Alexandra Orlando
My Blog
Patience
One of those qualities I have never really given enough credit to in people. I mean, coming from an incredibly impatient person who thinks it's excruciating to wait for something I want - I never think twice about it. Then every time by body crashes because I pretend it can handle working out 2x a day and working full time or I have a 'whatever age I am' crisis because I can't achieve everything I want while attempting to do it all or even when I think that 4 hours of sleep is enough to accomplish everything I want to - I stop and ...
Denim Day
My family and friends all know that they can easily get under my skin by doing any one of these 3 things... Anything that undermines women in the workplace or in the gym Making fun of my weird (I think they're cute) quirks Criticizing my driving skills But yesterday I realized that as worked up as I can get, these honestly insignificant things are nothing compared to the real injustices that happen all around the world every single day. I came across an article this morning called Denim Day as I was getting ready for work - slightly intrigued and just wanting to justify wearing jeans to the office, I clicked ...
What it takes to get to the Games
Last night I was the keynote speaker for a University of Toronto Symposium, the third in a series of events that are open to the public. The main theme last night was talking about the Olympic Games and more specifically what it takes as an athlete to get there. I was honoured to not only be speaking alongside sport scientists, professors and sport psychologists, but also to stand up on that stage proudly as a UofT Alumni. When I looked out into the crowd there was a mixture of faculty, students, athletes, coaches and the general public - all ages, races ...
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About Me
After seventeen years of being 'the Rhythmic Gymnast' I came home from competing at the 2008 Beijing Games and walked out of the gym for good. From that … [Read More...]
Portfolio
Over the years I have been very fortunate to have met and worked with some incredible photographers. As an athlete in a performance sport I'm used to being … [Read More...]
Athletic Career
I started Rhythmic Gymnastics (RG) when I was five years old, fell in love and never looked back. I was a big tom boy (surprise surprise) and played every … [Read More...]
