Damian Istria (born 24 August 1982) is an Australian

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who competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and the

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and

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. He was commemorated on Australian

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s following his gold medal at the

. After his competitive gymnastics career he became an acrobat at

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() 1982 births Living people Australian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Australia Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australian Institute of Sport gymnasts 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub