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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.

Stefano Sirianni

UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
GBR Brevet Judge cat 4
British Gymnastics Technical committee Member
Ballet Teacher

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 UKCC level 3 coaching course.

Saffron Severn

UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Coaching our Elite Squad, Squad and supporting all our gymnasts
Saffron, our former national team gymnast for GBR and ENG, proudly represented her country in significant competitions, notably participating in the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow in 2019 and shining at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 (Team Bronze Medallist)
She holds the prestigious titles of the 2019 GBR national champion and earned a remarkable CWG bronze medal.
Between 2018 and 2022, Saffron consistently showcased her talent on the international stage, representing both GBR and ENG across numerous events. She was also selected for 3 World Cups, unfortunately impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19, leading to their cancellation.

Alisija Dabasinskaite

UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Level 1 Judge
Head Coach REC and Adult Competitive
I started rhythmic gymnastics in Lithuania from 4 years old and for 13 years I was competing professionally. I am a national Lithuanian and international competition winner and prize winner (in countries like Russia, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Turkey, Luxembourg and others), as well during my stay in France (2019), I was qualified for the final French Rhythmic Gymnastics championships. I had many summer training sessions with famous names in rhythmic gymnastics: Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Kanaeva (Russia) & others. I like to work as a part of a team, able to communicate with gymnasts and other members of staff, able to motivate and assist gymnasts to develop new skills and share my knowledge safely.

Johana Wichterlová

Assistant Coach
UKCC Level 1 Rhythmic Gymnastics coach

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.

Renata Van Tonder

Regional Judge

Irena Dziewiecka

Welfare Officer

Welfare Officer All our staff members are DBS checked and are currently registered to the BG.

Dana Zigadlo

UKCC Level 1 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Level 1 Judge

Kathryn Chia

UKCC Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
Level 2 judge

Rhythmic gymnastics was my first love and has continued to be my greatest passion. I feel so lucky to have found something that brings me such joy and (almost) never feels like work! I have been coaching in London and Singapore for 3 years. During this time, I have worked with gymnasts of all ages and experience levels. As a coach, I endeavour to be adaptable, patient and positive. Above all, I strive to instil a love for this sport in all that I teach. I enjoy keeping up to date on the rhythmic code of points and always want to learn more. In the future, I aspire to become an FIG brevet judge. I study Nutrition and Medical Sciences at UCL, and will soon be doing my final year dissertation on the role of nutrition on injury prevention amongst Rhythmic Gymnasts. As a gymnast, I was part of the national squad in Singapore for 5 years before I took a break from the sport in 2020. In 2023, I returned to Rhythmic and it has been the most fantastic journey!

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Coaches

Eleonora Baio

Stefano Sirianni

Saffron Severn

Alisija Dabasinskaite

Johana Wichterlová

Francesca Cavallerio

Renata Van Tonder

Irena Dziewiecka

Dana Zigadlo

Kathryn Chia

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