Sascha Karabey

Sascha Karabey (born May 2, 1978 in Seeheim-Jugenheim ) is a German professional dancer . He comes from a family of dancers. His parents run a dance school in Bad Homburg .

Life

Sascha Karabey is a trained travel agent. He has been dancing since 1989. From 1992 to 2014 he danced with his sister Natascha Karabey , with whom he initially competed as an amateur in standard dances . There Sascha and Natascha Karabey won numerous championships and competitions. They were finalists in all major world ranking tournaments, European and world championships in recent years; the couple finished second at the 2005 World Championships. You start for the dance sport club TC “Der Frankfurter Kreis” . In 2007 the couple moved to the German Professional Dance Sports Association (DPV).

Since 1999, both have led the German rankings of the German Dance Sports Association (DTV) again and again. In the ranking list in the standard dances of the German Professional Dance Sport Association (DPV) they took 7th place at the end of 2007, in the world rankings of the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF) they made it up to 4th place (end of 2004).

On September 22nd, 2007 Sascha and Natascha Karabey were able to place themselves in front of Marcus Weiß and Isabel Edvardsson at the German championship of professionals in the standard dances both in the five dances and in the freestyle and thus become German champions. Above all, they convinced with their very good technology.

Awards

• On November 3, 2005, Sascha Karabey and his sister Natascha were awarded the State of Hesse's sports badge, the highest Hessian sports award.

• On November 15, 2006 they were awarded the Association's Silver Badge of Honor by the Hessian Dance Sports Association for their numerous successes, but also for their commitment to the youngsters.

• On August 15, 2007 they were honored by the President of the German Dance Sports Association Franz Allert for their services to dance sport and the German Dance Sports Association with its highest athletic award, the sports plaque of the German Dance Sports Association.

Successes (selection)

• 1st place German Championship Professional Standard 2007-2013
• Bronze medal European Championship Professionals 2009
• Silver medal European Championship Professionals 2010
• Finalists of the World Championships Professionals 2008, 2009
• Silver medal world championship amateurs 2005, 2006
• Bronze medal World Championship 2004
• German champion 1999-2006
• Silver medal at the 2005 World Games
• Bronze medal European Championship 2005
• Winner of the London Open Championships 2002
• Blackpool 2010 finalists
• 3rd place in Blackpool 2004
• Finalists in European and World Championships
• Hessian champions 1997, 1999-2006
• Winner of the Kneipp Trophy 2000, 2001

Web links

• Natascha & Sascha Karabey homepage
• Sascha & Natascha Karabey at the TC "Der Frankfurter Kreis" eV
• Letter to DTV about switching to the professionals (PDF file; 28 kB)
• Tournament results at dancesportinfo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sascha and Natascha received the highest Hessian sports award  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Ceremony for athletes 2006 ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Honor for our standard trainers ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ DanceSportInfo.Net - World Cup 2006