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)