IPSF Committee

Acting President

Acting President

Bianca Scholten

She was involved in the pole industry in South Africa for a number of years as a student, instructor, studio owner, competitor, and at national federation level, before moving to Germany

Acting Vice-President & Competitions Chair

Acting Vice-President & Competitions Chair

Sara Noble-Lumholdt

Sara has been an Pole Instructor since 2010 and after that she started a company containing 4 pole Studios in Sweden (2012-2018)

Acting Vice-President & Ethics Chair

Acting Vice-President & Ethics Chair

Alison Ballard

She has been a member of the IPSF since 2019 heading up the federations team, and then serving on the Technical Teams.

Anti-Doping Chair

Anti-Doping Chair

Andrea Avila

Andrea Avila was born in Colombia, she started pole dancing in 2013. As a Sports Medicine Physician, she has been interested in the growth and profesionalization of the sport.

Education Chair

Education Chair

Yana Sivirina

Having ten years of experience in international teaching, Yana has enough enthusiasm and patience to deliver ideas and helping instructions to people of different ages.

Judges Chair

Judges Chair

Szilvia Molnar

Szilvia lives in Perth, Australia and had her first pole class in 2011 and since then she has participated in many competitions. She became a pole instructor in 2013 and an IPSF qualified judge in 2015.

Acting Federations Chair

Acting Federations Chair

Lydia Bassal

Lydia is from México city and has been practicing Pole Sports for almost 7 years. Lydia has been judging for 5 years in Off-Season Competitions, various Nationals Championships, and in multiple World Championships.

General Secretary

General Secretary

TBC

Treasurer

Treasurer

TBC

Colleen Tarren

She has been an IPSF qualified judge since 2022, and has been on the Competitions Committee since 2023.

Coaches Coordinator

Coaches Coordinator

Marni Kehm

She was born in Canada, raised in USA, and currently resides in Switzerland. She is a graduate of Smith College with a B.Sc. in General Engineering and Music and from the Universität Stuttgart with a M.Sc. in Process Engineering.

PR

PR

Paulo Kümmel

Paulo has been leading the Brazillian IPSF National Federation (CBAPS) since 2021, and has been the IPSF Federations chair since 2022.

Education Support

Education Support

Nataly Kolot

Nataly was born in Ukraine but currently lives in Russia. She has been engaged in Pole Sport for over 13 years. Nataly became an IPSF qualified judge in 2014 and became a National Head Judge in 2022.

Ethics Committee

Ethics Committee

Sabina Petcu

Sabina has been an IPSF judge for 4 years and throughout her activity she has also judged 2 Worlds Championships. Her pole journey has begun 9 years ago, after graduating the University of Architecture and Urbanism in Romania

Judges Committee

Judges Committee

Suzanne Vink

Suzanne Vink is from The Netherlands. Suzanne has been involved in pole for over 10 years now and have been teaching since 2015. In 2016, she competed at the Dutch National Championships (The Netherlands) and competed at the IPSF World Championships in the doubles category.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Maya Mircheva

Maya was born in Bulgaria and has been involved in gymnastics and acrobatics since childhood. She graduated from the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she obtained her Bachelor degree in sports sciences and majored in gymnastics.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Cindy Cooijmans

Cindy is an internationally certified Pole instructor and Head Judge from the Netherlands. She had been with the IPSF from the start. Over the years she was an active part of the technical and judges committee and created the drawings for the Code of Points.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Erika Gonzalez del Pliego Revila

Coming Soon.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Lena Meidani Føssen

Coming Soon.

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The IPSF, a non-profit organization, promotes pole sports globally. Run by industry volunteers, it fosters pole's development worldwide.

For more information about us, see About the Federation

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