Lisa Mason
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Lisa Elena Jane Mason is a British gymnast who trained at Huntingdon Gym Club, starting at the age of five, and competed at both domestic and international level.

She has represented her country at both the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

 and Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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 where at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...

 she won two Gold medals. On the domestic scene, she has been a British Gymnastic Champion on three occasions, her first title being won at the age of 14.

Lisa had a lot of 'first British' titles, for example, she was the first British gymnast to
ever win Gold at a Grand Prix event. In 1998 she won the Cottbus floor title ahead of
Russia's Yelena Produnova, and in Tianjin she earned the highest ever placing in the
All-Around for a British Gymnast in the World Championships, 14th.

Her worst noteworthy injury was when she broke her arm in 1995 after falling off the asymmetric bars. She had two plates and twelve bolts inserted in the injury.

She was awarded the title of "Master Gymnast" by British Gymnastics

In her family life she is one of four children, having three brothers Scott, Daniel and Michael. On 15 May 2005 she gave birth to a daughter named Yallarna.

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