Lisa Darmanin (sailor)

Lisa Darmanin (born 27 August 1991) is an Australian competitive sailor.

Lisa Darmanin

Personal information
Born	(1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 (age 33) Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Awards	Australian Female Sailor of the Year 2015 2016 2020 2021
Sailing career
Club	Middle Harbour Yacht Club
Coach	Nacra 17, Hobie 16, Sirena SL16
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17 World Championships 2014 Santander Nacra 17 2015 Aarhus Nacra 17 2019 Auckland Nacra 17 2020 Geelong Nacra 17

She won the Silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

In March 2020, Darmanin and fellow crew member Jason Waterhouse were selected to represent Australia for sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where they placed fifth.^[2]

Darmanin was recognized by Australian Sailing as Australian Female Sailor of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2020, and 2021.^[3][4]

Personal life

Darmanin is of Maltese descent. Her paternal grandparents immigrated to Australia from Malta in 1952 and were originally from Valletta and Marsaxlokk.^[5]