ABOUT US
DIRECTORS

Mrs. Val Hoppichler

Mr. Rudolf Hoppichler
Founder & Director
Former Gymnast: Mrs. Valeria Hoppichler started gymnastics at the age of 6 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During her early years she was training at high performance level, and retired at the age of 18. She finished her gymnastics career with the title of Champion of Neuquen Province in 1993. This gold medal earned her the Honour of “Trompul” (Best sport person of the year) in Gymnastics.
Gymnastics Coach: Val had managed gymnastics clubs for over 20 years. She founded "Sponte Sua Gymnastics Centre" in March 2000.
Sport Coach - PE Teacher career. Val works in independent and states schools teaching gymnastics, athletics, swimming, basketball, handball, Volleyball, softball, dance, hockey, football, netball. Has more than 15 years of working experience as International Ski Instructor in Whistler-Blackcomb (Canada), Perisher Blue (Australia), Chapelco and Ushuaia (Argentina), Valle Nevado (Chile).
London and SSG: Sponte Sua Gym London Gymnastics and Sports Centre open its doors in Wimbledon in September 2012.
Degrees: BSc (Hons) PE and Sports Science.
BG level 4 Senior Women Artistic Gymnastics Coach,
BG Level 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach
BG level 1 Club Judge in GG.
CSIA Level 3 Ski Instructor
Courses: Safeguarding, Emergency First aid, Club Management, Child protection awareness, Disability in Sports, Baseball, Sign Language L1.
Val is also Volunteer at London Gymnastics as Southern Competition
Organiser/Support for GFA -Floor and Vault-.
Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish. Basic Italian, Portuguese and French. Learning German.
Director
Sponte Sua Gym -SSL: Mr. Rudolf Hoppichler moved to Uk in 2013 to helped with the development of the club as Finance director and Head coach, Co-funded Sponte Sua Ltd a year later.
Gymnastics coach: His wide knowledges in sport coaching brings to Sponte Sua Gym the essential to keep growing and expanding, offering to our clients an excellence in training from indoor to outside sports and from recreational to extreme sports.
Sport Career: Rudy has an Austrian National Ski Instructor and Ski Guide degree. He has also coaching degrees in PE and teaching experience in Handball, Gymnastics, Basketball, Athletics, Swimming, Volleyball, Football, Trampoline, Skiing and Sport Science.
Skiing Career and experience: Rudy is also the founder and director of his own winter sports company called International Ski Pros. He has been in the Ski business for over 40 years working in ski resorts such as Mont Buller -Australia-, Chapelco and Bariloche -Argentina-, Shiga Kogen -Japan- and St Anton, Lech, Zürs -Austria-.
Because of his heritage (his Grandfather Prof. Stefan Kruckenhauser- and his Father Prof. Franz Hoppichler were both heads of the Austrian National Ski Instructors Asociation and pioneers at developing the austrian ski technique and ski teaching method) he was been in touch with the newest technical improvements from childhood.
Degrees: BG Level 2 Senior Coach in Men Artistic
BG level 2 Senior Women Artistic Gymnastics Coach
National Ski Instructor Austria
Ski and Mountain Guide
Languages: Fluent in German, English, Spanish and Swedish. Basic Portuguese and Italian.
COACHES/ TUTORS

Beata Bodai
Venue's Head Coach
Degrees: BG level 2 Women Artistic Gymnastics Coach,
Courses: Safeguarding, Emergency First aid.
Gisela Mayerhofer
Schools Head Coach
Degrees: BG level 2 Women Artistic Gymnastics Coach,
Courses: Safeguarding, Emergency First aid.
Sean Jones
Basketball Head Coach
Degrees: BG level 1 General Gymnastics Coach.
Handball Coach Level 2.
Courses: Safeguarding, Emergency First aid.
Veselina Panayotova
Rhythmic Assistant Coach
Degrees: Dance and Choreography
Courses: Safeguarding, Emergency First aid.
Caroline Conroy
Artistic Gymnastics Coach
Former Club's Squad Gymnast
BG Level 1
JUDGES
Juliet Rees
Club's Head Judge and Welfare Officer
Degrees: BA (HONS) Sports Studies
BG level 1 Club Judge in GG.
Courses: Safeguarding, Time to listen.
Moira Whitman
Club's Judge
Degrees: BG level 1 Club Judge in GG.

Val Hoppichler
Club's Judge
Degrees: BG level 1 Club Judge in GG.