World Dance Championship (Latin)

The world championships in Latin American dances are held separately for amateurs and professionals.

Professionals

The world championships for professionals in Latin American dances have been held annually in the last quarter of the year since they were organized by the International Council of Ballroom Dancing (ICBD) in 1959. The ICBD has since been renamed the World Dance Council and represents all major countries that are actively involved in professional dancing.

Since the opening of the Professional Division of the World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) in June 2010, a world championship for professionals in Latin American dances has also been held there.

World Dance Council (WDC)

The professional world champions of the years 1999–2007 Bryan Watson and Carmen Vincelj ended their active dance sport career in May 2007. After Donnie Burns and Gaynor Fairweather, they are the most successful Latin dance couple among professionals. The current professional world champions are Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko from the United States of America.

World Champion Professional Latin
(Professional Latin World Champions)

year	winner	origin	venue
1959	Leonard Patrick & Doreen Key	England	Lyceum Ballroom, London, England
1960	Roger & Michelle Ronnaux	France	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1961	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	South African Union	Hammersmith Palais, London, England
1962	Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds	England	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
1963	Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds	England	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1964	Walter Laird & Lorraine Reynolds	England	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1965	Walter & Marianne Kaiser	Switzerland	Empire Pool, Wembley, England
1966	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	England	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1967	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
1968	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	England	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1969	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1970	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1971	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1972	Wolfgang & Evelyn Opitz	Germany	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1973	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	Madison Square Gardens, New York, United States
1974	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1975	Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer	Austria	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1976	Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman	England	Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, Germany
1977	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1978	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1979	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Sports center, Baden, Switzerland
1980	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Entertainment Center, Perth, Australia
1981	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	England	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1982	Espen & Kirsten Salberg	Norway	Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1983	Espen & Kirsten Salberg	Norway	Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
1984	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
1985	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Ekeberg Idrettshall, Oslo, Norway
1986	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Bournemouth, England
1987	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Sheraton Bal Harbor, Miami, United States
1988	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
1989	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Slagharen, Netherlands, Netherlands
1990	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Ekeberg Idrettshall, Oslo, Norway
1991	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Sheraton Bal Harbor, Miami, United States
1992	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
1993	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Wintergardens, Blackpool, England
1994	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1995	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Vienna, Austria, Austria
1996	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Fontainbleu Hotel, Miami Beach, United States
1997	Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle (Westphalia), Germany
1998	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	Sun City, South Africa, South Africa
1999	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
2000	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
2001	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
2002	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Fontainbleu Hotel, Miami Beach, United States
2003	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Innsbruck, Austria, Austria
2004	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Westin Diplomat, Hollywood / Florida, United States
2005	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Le Palestre, Le Cannet, France
2006	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	Irvine, United States
2007	Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj	Germany	The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
2008	Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis	Poland	Innsbruck, Austria
2009	Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis	Poland	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
2010	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Maritim Hotel, Bonn, Germany
2011	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
2012	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Innsbruck, Austria
2013	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Irvine, United States
2014	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Disney Resort, Paris, France
2015	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Warsaw, Poland
2016	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States	Moscow, Russia
2017	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States
2018	Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	United States

World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF)

year	winner	origin	venue
2011	Alexey Silde & Anna Firstova	Russia	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2012	Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich	Slovenia	Leipzig, Germany
2013	Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup	Denmark	Ostrava, Czech Republic
2014	Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup	Denmark	Horsens, Denmark
2015	Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kusminskaya	Russia	Dresden, Germany
2016	Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kusminskaya	Russia	Moscow, Russia
2017	Pavel Pasechnik & Marta Arndt	Germany	Leipzig, Germany

Amateurs

The world championships for amateurs in Latin American dances are organized by the World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF). Since the World Dance Council's Amateur League was founded in May 2007, the World Dance Council has also held a world championship for amateurs in Latin American dances since 2008.

World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF)

