Alexandra Orlando

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.

She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the gymnastics program at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. 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.

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.

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Orlando City rolls past D.C. United with balanced attack

Gwinnett Daily Post 23 Mar 2025
Martin Ojeda delivered a goal and two assists while Alex Freeman and Luis Muriel added a goal and an assist each as Orlando City overwhelmed visiting D.C. United, 4-1, on Saturday night ... .
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Orlando City roll past D.C. United with balanced attack

Marietta Daily Journal 23 Mar 2025
Martin Ojeda delivered a goal and two assists while Alex Freeman and Luis Muriel added a goal and an assist each as Orlando City overwhelmed visiting D.C. United 4-1 on Saturday night ... .
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Paolo Banchero and the Magic bully their way past Wizards

The Washington Post 22 Mar 2025
Alex Sarr continues his strong play with 19 points and 10 rebounds but Orlando’s suffocating defense is too much for the Wizards, who dropped their third straight ... .
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IBCA Boys Basketball 2025 All-State Team

Journal Online Chicago 19 Mar 2025
Glenbrook South’s Nick Martinelli (1st), Rolling Meadows’ Cam Christie (1st), Glenbrook South’s Cooper Noard (2nd), Rolling Meadows’ Orlando Thomas (3rd), Loyola’s Alex Engro (HM), Prospect’s Owen Schneider (HM), Maine South’s Julian Triffo (HM).
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Fishermen describe rescue of teens who spent 16 hours adrift overnight off Gulf coast

The Palm Beach Post 19 Mar 2025
Capt. Will Pauling of Inglis, Florida, and his fellow anglers Alex Jefferies of nearby Yankeetown and Russell Coon of Clermont, near Orlando, scrapped their plans early Tuesday for a morning of snook fishing to join the search ... Gary Bartell Jr.
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Eephus pitch made famous by ‘Spaceman’ Bill Lee now a movie about the love of baseball

Chicago Sun-Times 15 Mar 2025
I thought, “Sheez, that actor actually looks like an athlete.” ... Of course, those who time the eephus do what Alex Rodriguez did in Aug. 26, 2002, when he tattooed a 48-mph eephus from OrlandoEl Duque” Hernandez over the wall at Yankee Stadium ... ....
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Michelin Guide adds 6 more Orlando-area restaurants to recommendations

Sun Sentinel 12 Mar 2025
The Michelin Guide today announced 14 new additions to the Florida selection of restaurants, six of which are in the Orlando area ... Guykatsu Rose, Sonny Nguyen’s newest stall at Orlando’s East End Market, was named to the 2025 Michelin Guide selection.
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2025 NBA Mock Draft: Duke's Cooper Flagg goes No. 1 ahead of Rutgers' Dylan Harper

CBS Sports 12 Mar 2025
March Madness frequently serves as a forum for high-profile NBA talents to showcase themselves on the sport's biggest stage. But this year might be even better than in year's past. Projected No ... Orlando PROSPECT RNK ... Alex Karaban SF ... Orlando PROSPECT RNK.
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Toronto native A.J. Lawson paces 4 double-doubles for Raptors in 119-104 win over Wizards

Wtop 11 Mar 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto native A.J ... Orlando Robinson had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Alex Sarr had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the NBA-worst Wizards (13-50), who had won their previous two games, including two nights earlier in Toronto ... Takeaways ... ___.
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