Danielle LeRay
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Danielle Le Ray is a Australia
n gymnast. She started gymnastics
in 1989 at the age of 6. She represented Australia as an Olympic competitor at the Sydney Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics
in 2000 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 iconic 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.
Since retiring as a gymnast Danielle Le Ray is Head Coach of the Meriden & Abbotsleigh Rhythmic Gymnastics Centres www.rhythmicgym.com.au.
Danielle Le Ray was also Head Coach of the Australian women's rhythmic gymnastics team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
. The team won the first Australian gold medal in the team event and achieved a further two gold, and two silver in individual events.
More recently Dannielle Le Ray has coached "Meriden Rythmix" into the semi-finals of Australia's Got Talent.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n gymnast. She started gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
in 1989 at the age of 6. She represented Australia as an Olympic competitor at the Sydney Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
in 2000 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 iconic 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.
Since retiring as a gymnast Danielle Le Ray is Head Coach of the Meriden & Abbotsleigh Rhythmic Gymnastics Centres www.rhythmicgym.com.au.
Danielle Le Ray was also Head Coach of the Australian women's rhythmic gymnastics team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
. The team won the first Australian gold medal in the team event and achieved a further two gold, and two silver in individual events.
More recently Dannielle Le Ray has coached "Meriden Rythmix" into the semi-finals of Australia's Got Talent.