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Eleonora Baio
UKCC Level 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Rhythmic Excellence Head Coach
Eleonora moved to London in 2014 after having concluded her job as head coach at the club Gruppo Coreografico Stelline that she started as an assistant in 2008.
As a gymnast she trained in Italy with Arianna Pittoni, Barbara Bernardo and Monica Visintin (former Italian National Team gymnast) at the club Societa' ginnastica Triestina (one of the most prestigious multi sports society with more than 100 years of activity).
At the age of 11, Eleonora entered a Slovenian school as part of the Squad team of Olga Pavletic and Branka Vajngerl (Olympic Slovenian Brevet Judge). As a coach, she has attended countless courses, workshops and masterclasses, having the privilege to be taught by Maura Rota, Luca Zanforlini, Stefan Ivanov and Ruben
Orihuela Gavilan and now she keeps up to date by attending all the GBR and English national squad training camps led by Maria Gateva (former Bulgarian champion) and ballet coach Suzanne Haslam.
Eleonora is currently part of the GBR academy coaching team.
Read More...Stefano Sirianni
Ballet Teacher
Dance Director
UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
National Judge
Fun and experienced ballet and modern dance teacher to students of all skill
levels and ages. Versatile and ambitious in a variety of dance idioms as a
teacher, performer and choreographer. Stefano studied with world-renowned
masters such as: Marianna Benedetti, Sveva Berti, Silvia Chirico, Mauro
Bigonzetti, Eugenio Scigliano, Simonetta Ginnassi, Eugenio Buratti, Deanna
Losi. Six years working experience in London working as ballet teacher and
choreographer for rhythmic gymnastic training. In 2013 Stefano qualified as a
rhythmic gymnastic level 3 judge.
Stefano is currently attending the GB National Judging course.
Read More...Francesca Fazzari
UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Level 2 Judge
Francesca trained in Italy for ten years with Daniela Vergani and once senior
she became part of her coaching team for 6 years.
She competed, as member of the Italian junior team at the European
Championship in 2005 in Moscow and the “Irina Deleanu Cup” in Bucharest,
trained by Laura Lazzaroni.
After finishing her university studies, Francesca moved to London in 2015.
Francesca is the main coach of RE advance, pre-squad and adult groups, she also coach the squad group and is responsible of the coaches teaching R1 and R2 groups.
Read More...Joanna (Asia) Chudzik
UKCC Level 1 Coach
Level 2 judge
Asia started her adventure with Rhythmic Gymnastics at the age of 7. She
trained under a watchful eye of Alicja Urbaniak in UKS Jantar in Gdynia,
Poland where her biggest achievement was the 4th place in under 10 free
routine on National Competition. At the age of 12 Asia had to resign from
sport due to an illness.
Now she continues her passion for rhythmic gymnastics while coaching others and occasionally practicing on her own.
Asia is currently attending the UKCC Level 2 Coaching course.
Read More...Stephani Sherlock
Coach of highest sports performance (RG)
Department of Theory and Methodology of Gymnastics
Stephani Sherlock started Rhythmic Gymnastics at 10 years old in Moscow.
3,5 years later Stephani became a member of British National Team in 2011 and has since represented Great Britain and England at international events such as two Commonwealth Games (2014, 2018), two World Championships (2014, 2015), two European Championships (2015, 2017) and two World University Games (2015, 2017).
Stephani is a multiple time British and English Champion and Medalist and 2016 All-Around British Senior Champion.
Read More...Francesca Cavallerio
Sports Psychologist
UKCC Level 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
National Judge
Level 3 rhythmic gymnastics coach and national judge, Francesca started her
career as a gymnast at 4 in her hometown in Italy. Although gymnastics was
always her passion, it was when she started to assist her coach that she
realised that what she loved the most was coaching rhythmic gymnastics and be
able to pass on her love for the sport to younger girls. Francesca has been
coaching since 2001 and in 2005 she opened her own gymnastics club in Italy,
S.G. Concordia. After many years working as head coach and developing gymnasts
who competed at a regional and national level, Francesca decided to expand her
horizons and, following her studies in Psychology in Turin, moved to London to
do an MSc in Sports Psychology. The MSc turned into a PhD, during which
Francesca studied and observed the environment of rhythmic gymnastics from a
more academic perspective. Having completed her PhD in 2016, Francesca
currently is a lecturer in Sports Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University but
continues to nurture her passion for gymnastics through her role as a national
judge, occasionally coaching, and helping gymnasts develop their love and
experience in gymnastics in a positive and healthy way as a sports
psychologist.
Read More...Francesca Majer
Assistant Coach
Former Italian National Team Gymnast.
Francesca started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 9 at "San Giorgio '79 Desio" in Milan.
She competed at national and international level; at the age of 14 Francesca entered the national team as an individual gymnast. In 2017 she's been selected as part of the ensamble National Team led by Emanuela Maccarani where she trained for 3 years.
Francesca started to collaborate with Rhythmic Excellence in 2019 and now teaches in the team alongside her studies of sports psychology at the University of London.
Read More...Lauriane Pradeau
Assistant Coach
UKCC Level 1 Coach
Lauriane discovered rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 13 when she lived in France. At 15 she moved to the closest city to be able to train more. She integrated a “sports class” in high school and competed at regional level in both individual and group routines. In 2010 she went to the Eurogym in Denmark with her club to represent France. She moved to London in 2016 and alongside coaching she continues to train as a contortionist.
Read More...Jelena Tihonova
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Helpers
Our lovely assistants Inna, Jelena and Renie are always there to help you and answer your questions.
They take orders (apparatus and equipment), help with leotard measurements, explain everything about events and competitions and if you are new, they'll introduce you to our school, they'll explain our philosophy and all the things you need to know about us.
All our helpers are DBS checked and are currently registered to the BG.
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