Lisa-Marie Vizaniari

Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (born 14 December 1971 in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales) is an Australian retired discus thrower. She is openly lesbian.^[1]

Her personal best throw was 65.86 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne. The Australian, and Oceanian,^[2] record currently belongs to Daniela Costian with 68.72 metres.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	1st	Discus throw	56.38 m
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd	Discus throw	60.44 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	Shot put	16.61 m
			6th	Discus throw	53.88 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (q)	Discus throw	59.24 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	Discus throw	62.48 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th	Discus throw	57.56 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	8th	Discus throw	58.43 m
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd	Discus throw	62.14 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (q)	Discus throw	61.49 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	Discus throw	62.57 m

References

1. Buzinski, Jim (7 November 2000). "Glory - and a little gold - for gay Olympians". The Advocate. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. Area Outdoor Records - Women - Oceania - IAAF.org
3. Australian athletics records

• sports-reference
• Lisa-Marie Vizaniari profile at IAAF