Alexandra Aristoteli Explained

Alexandra Aristoteli
Nickname:Lexy
Birth Date:24 May 1997
Birth Place:Bankstown, New South Wales[1]
Residence:Brisbane, Queensland
Height:1.70 m
Discipline:RG
Club:Premier Gymnastics Academy
Headcoach:Gina Peluso

Alexandra Aristoteli (born 24 May 1997) is an Australian group rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Aristoteli began ballet when she was four years old because her mother, Maria Aristoteli, is the director of Queensland Dance and Performing Arts. She began training full-time in ballet when she was fifteen years old and spent months training in the United States at the Houston Ballet Academy and the Miami City Ballet School.[3] [1]

Aristoteli began competing with Australia's senior rhythmic gymnastics group in 2018. At the 2018 World Championships, the group finished twenty-ninth in the all-around.[4]

Aristoteli won a gold medal at the 2021 Oceanic Championships with the Australian senior group and qualified a quota for the 2020 Olympic Games. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Emily Abbot, Alannah Mathews, Himeka Onoda, and Felicity White.[5] They were the first rhythmic gymnastics group to represent Australia at the Olympics.[6] They finished fourteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aristoteli Alexandra . International Gymnastics Federation . 26 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Aristoteli Alexandra . Tokyo 2020 . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726055334/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1349879-aristoteli-alexandra.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Alexandra Aristoteli . Australian Olympic Committee . 26 July 2021.
  4. Web site: 36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final . USA Gymnastics . 26 July 2021 . 15 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Biggest Australian Olympic Gymnastics team since Tokyo 1964 selected for Tokyo 2020 . Gymnastics Australia . 26 July 2021 . 3 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Smith . Erin . Tokyo Olympics 2021: Dedicated Aussies find rhythm to become trailblazers in their chosen field . Perth Now . 26 July 2021 . 15 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results . . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808053149/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .