- World Latin Dance Champions
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This page lists the official World Champions – Professional Latin of the World Dance Council (WDC). The championships are authorized and organized under the auspices of the WDC, and held annually in the last quarter of each year. The competition comprises five dances: rumba, samba, paso doble, cha-cha-cha and jive, as defined in ballroom dancing terms.
Official World Championships have been held in the Latin section of ballroom dancing since they were organised by the ICBD in 1959. The ICBD was renamed WD&DSC and has been renamed again to its present title. The WDC represents all the major professional DanceSport countries. Unofficial world championships were held, usually in Paris, by several organisers pre-World War II. Some of these events included one or two latin dances in the same competition as ballroom dances. As these events had no official standing, they are not noticed here. There is one earlier international latin dance championship; it started in 1953 at the Elsa Wells International Dance Championships in London (see International Latin American Dance Champions). Both series have continued annually.
World Champions
Professional Latin World Champions
1960 Roger & Micheline Ronnaux France[1] 1961 Bill and Bobbie Irvine Scotland 1962 Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds England 1963 Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds England 1964 Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds England 1965 Walter & Marianne Kaiser Switzerland 1966 Bill & Bobbie Irvine England 1967 Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz Germany 1968 Bill & Bobbie Irvine England 1969 Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz Germany 1970 Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz Germany 1971 Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz Germany 1972 Wolfgang & Evelyn Opitz Germany 1973 Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer Austria 1974 Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer Austria 1975 Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer Austria 1976 Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman England 1977 Alan & Hazel Fletcher England 1978 Alan & Hazel Fletcher England 1979 Alan & Hazel Fletcher England 1980 Alan & Hazel Fletcher England 1981 Alan & Hazel Fletcher England 1982 Espen & Kirsten Salberg Norway 1983 Espen & Kirsten Salberg Norway 1984 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1985 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1986 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1987 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1988 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1989 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1990 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1991 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1992 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1993 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1994 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1995 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1996 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1997 Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber Germany 1998 Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather Scotland/England 1999 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2000 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2001 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2002 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2003 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2004 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2005 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2006 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2007 Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj South Africa/Germany 2008 Michał Malitowski & Joanna Leunis Poland 2009 Michał Malitowski & Joanna Leunis Poland 2010 Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko USA 2011 Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko USA See also
- International Latin American Dance Champions
- Rhythm World Champions
- Smooth World Champions
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 10-Dance)
- World 10 Dance Champions
- World Ballroom Dance Champions
References
Categories:- Competitive dance
- Ballroom dance
- Latin dances
- Dance competitions
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