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| Country represented |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1979 Taree, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 KÀ in Las Vegas.
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