andrei Kravtsov; Liz Weeks; and Dean Pullar.

Roles

• Olympian (2000)
• Founder of Le Ray Gymnastics (2000)
• Australian women's Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
• The Elite Representative on the NSW RG Gymsport Committee
• The NSW Independent Girls Schools Sporting Association Gymnastics Convener

Le Ray Gymnastics

Le Ray Gymnastics is now home of five Gymnastics clubs based in Sydney, Australia:

1. Le Ray Gymnastics Abbotsleigh in Wahroonga
2. Le Ray Gymnastics Academy & High Performance in Greenacre
3. Le Ray Gymnastics Birchgrove
4. Le Ray Gymnastics PLC Sydney in Croydon
5. Le Ray Gymnastics Ravenswood in Gordon

Achievements

• Sydney 2000 Olympian
• Bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games 1998 in Group All Round
• As the head coach of the Australian women's rhythmic gymnastics team in 2010 the team won the first Australian gold medal in the team event and achieved a further two gold, and two silver in individual events. ^[3]
• Gymnastics NSW Club of the Year for twelve years running
• Gymnastics NSW Coaching Team of the year for twelve years running
• Founder of "Meriden Rhythmix" (semi-finals of Australia's Got Talent)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dani Leray". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "Olympic profile".
3. Hand, Guy (13 October 2010). "Australia's long awaited rhythmic gold".

External links

• Danielle LeRay at the Australian Olympic Committee ( archive )
• Danielle Leray at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Dani LERAY at Olympics.com
• Dani Leray at Olympedia