U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)

The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USBC and USDSC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).

The International Latin division consists of International-style cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive.

U.S. National Champions edit

U.S. National Professional Latin

Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions[1][2]

1964-1969 Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers   Maryland
1971 Bob Medeiros & Sheryn Hawkins   Massachusetts
1972-1973 Vernon Brock & Beverly Donahue   New Jersey
1974 Frank Regan & Victoria Regan   Canada
1975-1978 Vernon Brock & Linda Dean   Texas
1979-1985 Ron Montez & Elizabeth Curtis   California
1986-1990 Corky Ballas & Shirley Ballas   Texas
1991-1992 Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter   California
1993-1994 Bill Sparks & Shirley Johnson   Ohio
1995 Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin   New York
1996 Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter   California
1997 Gary McDonald & Diana McDonald   New Jersey
1998-1999 Bill Sparks & Kimberley Mitchell   Ohio
2000 Louis Van Amstel & Joanna Leunis[3]   New York
2001-2003 Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff   New York
2004-2006 Andrei Gavriline & Elena Kryuchkova   New Jersey
2007 Maxim Kozhevnikov & Yulia Zagoruychenko   New York
2008-2016 Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko   New York
2017 Andrei Kazlouski & Asta Sigvaldadottir   New York
2018-2019 Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko   New York
2020 Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021-2022 Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova   New York

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Buyer's Guide :: DanceVision.com
  2. ^ DanceSport Portal » Blog Archive » 2005 USDSC Pro Results
  3. ^ "Rules & Results - National Dance Council of America". www.ndca.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21.

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