U of T student and rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando won six gold medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March. Orlando, a commerce student at Woodsworth College, garnered gold in the rhythmic gymnastic disciplines of rope, ball, ribbon, clubs, all-around and team. She is one of just four athletes who have won six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games. (The other three, all swimmers, include Canadian Graham Smith.) “I was in a dream. Thinking back on it, it’s a bit of a blur,” she says. “But it was a great day.”
Recent Posts
Meet Anne Dale, Dentistry’s Unofficial Historian
The museum she curates at the Faculty of Dentistry holds thousands of objects that tell the story of the profession in Canada
Heroes of Our Time
Members of the U of T community are working alongside colleagues from around the world to respond to the pandemic
Whose Stories Do We Tell?
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography aims to record noteworthy lives from “all points of view.” Six decades into its mission, what that means is still up for debate
