Dani Le Ray

Dani Le Ray
Full nameDanielle Kate Le Ray
Nickname(s)Dani
Country represented Australia
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 41)
Sutherland, New South Wales
HometownSydney
DisciplineRhythmic 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  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 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.

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.

Since retiring as a gymnast Danielle has dedicated her life to creating a nurturing environment for the next generation of gymnasts by founding "Le Ray Gymnastics."

  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".