Sarah Catherine Hendrickson was born on 1st August 1994. She is an American ski jumper, 2013 World Champion and a member of the Visa Team. Hendrickson was born in Salt Lake City, UT. For as long as she can remember, Sarah’s childhood weekends were filled with 8 a.m.-4 p.m. ski days with her family. While skiing, every little jump in the run was an opportunity to get some air … [Read more...]

Stephanie Louise Rice OAM was born on 17th June 1988. She is an Australian swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26th January 2009. On 9 April 2014, she confirmed her retirement. Rice was the gold medalist in the 200 meters individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in … [Read more...]

Valeria is an Italian pole dance champion, gymnast and dancer. She was born on 22nd Feburary 1982 at Monza Italy. The passion and professionality permeate all her work, and her artistic background combined with strength and determination allows her to be extremely versatile. She had Primary school teaching certificate (2001) specialisation in psycho-socio-educational at the … [Read more...]

Allison Baver was born on 11th August 1980 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She is an American short track speed skater. Baver trains with the US permanent winter sports Olympic team, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 2005-2006 season, she was ranked third overall in the World Rankings. Baver was a marketing and management major at Pennsylvania State University (2003) and an MBA at the … [Read more...]

Martina Bucher started her sports career in competitive artistic gymnastics. Martina then found pole fitness at the end of 2010 and fell in love with the sport after her very first pole trick. After completing just one pole fitness course and three month intensive training, Martina got invited to compete in April 2011 at the ‘Miss Pole Fitness Germany’ competition, where she … [Read more...]

Tarah Gieger was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She is a Puerto Rican female professional motocross racer. Her special talent is surfing. Her favourite food is fried bananas and her favourite music is Megadeth. As one of the most recognisable names in women’s motocross, Tarah Gieger’s success can be measured in podiums. Since her pro debut in 2003, Tarah has claimed a … [Read more...]

Lindsey is a 13-time U.S. national ski jumping champion (normal and large hills) and she has more than 50 top-three finishes internationally, including eight wins. She also holds the North American women’s record with a jump of 171 meters. Before the Olympic Games in 2010, she held the hill record for men and women in Vancouver, which was 105.5 meters. Lindsey Marie Van was … [Read more...]

Laura Massaro is a professional squash player from England. Laura is currently ranked number 2 in the World and number 1 in Europe. Her achievements to date are British Open Champion 2013, KL Open Champion 2013, US Open champion 2011, World player of the year 2011, Commonwealth Games silver medalist Delhi 2010 and 2x British Closed Champion. It all started for Laura when she … [Read more...]

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Borodulina was born in Omsk, Russia. She is a Russian short-track speed skater, who formerly represented Australia. Borodulina competed for Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. She was a finalist in the 1500m. Borodulina moved to Australia in 2006. She won two gold medals and a bronze medal in the 2009 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup … [Read more...]

Alexandra Jekova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom. Jekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. At Winter X Games XVI, Jekova became the first Bulgarian to win a medal at the X Games, capturing silver in … [Read more...]

Binia Feltscher is a Swiss curler. She is the skip of the current World championship curling team from Switzerland. Feltscher began curling in 1989. Since 2007 she has skipped and is right-handed. Feltscher was the third of the Swiss team skipped by Mirjam Ott at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she won a silver medal. With Ott, Feltscher won silver medals at the European … [Read more...]

Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. She is also a four-time all-around U.S. National Champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. With nine World Championships medals, … [Read more...]

OonaK (Oona Kivelä) is a former gymnast who found pole few years ago in New York City. It was love at the first spin. Self-taught, OonaK wants to create and explore pole dancing as a form of art. “I am a dreamer and I always want to bring something new and experimental on stage”. Oona Kivelä has changed the world of pole dance. Unbelievable musicality, flawless technique and … [Read more...]

Ryann Ashley O'Toole was born on 11th February 1987. She is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour. O'Toole was born in Agoura Hills, California, and graduated from San Clemente High School in 2005. Growing up in Southern California Ryann didn’t pick up the sport until she was 13-years old. Having always been involved in … [Read more...]

Carly Booth is a Scottish professional golfer. At the end of 2009, aged 17, she became the youngest-ever Scot to qualify for the Ladies European Tour. Booth became the youngest ladies golf club champion in Britain at the age of 11 at Dunblane New. Upon turning professional, Booth had a golf scholarship to complete at Glenalmond College in Scotland. She started there after … [Read more...]

Paige Frances Hareb is a professional surfer from Oakura Beach, New Zealand. In December 2008 she became the first New Zealand woman to qualify for the ASP Women's World Tour. She debuted on the ASP World Tour in December 2008 at the Billabong Pro in Hawaii where she won her second round heat, beating world no.2 Peru's Sofia Mulanovich. In her rookie year of the 2009 World … [Read more...]

Tina Maze is a World Cup alpine ski racer and a two-time Olympic gold medalist from Slovenia. She is the most successful female ski racer in Slovenian history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In Slovenia, she was awarded the title of the best female athlete of the year for 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2013, and her four Olympic medals tie … [Read more...]

Carlie has been a pole dance instructor since 2005 and is the proud owner of The Pole Boutique. She has used her experience as a performer, personal trainer and group fitness instructor to develop her teaching style and classes. She holds a certificate 3 and 4 in fitness, has over 10 years experience teaching both dance and fitness classes in various styles, as well as … [Read more...]

Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009 - 2013). She was born in Gerroa, NSW Australia. Sally started surfing around six years old, but surfing wasn't the only sport she was enthusiastic about. She represented her State and Australia on 14 occasions in a number of different sports, including athletics – … [Read more...]