Liesl Ischia
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Liesl Ischia is a diver
who represented Australia
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester, England. Liesl attended Carey Baptist Grammar School
in Hawthorn, Melbourne, holding the current Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Diving records for girls as well as various junior APS athletic records. She won bronze at the World Junior Championships in Calgary, Canada, 2000. Having retired from diving in 2006, she studied Medicine at the University of Sydney
and is currently a doctor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She is the sister of Australian Representative 800m runner Joseph Ischia.
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
who represented Australia
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...
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester, England. Liesl attended Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew , Donvale , the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey...
in Hawthorn, Melbourne, holding the current Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Associated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria are a group of eleven elite independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales....
Diving records for girls as well as various junior APS athletic records. She won bronze at the World Junior Championships in Calgary, Canada, 2000. Having retired from diving in 2006, she studied Medicine at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
and is currently a doctor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She is the sister of Australian Representative 800m runner Joseph Ischia.
Sources
- http://www.abc.net.au/commonwealthgames/2002/nations/team_australia.htm
- http://www.vis.org.au/downloads/Pinnacle57.pdf