ASA Team

Hancock Prospecting Centre of Excellence
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Senior National Team
Head Coach

Ludivine is a former French national team athlete, USA Artistic Swimming Coach of the Year, and SAG Award nominee who is dedicated to driving high performance and technical excellence in Australian Artistic Swimming.  In her role as Head Coach of the Australian Senior National Team, she leads routine choreography, technical skill refinement, and elite athletic conditioning across the national squad.  

With decades of experience spanning elite international competition, professional show choreography (Le Reve- The dream and Cirque du Soleil), and stunt performance including a SAG Award nomination for  “Avatar, way of water”, Ludi brings deep expertise in athletic movement design and high-level scoring strategy.  Prior to joining Artistic Swimming Australia, she spent ten years coaching youth and junior national teams for USA Artistic Swimming, guiding athletes to multiple World Youth Championship medals.

Passionate about building world-class routine execution and sustainable athlete development, Ludi works closely with coaches, support staff, and high-performance leadership to establish systems that empower athletes to excel on the world stage with a clear vision towards the World Championships, Los Angeles 2028, and Brisbane 2032. 

Hancock Prospecting Centre of Excellence
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Senior National Team
Coach

 Andrea Fuertes is a former Spanish National Team athlete and international Artistic Swimming coach, with more than 15 years of experience in high-performance sport, both as an athlete and a coach.

As an athlete, she represented Spain at the FINA Junior World Championships and LEN European Championships, earning several international medals.  She continued competing at Senior level, concluding her international athletic career at the FINA World Trophy in 2014.

In the same year, Andrea began developing her coaching career within the high-performance environment in Madrid, specialising in the development of Youth and Junior athletes and their progression through the national pathway. From 2020 to 2025, she was part of the Spanish National Coaching Team, preparing Youth and Junior teams for the FINA Junior World Championships and LEN Youth and Junior European Championships, achieving multiple medals across different disciplines.  Alongside her national team responsibilities, she also served as Technical Director of Sincro Retiro, one of Spain’s leading artistic swimming clubs, overseeing athlete development from grassroots to high-performance levels, as well as technical planning and coaching coordination.

Andrea is currently a National Coach with Artistic Swimming Australia, where she is excited to contribute to the development of the High Performance Program and support the next generation of Australian athletes.  She is particularly excited by the team’s enthusiasm, commitment and willingness to work, recognising the potential of a young group of athletes to grow, develop and build a strong, competitive team with a shared vision towards Brisbane 2032.

Her coaching philosophy is centred on guiding each athlete towards their maximum technical, artistic and athletic potential without compromising their emotional well-being.  She believes in enjoying the journey, through both the easy and challenging moments, while developing the confidence, independence and tools needed to face any challenge, always through commitment, mutual support and the strength of the team.

ASA Acrobatics Coach

Raman Stsepaniuk is the Acrobatics Coach for Artistic Swimming Australia's High Performance Program.  A former Belarus national champion and national team member in sport acrobatics, he holds a bachelor's degree in physical education specialising in gymnastics and acrobatics coaching.  Raman spent more than two decades as a professional acrobat, performing with the Nikulin Circus in Moscow and Ringling Bros.; Barnum & Bailey; and spending 16 years in Le Rêve, the aquatic show at Wynn Las Vegas.  Since 2010 he has been an acrobatic consultant to the French, USA and Spanish artistic swimming federations, developing acrobatic elements for their Olympic teams.  Before joining ASA in 2026, he was an acrobatic coach with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas across three productions: "O", "Mystère" and "Mad Apple".