U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)

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