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'''Alexandra Michel Orlando''' (born January 19, 1987) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnast]]. She was born in [[Toronto]] and attended Havergal College.
'''Alexandra Michel Orlando''' (born January 19, 1987) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnast]]. She was born in [[Toronto]] and attended Havergal College.


Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Orlando swept the individual event finals at the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition in 2007 and also won the all around crown. At the world championships in September, she finished ninth in the all-around competition and qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in Beijing]].<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/summer_sports/news_story/?ID=218876&hubname=summer_sports TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Orlando swept the individual event finals at the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition in 2007 and also won the all around crown. At the world championships in September, she finished ninth in the all-around competition and qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in Beijing]]. She however only placed 18th in Beijing.<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/summer_sports/news_story/?ID=218876&hubname=summer_sports TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the [[Gymnastics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|gymnastics]] program at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="Golds">Sportal (2006). [http://www.sportal.com.au/m2006.asp?i=news&id=80269 Gymnastics: Six gold for Orlando]. Retrieved March 26, 2006.</ref> She joined [[Graham Smith (swimmer)|Graham Smith]] ([[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978]], [[Edmonton]]), [[Susie O'Neill]] ([[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]) and [[Ian Thorpe]] ([[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]], [[Manchester]]) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a single [[Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="6gold">{{cite news | last=Himmer | first=Alastair | title=Orlando matches Games record six golds | date=2006-03-26 | publisher=Reuters Canada | url=http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-03-26T053405Z_01_SP3518_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-COMMONWEALTH-GYMNASTICS-COL.XML&archived=False}}</ref>
She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the [[Gymnastics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|gymnastics]] program at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="Golds">Sportal (2006). [http://www.sportal.com.au/m2006.asp?i=news&id=80269 Gymnastics: Six gold for Orlando]. Retrieved March 26, 2006.</ref> She joined [[Graham Smith (swimmer)|Graham Smith]] ([[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978]], [[Edmonton]]), [[Susie O'Neill]] ([[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]) and [[Ian Thorpe]] ([[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]], [[Manchester]]) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a single [[Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="6gold">{{cite news | last=Himmer | first=Alastair | title=Orlando matches Games record six golds | date=2006-03-26 | publisher=Reuters Canada | url=http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-03-26T053405Z_01_SP3518_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-COMMONWEALTH-GYMNASTICS-COL.XML&archived=False}}</ref>

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Alexandra Orlando
Full nameAlexandra Michel Orlando
Country represented Canada
Born (1987-01-19) January 19, 1987 (age 37)
Toronto
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubRitmika
Head coach(es)Dimitrichka Masleva
Assistant coach(es)Elvira Boudakova
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne All-around
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Ball
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Rope
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janerio Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janerio Rope
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janerio Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team Hoop-Ball

Alexandra Michel Orlando (born January 19, 1987) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She was born in Toronto and attended Havergal College.

Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Orlando swept the individual event finals at the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition in 2007 and also won the all around crown. At the world championships in September, she finished ninth in the all-around competition and qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing. She however only placed 18th in Beijing.[1]

She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the gymnastics program at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[2] She joined Graham Smith (1978, Edmonton), Susie O'Neill (1998, Kuala Lumpur) and Ian Thorpe (2002, Manchester) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.[3]

Orlando currently studies commerce at the University of Toronto and she continues to train at the Ritmika RG Club under Mimi Masleva. She is the subject of the book Alexandra Orlando: In Pursuit Of Victory (Toronto: BookLand Press, 2006) by Martin Avery.

Orlando is of Italian origins, her father is Sicilian and mother Salerno.[1] She stated in an interview, "I went last summer for vacations for two weeks. I have many Italian relatives, my family is from the South. My mother is from Salerno, and my father is Sicilian. They all live there still, just my family lives in Canada."

References

  1. ^ TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader
  2. ^ Sportal (2006). Gymnastics: Six gold for Orlando. Retrieved March 26, 2006.
  3. ^ Himmer, Alastair (2006-03-26). "Orlando matches Games record six golds". Reuters Canada.

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