Alexandra Orlando is an Olympic athlete who dedicated seventeen years of her life to the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, winning almost two hundred medals.
Despite injury, she competed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and retired from the sport at the age of twenty-one as one of the top ten gymnasts in the world. Her incredible story is one of struggle and strength. Reflecting back on her life as “Alex the Gymnast,” Alexandra takes a deeper look on who she was during her career, who she had to be, and how this made her the person she is
today.