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| NAME = Orlando, Alexandra |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian rhythmic gymnast |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = January 19, 1987 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] |
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Revision as of 00:58, 28 February 2016
| Alexandra Orlando | |
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| Full name | Alexandra Michel Orlando |
| Country represented |  Canada |
| Born | January 19, 1987 Toronto, Ontario |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Club | Ritmika |
| Head coach(es) | Dimitrichka Masleva |
| Assistant coach(es) | Elvira Boudakova |
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Alexandra Michel Orlando (born January 19, 1987) is an Italian Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She was born in Toronto, Ontario 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
- ^ TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader[dead link]
- ^ Sportal (2006). Gymnastics: Six gold for Orlando. Retrieved March 26, 2006. Template:Wayback
- ^ Himmer, Alastair (2006-03-26). "Orlando matches Games record six golds". Reuters Canada.[dead link]
External links
- 1987 births
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Canadian rhythmic gymnasts
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic gymnasts of Canada
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Sportspeople from Toronto