Dani Le Ray

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Dani Le Ray
Full nameDanielle Kate Le Ray
Nickname(s)Dani
Country representedFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 41)
Sutherland, New South Wales
HometownSydney
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
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
Retired2000
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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.

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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. Pictures were taken by photographer James Houston.[ citation needed ]

Roles

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

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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".