European Dance Championship (Latin)

Postage stamp 1983

Professionals (WDC)

European championships for professionals in Latin American dances have been held by the then International Council of Ballroom Dancing since 1953 (since 1993: World Dance & Dance Sport Council Limited, since 2007: World Dance Council Limited).

European champion Professional Latin
(Professional Latin European Champions)

year	winner	origin	venue
1953	Jack Orton-Smith & Norma Noble	England	London, England
1954	Roger & Micheline Rownaux	France	Freudenstadt, Germany
1955	Roger & Micheline Rownaux	France	Bad Kissingen, Germany
1956	Roger & Micheline Rownaux	France	Baden-Baden, Germany
1957	no European championship held
1958	Roger & Micheline Rownaux	France	Stuttgart, Germany
1959	Roger & Micheline Rownaux	France	Stuttgart, Germany
1960	no European championship held
1961	no European championship held
1962	Walter & Lorraine Laird	England	Venice, France
1963	Walter & Lorraine Laird	England	Hanover, Germany
1964	Walter & Lorraine Laird	England	London, England
1965	Walter & Marianne Kaiser	Switzerland	West Berlin, Germany
1966	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Duisburg, Germany
1967	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Hillegom, Netherlands
1968	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
1969	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Zurich, Switzerland
1970	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Croydon, England
1971	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Neuss, Germany
1972	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Baden-Baden, Germany
1973	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	London, England
1974	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	Copenhagen, Denmark
1975	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	Vienna, Austria
1976	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Dortmund, Germany
1977	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Leiden, Netherlands
1978	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Copenhagen, Denmark
1979	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Dortmund, Germany
1980	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Hammersmith Palais, London, England
1981	Espen & Kirsten Salberg	Norway	Helsinki, Finland
1982	Sammy & Shirley Stopford	England	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1983	Espen & Kirsten Salberg	Norway	Guildhall, Southampton, England
1984	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Germany
1985	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Southampton, England
1986	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany
1987	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Southampton, England
1988	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Augsburg, Germany
1989	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Bournemouth International Center, Bournemouth, England
1990	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Augsburg, Germany
1991	Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl	England	Augsburg, Germany
1992	Johan & Nadia Eftedal	Norway	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1993	Johan & Nadia Eftedal	Norway	Bielefeld, Germany
1994	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Slagharen, Netherlands
1995	Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle / Westphalia, Germany
1996	Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber	Germany	Sports hall, Kassel, Germany
1997	Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari	Finland	Angers, France
1998	Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari-Jääsko	Finland	Stadthalle, Kassel, Germany
1999	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
2000	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	The Forum, Guildford, England
2001	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Rose Garden, Mannheim, Germany
2002	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	St. Petersburg, Russia
2003	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Le Zenith, Paris, France
2004	Dmitry Timokhin & Anna Bezikova	Russia	Örebro, Sweden
2005	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Moscow, Russia
2006	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Panndorfhalle, Gera, Germany
2007	Michael Malitowski & Joanne Leunis	Poland	Kiev, Ukraine
2008	Michael Malitowski & Joanne Leunis	Poland	Moscow, Russia
2009	Michael Malitowski & Joanne Leunis	Poland	Aarhus, Denmark
2011	Michael Malitowski & Joanne Leunis	England	Bonn, Germany
2012	Michael Malitowski & Joanne Leunis	England	Sofiya, Bulgaria

Amateurs (WDSF)

European Champion Amateurs Latin
(WDSF European Union Championship)

year	winner	origin	venue
2011	Viaceslavs Visniakovs & Tereza Kizlo	Latvia	Wetzlar, Germany

See also