Damian Istria

Damian Mark Istria
Born (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982
Brisbane
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Australia
ClubLawnton Academy of Artistic Gymnastics
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne Horizontal bar
2002 Manchester Horizontal bar
2006 Melbourne Team
2006 Melbourne Rings

Damian Mark Istria (born 24 August 1982) is an Australian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,[1] and the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

He was commemorated on Australian postage stamps following his gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

After his competitive gymnastics career he became an acrobat at Cirque du Soleil.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damian Istria". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Brown, Suzanne S. (2 July 2007). "Workouts with Cirque". Denver Post.