- Alexandra Orlando
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fullname=Alexandra Michel Orlando
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birthdate= birth date and age|1987|01|19
birthplace=Toronto
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headcoach=Dimitrichka Masleva
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medaltemplates=Alexandra Michel Orlando (born
January 19 ,1987 ) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She was born inToronto .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. [ [http://www.tsn.ca/summer_sports/news_story/?ID=218876&hubname=summer_sports TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader ] ] She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the gymnastics program at the
2006 Commonwealth Games inMelbourne .Sportal (2006). [http://www.sportal.com.au/m2006.asp?i=news&id=80269 Gymnastics: Six gold for Orlando] . Retrieved March 26, 2006.] She joined Graham Smith (1978,Edmonton ),Susie O'Neill (1998,Kuala Lumpur ) andIan Thorpe (2002,Manchester ) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a singleCommonwealth Games .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]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 . [http://www.zampablu.it/interview/070826_orlando_en.php] 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."Alexandra topped the 50 sexiest female list compiled by webtv.hub competing at the Beijing Olympics. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/canadas-alexandra-orlando-tops-50-sexiest-female-olympians-list_10080150.html]
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* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/aorlando Alexandra Orlando on Real Champions]
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