Meet the team: KCL Pole Fitness
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Having smashed varsity last year, as well as Regionals – the pole fitness team have their eyes set firmly on another win. They may be shooting for a win at Nationals, but that doesn’t mean their focus is off of varsity, they’re pulling out all the stops to show UCL who’s in charge.
Beginner
Ruqayya Butt – @ruqayyabutt
Course & Year: 3rd Year Geography BSc
Fave move: Baby Snake
Quote: “I don’t know, pretty much everything that comes out of my mouth is stupid or embarrassing or both”
Isabella Trujillo Cortez – @isabella.tocrtez
Course & Year: Biomedical Engineering MEng
Fave move: baby snake
Quote: “Stella, our president, once told me that I sound like a Disney princess”
Intermediate
Miki Dimitrova – @mickey.dimitrova
Course & Year: Liberal Arts, 3rd Year
Fave move: leg hangs
Quote: “Small, foreign and fragile”
Advanced
Jao Woramontri – @jaoxjaox
Course & Year: Mathematics and Philosophy, 2nd year
Fave move: Russian split (on a good day)
Quotes: “I didn’t think an exotic routine was my style, but I’m thinking of doing a BDSM themed routine?”
Sam Gronlien – @samsonor
Course & Year: 3rd Year BSc Psychology
Fave move: anything besides re-grips (rip)
Quotes: “I have dead butt syndrome”
Group
Iris Esener – @aerialiri5
Course: MSc Advanced Software Engineering
Fave move: Handspring
Quote: “I was planning on selling one of my 100 pole shorts but I got too attached to it”.
Diya Salhab – @diyasalhab
Course: Geography, 3rd Year
Fave move: reverse grab spin
Quote: “I need to get healthy for comp season… that means no going out and no Haribo”
Luisa Kloth – @luisamariek
Course & year: Political economy, 1st year
Fave move: anything handspring-y
Quote: “Oh my butt was touching my head? Didn’t realise”
Freestyle
Dilara Kucuk – @lifeofdilara
Course & Year: Global Ethics, Masters
Fave move: Jade split
Quotes: “I don’t like choreo so Freestyle it is!”