WDSF World Latin Championship

year	winner	Origin (for German couples with a club)	venue
1960	Paul Hillion & Lucienne Hillion	France	unknown
1961	Karl Breuer & Ursula Breuer	Schwarz-Rot-Club Wetzlar , Germany	London, UK
1962	Jürgen Bernhold & Helga Bernhold	Club Céronne Hamburg, Germany	unknown
1964	Robert Taylor & Anita Gent	United Kingdom	unknown
1965	John Westley & Betty Westley	United Kingdom	unknown
1966	Jürgen Bernhold & Helga Bernhold	Club Céronne Hamburg, Germany	Bremen, Germany
1967	Jürgen Bernhold & Helga Bernhold	Club Céronne Hamburg, Germany	London, UK
1968	Peter Neubeck & Hanni Kaufmann	Yellow-Black-Casino Munich , Germany	Bremen, Germany
1969	Raymond Root & Francis Spiers	United Kingdom	London
1970	Peter Neubeck & Hanni Kaufmann	Yellow-Black-Casino Munich, Germany	Munster, Germany
1971	Peter Neubeck & Hanni Neubeck	TSA in TSV 1860 Munich , Germany	Berlin, Germany
1972	Alan & Hazel Fletcher	United Kingdom	unknown
1973	Alan Fletcher & Hazel Fletcher	United Kingdom	unknown
1974	Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman	United Kingdom	unknown
1975	Jan Walker & Ruth Walker	United Kingdom	unknown
1976	Espen Salberg & Kirsten Salberg	Norway	unknown
1977	Jeffrey Dobbinson & Debbie-Lee London	United Kingdom	unknown
1978	David Sycamore & Denise Weavers	United Kingdom	unknown
1979	David Sycamore & Denise Weavers	United Kingdom	unknown
1980	Raymond Myhrengen & Gunn-Berglen Johannesen	Norway	unknown
1981	Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather	Scotland	unknown
1982	Marcus Hilton & Karen Johnstone	England	unknown
1983	Marcus Hilton & Karen Johnstone	England	unknown
1984	Colin James & Lene Mikkelsen	Denmark	unknown
1985	Horst Beer & Andrea Lankenau	TSG Bremerhaven , Germany	Bremerhaven, Germany
1986	Geir Bakke & Trine Dehli	Norway	Munster, Germany
1987	Knut Saeborg & Tone Nyhagen	Norway	Southampton, England
1988	Knut Saeborg & Tone Nyhagen	Norway	Oslo, Norway
1989	Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber	TTC-Rot-Weiss-Freiburg, Germany	Montréal, Canada
1990	Hans-Reinhard Galke & Bianca Schreiber	TTC-Rot-Weiss-Freiburg, Germany	Aarhus, Denmark
1991	Bryan Watson & Claudia Leoni	Italy	Oslo, Norway
1992	Allan Tornsberg & Vibeke Toft	Denmark	Edinburgh, Scotland
1993	Paul Killick & Inga Haas	TC "Der Frankfurter Kreis" , Germany	Zurich, Switzerland
1994	Louis van Amstel & Julie Fryer	Netherlands	Stuttgart, Germany
1995	Louis van Amstel & Julie Fryer	Netherlands	Aarhus, Denmark
1996	Ralf Müller & Olga Müller-Omeltchenko	1. TSC Rastatt, Germany	Kassel, Germany
1997	Holger Nitsche & Charlotte Egstrand	Denmark	Gothenburg, Sweden
1998	Michael Wentink & Beata Onefater	South Africa	Bremerhaven, Germany
1999	Matthew Cutler & Nicole Cutler	England	Bern, Switzerland
2000	Slavik Kryklyvyy & Joanna Leunis	Belgium	Miami Beach, United States
2001	Andrej Skufca & Katarina Venturini	Slovenia	Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002	Franco Formica & Oksana Nikiforova	TC Nova Giessen, Germany	Assen, Netherlands
2003	Franco Formica & Oksana Nikiforova	TC Nova Giessen, Germany	St. Petersburg, Russia
2004	Franco Formica & Oksana Nikiforova	TC Nova Giessen, Germany	Leipzig, Germany
2005	Ricardo Cocchi & Joanne Wilkinson	Italy	Ostrava, Czech Republic
2006	Peter Stokkebroe & Kristina Juel-Stokkebroe	Denmark	Karlsruhe, Germany
2007	Maurizio Vescovo & Melinda Törökgyörgy	Hungary	Vilnius, Lithuania
2008	Stefano Di Filippo & Anna Melnikova	Italy	Melbourne, Australia
2009	Alexey Silde & Anna Firstova	Russia	Maribor, Slovenia
2010	Alexey Silde & Anna Firstova	Russia	New York, United States
2011	Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich	Croatia	Singapore, Singapore
2012	Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska	Italy	Vienna, Austria
2013	Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska	Italy	Berlin, Germany
2014	Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska	Italy	Ostrava, Czech Republic
2015	Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus	Moldova	Vienna, Austria
2016	Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus	Moldova	Chengdu, People's Republic of China
2017	Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus	Moldova	Vienna, Austria

World Dance Council (WDC)

WDC Amateur League World Latin Championship

year	winner	Origin (for German couples with a club)	venue
2008	Kirill Belorukov & Elvira Skrylnikova	Russia	Disney Resort, Paris, France
2009	Kirill Belorukov & Elvira Skrylnikova	Russia	Disney Resort, Paris, France
2010	Neil Jones & Ekaterina Sokolova	England	Disney Resort, Paris, France
2011	Neil Jones & Ekaterina Sokolova	England	Disney Resort, Paris, France
2012	Troels Bager & Ina Ivanova Jeliazkova	Denmark	Disney Resort, Paris France
2013	Troels Bager & Ina Ivanova Jeliazkova	Denmark	Disney Resort, Paris France
2014	Troels Bager & Ina Ivanova Jeliazkova	Denmark	Disney Resort, Paris France

See also

Web links

• WDC Professional World Champions - Latin American

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WD & DSC Latin World Champions page
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3. ↑ http://www.spaeker.de/
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