Blanca Ribas Turón

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Blanca Ribas Turón (born June 6, 1982 in Gandia , Province of Valencia , Spain ) is a German-Spanish standard and Latin dancer.

Life

She spent most of her childhood and youth in Barcelona . In 1994, Blanca Ribas Turón started dancing. In Spain she danced with Emilio Villodres, Sascha Brovnic and Pau Aran. With the latter she became a four-time Spanish champion and specialized in competitions over 10 dances (standard + Latin).

After graduating from high school in 2000, she began studying physiotherapy in Barcelona. In 2002 she moved to Dresden with practically no knowledge of German and devoted herself entirely to dance with her new partner Christoph Kies . Blanca Ribas Turón starts for TSC Excelsior Dresden and works in the Dresden area as a freelance dance choreographer and dance trainer for children, youth and adults.

In 2006 (Moscow), 2007 (Tokyo) and 2008 (Berlin) the couple Kies / Ribas Turón became world champions over 10 dances - in 2007 (Vienna) they also became European champions over 10 dances.

In March 2011 she ended her active dance career. She continues to work as a dance choreographer and trainer in Germany, Spain and South America. She has also been the association trainer for Saxony since 2015.

Successes (selection)

State Championships Saxony (9 titles)

  • 9 × 1st place LM Standard / Latin 2003–2007

National Championships: (9 titles)

  • 2000 Spanish Championship Youth Standard 1st place
  • 2000 Spanish Championship Youth Latin 1st place
  • 2000 Spanish championship youth 10 dances 1st place
  • 2002 Spanish championship 10 dances 1st place
  • 2003 to 2008 German championship 10 dances 1st place (5 ×)

European Championships: (2 titles)

  • 2003 EM 10 dances (Loule, POR) 2nd place
  • 2004 EM 10 dances (Chișinău, MOL) 2nd place
  • 2005 EM 10 dances (Kiev, UKR) 3rd place
  • 2007 EM 10 dances (Vienna, AUT) 1st place
  • 2008 EM 10 dances (Chisinau, MDA) 1st place

World Championships: (3 titles)

  • 2004 WM 10 Dances (Melbourne, AUS) 3rd place
  • 2005 WM 10 dances (Vienna, AUT) 2nd place
  • 2006 WM 10 dances (Moscow, RUS) 1st place
  • 2007 WM 10 dances (Tokyo, JPN) 1st place
  • 2008 WM 10 Dances (Berlin, GER) 1st place

World Cups: (1 title)

  • 2003 WC 10 dances (Salzburg, AUT) 2nd place
  • 2005 WC 10 dances (Liège, BEL) 3rd place
  • 2006 WC 10 dances (Taipei, TWN) 1st place

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Press release to end an active dance career , (on the DTV website).
personal data
SURNAME Ribas Turón, Blanca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ribas-Turon, Blanca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Spanish standard and Latin dancer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Gandia , Valencia Province , Spain