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Pole Sports and Arts World Federation (POSA)

​The art and sport of pole athletics has grown immensely in recent years and the need for an organized federation became clear. In response to this need, a group of passionate professional pole athletes created the Pole Sports and Arts World Federation (POSA) to ensure recognition of pole as a sport.

​With sports recognition as its goal, the POSA was created to unite, regulate, organize, lead, and develop the practice and competition of pole sport and pole art around the world. As an international federation, POSA supports, represents, and defends all affiliated country federations. All affiliated competitions are standardized in athlete expectations and judging methods.

Davide Lacagina

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​Davide has a very impressive history in the field of gymnastics, winning several times, the National Aerobic Championships, both individually and with his team.

​He gained entry to the World Championships of Aerobics 3 times, from 1997 – 2000, as well as 3 World Cups (1997, 2009 and 2010), where he took the bronze medal at the World Aerobic Grand Prix 1997 in Prague.

​In 2009, he and his partner, Alessandra, placed 7th in Mixed Pairs at the Suzuki World Cup in Tokyo.

​It comes as no surprise therefore that Davide is not only an international aerobics gymnastics judge, a gymnastics coach (Italian Federation of Gymnastic) and coach of the national team of FISAC (Italian Federation of Sports Acrobatic and Choreographic).

​He was a Member of the Technical Committee of International Pole Sports Federation as Scoring Representative, and he also judged at a number of IPSF international competitions.

​Davide became a Master Trainer for IPSF, and Head Judge. In December 2015, he left the IPSF, and he was named to lead (as President), the new Pole Sport International Federation called POSA (Pole Sports & Arts World Federation).

POSA Goals

​To acknowledge and establish the different aspects of pole, namely pole sport and pole art

To organize championships and/or competitions inherent in their practice

To establish and enforce all technical and ethical rules regarding the practice of activities that it regulates

To organize the training and development of pole sport professionals around the world, including coaches, judges, and athletes

​To implement professional training for judges, coaches, and athletes according to the rules

​To guide pole sport towards international recognition through the International Olympic Committee

​The above are extracts from the POSA website & OPENDANCE Academy