Alexandra Aristoteli

Alexandra Aristoteli
Nickname(s)Lexy
Born (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 27)
Bankstown, New South Wales[1]
ResidenceBrisbane, Queensland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Australia
ClubPremier Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Gina Peluso

Alexandra Aristoteli (born 24 May 1997)[2] 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aristoteli Alexandra". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Aristoteli Alexandra". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Alexandra Aristoteli". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "36th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Biggest Australian Olympic Gymnastics team since Tokyo 1964 selected for Tokyo 2020". Gymnastics Australia. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ Smith, Erin (15 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Dedicated Aussies find rhythm to become trailblazers in their chosen field". Perth Now. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.