{{Short description|Canadian artistic gymnast}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Lisa Simes | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | nationality = | residence = | alma mater = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = Gymnastics | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|1994 Victoria|Team}} {{MedalBronze|1994 Victoria|Vault}} {{MedalBronze|1994 Victoria|Floor}} }}
'''Lisa Simes''' (born 22 October 1976) is a Canadian artistic gymnast.
==Life and career==
Simes is from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada<ref name=halloffame>{{cite web |title=Lisa Simes |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/lisa-simes/ |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=5 April 2023}}</ref> and was born on 22 October 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cirquetribune.com/database/artist.php?id=342|title=Artist Information: Lisa Simes|accessdate=6 December 2011|publisher=Cirque Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928005251/http://www.cirquetribune.com/database/artist.php?id=342|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> She married American triathlete Andy Potts in January 2004<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web |last1=Branch |first1=John |title=Two Challenges for Team Potts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/sports/othersports/17triathlon.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2023 |date=17 April 2008}}</ref> They have a son called Boston and a daughter called Sloane.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hichens |first1=Liz |title=Potts Family Welcomes Baby Girl |url=https://www.triathlete.com/culture/news/potts-family-welcomes-baby-girl/ |website=Triathlete |access-date=5 April 2023 |language=en |date=25 March 2010}}</ref>
She began competing in gymnastics with Queen City Gymnastics Club and won the regional gymnastics championships in Saskatchewan between 1988 and 1992 and in Ontario in 1994 and 1995. In 1991 she won the Western Canadian championship and in 1992 the Canadian Open champion. She was on the Canadian National Gymnastics Team between 1992 and 1995.<ref name=halloffame />
She competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal in the team event, bronze medals in the vault and floor events and came 4th in the individual all-around event.<ref name=halloffame />
She competed for the University of Michigan at junior and senior level<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa Simes - Women's Gymnastics |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/lisa-simes/9593 |website=University of Michigan Athletics |access-date=5 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> between 1995 and 1999<ref name=halloffame /> and was a trapeze artist in the Cirque du Soleil show ''O''.<ref name=nytimes /> She was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in June 2002.<ref name=halloffame />
She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2004 and had a lump removed in November of that year. In January 2005 she had surgery to remove the thyroid, five lymph nodes and two parathyroid glands. She had ablation therapy in early 2005.<ref name=nytimes />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simes, Lisa}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Gymnasts at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Category:Canadian female artistic gymnasts Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Michigan Wolverines women's gymnasts Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in gymnastics Category:Commonwealth Games gymnasts for Canada