Alexandra is an Olympic long track skater, now pursuing the summer Olympics on the road and track bike. She was living and training in Calgary, Canada since 2008 and competed in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m distances. Since 2020 she resides in Europe and competes professionally on a Dutch Elite Women’s cycling team.

Alexandra was born in 1991, in Romania. She started skiing and skating at the age of 2. Her mother was a Romanian national champion speed skater in 1986, and encouraged Alex to pursue her dreams as a speed skater.

After moving to Toronto, Ontario with her parents and younger sister, in 2001, Alexandra started speed skating in fall 2001 with the Toronto Cyclones Short Track Club.

In 2008, Alexandra left her family behind at the age of 16, moved to Calgary to pursue her dream of representing Canada on the world stage.  She represented Canada at the World Junior Championships in Seinajoki, Finland and Groningen, Netherlands in 2011. Alex was then selected for the Canadian National Senior Team, for the World Cup Circuit in Japan, Korea, Holland and Germany in 2014. She has since competed in 2 World Sprint Championships, and over 48 World Cup Competitions. Alex continued to break her own National Records in the 500m and 1000m distances until she retired from professional racing in 2022. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea in the 500m distance.

Alexandra loves to paint and draw in her free time. She launched a cycling apparel brand in the fall of 2024, called NinetyOne Collective which you can see more of below. A big fan of Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones, she finds time for friends, family and enjoys going to rock concerts when she isn’t cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

Alex currently trains full time on the bike and has a competitive racing schedule in the summer. In the winter time she continues to train on the ice in Europe, and races on the velodrome all over Europe, in preparation for the summer months. Her eyes are set on the LA 2028 Summer Olympics in cycling.