Oxana Lebedew is a 2-time World Champion Latin ballroom dancer, 8-time German Professional Latin Champion, and Blackpool Dance Festival finalist. In addition to achieving immense competitive success, Oxana has been a professional on the German version of Dancing With the Stars. Her illustrious ballroom dance career has led her to perform on the world's biggest stages and garner insights unique to artists who reach the highest levels in their craft. This is her story.

Connect with Oxana: ⁠@oxana_lebedew⁠

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Natasha Shevchenko began her International Latin ballroom dance journey at the age of six in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA. Throughout the almost 20 year journey in Latin she has achieved numerous awards including: USA National Latin Champion, Dutch Open Semi-finalist (Top 10), Blackpool Quarterfinalist and even performed on a few TV shows such as Dancing with the Stars, The Maury Show, and Americas Ballroom Challenge. She later found a passion for swing dance styles such as lindy hop, balboa, and solo jazz and continues to reach for growth and authenticity through new dance branches. Natasha also has a Bachelors and Masters degree from New York University and currently lives in New York City, where she continues to pursue her passion for dance.

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Feature Article: "The double life of Natasha Shevchenko"

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Parker Lynn began ballroom dancing at age 15 in his hometown of Idaho. He quickly began competing in ballroom, and after high school, he joined the BYU ballroom dance company for two years. He moved to California afterwards to pursue dance professionally. Along with dancing, he found a passion in ballroom music has since became a Music Director at competitions. He is currently the Music Director for almost all competitions in the Bay Area and is building a career in DJ'ing ballroom competitions nationwide.

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Gino Francisco is head coach and owner of 10th Planet Daly City, a martial arts academy located in the San Francisco Bay Area. A lifelong martial artist and former fighter, Coach Gino specializes in Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Mixed Martial Arts. He holds a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and teaches a variety of classes with students ranging from young children to senior citizens, and hobbyists to professional MMA fighters.

Connect with Gino: @ginofrancomma

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Gino Francisco is head coach and owner of 10th Planet Daly City, a martial arts academy located in the San Francisco Bay Area. A lifelong martial artist and former fighter, Coach Gino specializes in Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Mixed Martial Arts. He holds a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and teaches a variety of classes with students ranging from young children to senior citizens, and hobbyists to professional MMA fighters.

Connect with Gino: @ginofrancomma

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Elizabeth Balikian is a 16 year-old USA rhythmic gymnastics national team member. Her first international competition was Miss Valentine in Estonia, and she received a silver medal in ribbon. She made the Elite National Qualifiers for 4 years and was the 2019 Junior State all-around champion. Elizabeth shares her rhythmic gymnastics journey and recounts some memorable competition moments throughout her 13 year career.

Connect with Elizabeth: @babet_rg

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Kennedy Eaton is a ballroom dancer from San Jose, California. She moved to New Jersey in September of 2020 to further pursue her dance career with her partner, Dave Firestein. Recently, she won the Under 21 U.S. Nationals, and is also the current Under 21 Blackpool Champion.

Connect with Kennedy: @kennedyeaton

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Naomi Skotnikov is a senior national team rhythmic gymnast. 

She is a three time rhythmic USA national team member and has been an elite level 10 gymnast since she was 11 years old. She is currently balancing rhythmic gymnastics and attending Baylor University as a Honors health science pre-physical therapy major.

Naomi won 4th place all-around at the USA National Championships and has represented Team USA internationally since 2018.

Connect with Naomi: @rg_naomchik

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Cecilia Qu'in is an American Afro-Latin multidisciplinary artist specializing in events management, digital media management, and sex-positive performance art. She goes by her stage name, Qu'in de la Noche, and loves to entertain the masses through Burlesque, the art of seduction.

Connect with Cecilia: @quindelanoche

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Welcome to the Athlete Voices podcast, where we delve deep into all things aesthetic sports.

I am very excited to be starting Season 3 of this podcast. We have a great lineup of some incredible guests, including a 2-time world champion ballroom dancer, an Olympic artistic swimmer, national team level rhythmic gymnast, and more. 

We have weekly episodes every Tuesday. Follow us on our instagram, @Athlete Voices, and check out our website, athletevoices.net, to stay up to date with our latest content.