We talk with Olena Minina - World Pole Sport and Art Champion - about her great experience with competing, competition preparation, lifestyle and mindset of the professional athlete. Olena Minina is Ukrainian, European and World Champion, winner of national and international competitions: - finalist of Pole Art Championship 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine; - Winner of Ukrainian Pole Sport Championship 2014 (Kyiv, Ukraine); - 2nd place on International Pole Dance Championship 2014 on Arnold Classic Europe (Madrid, Spain); - finalist of International Pole Sport Championship 2014 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; - finalist of Pole Art Cyprus 2014 (Cyprus, Limassol); - Winner of Ukrainian Pole Sport Championship 2015 (Kyiv, Ukraine); - competitor on World Pole Sport Championship 2015 (London, United Kingdom); - 3rd place on Pole Art Spain 2015 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain); - Winner of Pole Art Cyprus 2015 (Cyprus, Limassol); - 2nd place on International Pole Performance 2015 (Kyiv, Ukraine); - 2nd place on Ukrainian Pole Sport Championship (regionals competition of central region, Kiev, Ukraine); - finalist of Pole Theatre Paris 2016 Pro Drama Category (Paris, France); - finalist of Pole Art Italy 2016 (Milano, Italy); - Winner of Ukrainian Pole Sport Championship 2016 (Kyiv, Ukraine); - Best Performance Award on Exotic Stripper Style Pole Dance 2016 2016 (Odessa, Ukraine); - 2nd place on Pole Art France 2016 (Bordeaux, France); - 2nd place on International Pole Art Festival Competition 2016 (Lisbon, Portugal); - finalist of World Pole Sport Championship 2016 (London, UK); - 1st runner up on World Pole Dance 2016 (Bucharest, Romania); - Winner of Pole Art Spain 2016 (Palma-de-Mallorca); - finalist of Pole Art Cyprus 2016 Stars Category (Limassol, Cyprus); - 3rd place on IPSAF World Championship Pole Sport 2016 (Florence, Italy); - finalist of IPSAF World Pole Art Championship 2017 (Torino, Italy); - Winner of IPSAF European Pole Sport Championship 2017 (Budapest, Hungary); - finalist of Pole Art Greece 2017 (Athens, Greece); - 3rd place on POSA World Pole Sport Championship 2017 (Vaduz, Liechtenstein); - Winner of POSA World Pole Art Championship 2018 (Turin, Italy); - 1st runner-up on World Pole Dance 2018 (Tianjin, China); - Winner of POSA World Pole Sport Winter Cup 2018 (Castelletto sopranos Ticino, Italy); - 2nd place on CSIT World Games 2019 (Tortosa, Spain); - finalist of Pole Emotion 2019 in Exotic Supreme (Latvia, Riga); - 3rd place on POSA World Pole Sport Championship 2019 (Hameenlinna, Finland) - Winner POSA World Pole Sport Championship 2021 (Bologna, Italy); - Winner POSA World Pole Art Championship 2021 (Bologna, Italy)
