Lynette Brake
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| Birth name | Lynette Brake | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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Lynette Farkash (née Brake) is a former New Zealand gymnast. She won a bronze medal representing her country—alongside Kirsty Durward, Rowena Davis and Deborah Hurst—in the women's all-around team event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Also at those games, she finished 17th in the women's individual all-round.[3]
Farkash was the manager and head women's artistic gymnastics coach at Mid-Island Gym Sports in Rotorua.[2][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gymnastics artistic team competition – women Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Rotorua women in sixties, seventies and eighties use gymnastics to manage falls-risk". Rotorua Daily Post. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Lynette Brake at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Mid Island Gym Sports (MIGS in Motion)". Citizens Advice Bureau. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "About us". Mid-Island Gym Sports. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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