Barbara Bonanni

Graduated with a Master's Degree in Law, Lawyer, Professor of legal and economic subjects at upper secondary schools and specialized in educational support. Her sporting background is rooted in multidisciplinary competitive activity ranging from swimming to sprinting, through skating and rhythmic gymnastics — foundations that allowed her to rapidly climb to the top of aerial disciplines. Already Italian Champion Gold FIPASS Csain 2022/2023 thanks to provincial, regional and national victories, she reached the European apex by winning the title of European Champion Gold FIPASS Csain 2023/2024, a result that earned her qualification for the World Championships. A professional athlete of AS class in the Professional Division of international standing, Barbara is today a strategic reference figure for national and international federations, associations and sports promotion bodies, holding top-level roles such as Board Member of the Italia Pole & Aerial (IPA) Executive Board, member of the IPA National Coordination and National and International Technical Manager and Reviewer of Sports Regulations and Codes. National Manager for the Lazio Region for aerial and pole dance, Technical Director of the Aerial Code, trainer, Competition Judge, Chief Judge and Competition Director for IPA, ASCS and CSEN. As ASI Manager and Coordinator for Central Italy, she oversees the development of acrobatic gymnastics, aerial dance and pole dance in Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche and Molise. Level II National Federal Instructor and Technical Coach for pole and aerial dance at IPA, FGI, ASI and CSEN, all bodies recognized by CONI and CIP. In 2024 she founded the B.B.Pole & Aerial Academy Rieti ASD, a rapidly growing association, and is currently engaged in organizing interregional competitions and the IPA Technique National Finals in her city.