17. Dezember 2004  
Montreal / Canada  
Artistic Gymnastics

Lisa s circus careeer on hold

Lisa Skinner (AUS)

Australia's most decorated Olympic gymnast, Lisa Skinner, has had her circus career put on hold.
After helping her country make history at the Athens Games in August, Skinner retired to pursue a new life with the international Cirque de Soleil.
However, she was asked to take a minimum six months' compulsory training to become a professional acrobat. Skinner said she would move to the Cirque de Soleil's training centre in Montreal in March next year.
The 23-year-old Skinner is Australia's only gymnast to have contested three Olympic Games. ...
Lisa Skinner retired after placing eighth in the floor final at the Sydney Games, before making a comeback and helping Australia to an historic world championship bronze medal in 2003.
In Athens, Skinner was a member of the first Australian team to make the women's team final at an Olympics.