Alexandra Aristoteli (born 24 May 1997) is an Australian group

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

who represented

Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is one of only five cou ...

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. 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. 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

alongside Emily Abbot, Alannah Mathews, Himeka Onoda, and Felicity White. They were the first rhythmic gymnastics group to represent

Australia at the Olympics Australia has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games, as well as every Winter Olympics except 1924– 32 and 1948. In 1908 and 1912 Australia competed with New Zealand under the name Australasia. History Australia has been represented at ...

. They finished fourteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aristoteli, Alexandra 1997 births Living people Australian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Brisbane Olympic gymnasts for Australia Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from Queensland 21st-century Australian sportswomen