Liesl Ischia is a diver who represented

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at the

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in Manchester, England. Liesl attended

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in Hawthorn, Melbourne, holding the current

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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

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and is currently a doctor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She is the sister of Australian Representative 800m runner Joseph Ischia.

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*http://www.abc.net.au/commonwealthgames/2002/nations/team_australia.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20090816085047/http://www.vis.org.au/downloads/Pinnacle57.pdf Divers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian female divers People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia {{Australia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub