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The Championships returned once again in 1959 under the control of the ICBD, though that year was something of a trial run. The first officially awarded championship of the new series came in 1960, and have continued since then. The ICBD was renamed as the ''World Dance & DanceSport Council'' (WD&DSC), and renamed again as the '''WDC'''. |
The Championships returned once again in 1959 under the control of the ICBD, though that year was something of a trial run. The first officially awarded championship of the new series came in 1960, and have continued since then. The ICBD was renamed as the ''World Dance & DanceSport Council'' (WD&DSC), and renamed again as the '''WDC'''. |
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The '''Professional Ballroom''' section (occasionally called '''Professional Modern''' in British tradition) of [[ |
The '''Professional Ballroom''' section (occasionally called '''Professional Modern''' in British tradition) of [[dancesport]]) covers the dances [[waltz (International Standard)|waltz]], [[Foxtrot (dance)|foxtrot]], [[quickstep]], [[tango (ballroom)|tango]] and [[Viennese waltz]]. |
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== World Champions == |
== World Champions == |
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<center>'''Professional Standard World Champions'''</center> |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Victor Sylvester & Phyllis Clarke|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1923 |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | no contest held|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | |
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|1922 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1924 |
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|Victor Silvester & Phyllis Clarke||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1923 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1925 |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1924 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1926 |
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|Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1925 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1927 |
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|Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Edward Blunt & Doris Germai|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1926 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1928 |
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|Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes||England |
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|1927 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1929 |
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|Edward Blunt & Doris Germai||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Herbert Jemull & Gerti Hepprich|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Germany |
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|1928 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1930 |
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|Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes||England |
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|1929 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1931 |
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|Herbert Jemull & Gerti Hepprich||Germany |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Arthur Milner & Norma Cave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1930 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1932 |
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|Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcel & Mme Chapoul|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |France |
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|1931 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1933 |
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|Arthur Milner & Norma Cave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Sydney Stern & Mae Walmsey|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1932 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1934 |
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|Marcel & Mme Chapoul||France |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcel & Mme Chapoul|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |France |
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|1933 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1935 |
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|Sydney Stern & Mae Walmsey||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcel & Mme Chapoul|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |France |
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|1934 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1936 |
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|Marcel & Mme Chapoul||France |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcel & Mme Chapoul|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |France |
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|1935 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1937 |
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|Marcel & Mme Chapoul||France |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1936 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1938 |
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|Marcel & Mme Chapoul||France |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1937 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1939 |
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|Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton||England |
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|1938 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1947 |
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|Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Victor Barrett & Doreen Freeman|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1939 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1948 |
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|Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1947 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1949 |
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|Victor Barrett & Doreen Freeman||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1948 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1950 |
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|Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall||England |
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|1949 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1959 |
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|Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Desmond Ellison & Brenda Winslade|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1950 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1960<ref>The modern series of [[World Dance Council|WDC]] events starts here: http://sports123.com/dan/wsta.html</ref> |
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|Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Bill and Bobbie Irvine]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1959 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1961 |
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|Desmond Ellison & Brenda Winslade||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1960<ref>The modern series of [[World Dance Council|WDC]] events starts here: http://sports123.com/dan/wsta.html</ref> |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1962 |
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|[[Bill and Bobbie Irvine]]||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1961 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1963 |
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|Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1962 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1964 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1963 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1965 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1964 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1966 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1965 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1967 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1966 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1968 |
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|Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bill & Bobbie Irvine|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Scotland |
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|1967 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1969 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1968 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1970 |
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|Bill & Bobbie Irvine||Scotland |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1969 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1971 |
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|Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1970 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1972 |
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|Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1971 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1973 |
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|Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1972 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1974 |
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|Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1973 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1975 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1974 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1976 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1975 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1977 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1976 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1978 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1977 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1979 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1978 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1980 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Richard & Janet Gleave|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1979 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1981 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Michael & Vicky Barr|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1980 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1982 |
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|Richard & Janet Gleave||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Michael & Vicky Barr|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1981 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1983 |
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|Michael & Vicky Barr||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Michael & Vicky Barr|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1982 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1984 |
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|Michael & Vicky Barr||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Michael & Vicky Barr|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1983 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1985 |
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|Michael & Vicky Barr||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Michael & Vicky Barr|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1984 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1986 |
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|Michael & Vicky Barr||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Stephen & Lindsey Hillier|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1985 |
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | 1987 |
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|Michael & Vicky Barr||England |
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|Stephen & Lindsey Hillier||England |
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|1989 |
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|John Wood & Anne Lewis||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcus & Karen Hilton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1990 |
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|[[Marcus & Karen Hilton]]||England |
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|1991 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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|1992 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcus & Karen Hilton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcus & Karen Hilton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1994 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcus & Karen Hilton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1995 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Bradley Herring & Natasha Romanoff|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |USA |
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|1996 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Marcus & Karen Hilton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1997 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Luca & Loraine Baricchi]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|1998 |
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|Marcus & Karen Hilton||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Italy |
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|1999 |
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|[[Luca & Loraine Baricchi]]||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Luca & Loraine Baricchi|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton||Italy |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Christopher Hawkins (dancer)|Christopher Hawkins]] & [[Hazel Newberry]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|Luca & Loraine Baricchi||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |England |
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|[[Christopher Hawkins (dancer)|Christopher Hawkins]] & [[Hazel Newberry]]||England |
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|Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Italy |
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|2004 |
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|Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry||England |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |Italy |
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|Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti||Italy |
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|2007 |
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|Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti||Italy |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Arunas Bizokas]] & [[Katusha Demidova]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |USA |
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|2008 |
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|Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti||Italy |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Arunas Bizokas]] & [[Katusha Demidova]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" |USA |
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|Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova||USA |
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|Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova||USA |
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | [[Arunas Bizokas]] & [[Olivia Augustus]]|| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;" | USA |
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|Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova||USA |
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|Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova||USA |
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|Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova||USA |
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|Andrea Ghigiarelli & Andracchio-Ghigiarelli ||UK |
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|Domen Krapez & Natascha Karabey || Germany |
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[[Category:World championships in dance|Ballroom]] |
Latest revision as of 21:19, 10 April 2024
This page lists the official World Champions – Professional Ballroom of the World Dance Council (WDC), and its historical predecessors. The championships are authorized and organized under the auspices of the WDC. The designation Ballroom replaces the previously used Modern or Standard in WDC terminology; it does not include the latin dances.
World Championships of a sort have been held in ballroom dancing since 1909 when Camille de Rhynal held annual championships in Paris. Records of the years prior to the First World War are sketchy, and it is only since 1922 when the sport split into professional and amateur levels that complete records have been kept. The 1922 championships were also the first to award a single 'world championship' as opposed to titles in the individual dances.[1] The World Championships were held in France from 1925 to 1939, in Paris except for one year in Nice.[2]
These annual competitions only became official in 1936, and since 1937 the title was held by dancers from the United Kingdom for the rest of that century. With the outbreak of the Second World War, the championships were put on hold for six years. Following its revival, the professional ballroom dancing world was becoming more and more fragmented as competing organizations vied for domination. Finally, in September 1950 the ICBD (International Council of Ballroom Dancing) was founded, becoming the world's first international professional dance organisation, and all other competitions claiming to be the 'World Championships' were boycotted by member nations.
The Championships returned once again in 1959 under the control of the ICBD, though that year was something of a trial run. The first officially awarded championship of the new series came in 1960, and have continued since then. The ICBD was renamed as the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC), and renamed again as the WDC.
The Professional Ballroom section (occasionally called Professional Modern in British tradition) of dancesport) covers the dances waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango and Viennese waltz.
World Champions
[edit]Year | Winners | Nation |
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1922 | Victor Silvester & Phyllis Clarke | England |
1923 | no contest held | |
1924 | Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles | England |
1925 | Maxwell Stewart & Barbara Miles | England |
1926 | Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes | England |
1927 | Edward Blunt & Doris Germai | England |
1928 | Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes | England |
1929 | Herbert Jemull & Gerti Hepprich | Germany |
1930 | Maxwell Stewart & Pat Sykes | England |
1931 | Arthur Milner & Norma Cave | England |
1932 | Marcel & Mme Chapoul | France |
1933 | Sydney Stern & Mae Walmsey | England |
1934 | Marcel & Mme Chapoul | France |
1935 | Marcel & Mme Chapoul | France |
1936 | Marcel & Mme Chapoul | France |
1937 | Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton | England |
1938 | Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton | England |
1939 | Arthur Norton & Pat Eaton | England |
1947 | Victor Barrett & Doreen Freeman | England |
1948 | Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall | England |
1949 | Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall | England |
1950 | Bob Henderson & Eileen Henshall | England |
1959 | Desmond Ellison & Brenda Winslade | England |
1960[3] | Bill and Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1961 | Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey | England |
1962 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1963 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1964 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1965 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1966 | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade | England |
1967 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1968 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | Scotland |
1969 | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade | England |
1970 | Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade | England |
1971 | Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton | England |
1972 | Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton | England |
1973 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1974 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1975 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1976 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1977 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1978 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1979 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1980 | Richard & Janet Gleave | England |
1981 | Michael & Vicky Barr | England |
1982 | Michael & Vicky Barr | England |
1983 | Michael & Vicky Barr | England |
1984 | Michael & Vicky Barr | England |
1985 | Michael & Vicky Barr | England |
1986 | Stephen & Lindsey Hillier | England |
1987 | Stephen & Lindsey Hillier | England |
1988 | Stephen & Lindsey Hillier | England |
1989 | John Wood & Anne Lewis | England |
1990 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1991 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1992 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1993 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1994 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1995 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1996 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1997 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1998 | Marcus & Karen Hilton | England |
1999 | Luca & Loraine Baricchi | England |
2000 | Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton | Italy |
2001 | Luca & Loraine Baricchi | England |
2002 | Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry | England |
2003 | Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry | England |
2004 | Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry | England |
2005 | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti | Italy |
2006 | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti | Italy |
2007 | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti | Italy |
2008 | Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti | Italy |
2009 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2010 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2011 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2012 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2013 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2014 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2015 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2016 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2017 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2018 | Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova | USA |
2019 | Andrea Ghigiarelli & Andracchio-Ghigiarelli | UK |
2020 | Title not held — COVID pandemic | |
2021 | Domen Krapez & Natascha Karabey | Germany |
2022 | Valerio Colantoni & Anna Demidova | Italy |
See also
[edit]- World Latin Dance Champions
- World 10 Dance Champions
- Professional Showdance World Champions
- Dancesport World Champions (smooth)
- Dancesport World Champions (rhythm)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Standard)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 10-Dance)
References
[edit]- ^ Early dates and names verified by Wainwright, Lyndon 1997. The story of British popular dance. International Publications, Brighton. p15
- ^ Wainwright, Lyndon 1997. The story of British popular dance. International Publications, Brighton. p16
- ^ The modern series of WDC events starts here: http://sports123.com/dan/wsta.html