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About: Lisa

Coming from an extremely sporty family, Lisa has always been very active. As a child it was Gymnastics that Lisa excelled at and also athletics and Netball. Later at age 15 Lisa got into Surfing in which she competed at a national level until leaving to go overseas in 1994. She was also a Taranaki Water polo rep, and held Taranaki secondary school records in discus and shot put.

She then went on to study social work and psychology then business studies, completing the National cert in business studies, and part of the national Diploma in accounting. Whilst overseas Lisa cycled through parts of 20 countries and did many adventure trips including canoeing down the Yukon in Canada/Alaska.

Back in Austria Lisa completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith and ran her own business exporting Paua Pearls from NZ to Europe and Japan before running her own wholesale and retail manufacturing jewellery business in Austria.

Since 1997 Lisa has been involved in ultra distance running. Some of her bigger races and events are listed below. At the beginning of 2007 Lisa returned home to NZ and

now runs her own designer Jewellery and Art shop in New Plymouth along with her Mother, Isobel. Landscape artist and Father Cyril is resident artist at her shop. In 2008 Lisa ran the Badwater Ultramarathon.