U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)

The United States national professional ballroom dance

Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....

champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships

United States Dance Championships

The annual United States Dance Championships , previously called the United States Ballroom Championships and the United States DanceSport Championships , is recognized by the National Dance Council of America and the World Dance & DanceSport Council as determining the majority of the United...

(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

Cha-cha-cha (dance)

The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...

, samba

Samba (ballroom)

Among ballroom dances, samba is a lively, rhythmical one. It is related to the traditional samba styles of Brazil, but differs from them considerably. Its music is in 2/4 or 4/4 time.-Origins:...

, rumba

Rumba (dance)

Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó...

, paso doble, and jive

Jive (dance)

In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...

U.S. National Champions

U.S. National Professional Latin Ballroom Dance Ballroom dance Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television.... / Dancesport DanceSport Dancesport denotes competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. It is wheelchair dancesport where at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair.... Champions
1964-1969	Larry and Betty Silvers	Maryland
1971	Bob Medeiros & Sheryn Hawkins	Massachusetts
1972-1973	Vernon Brock & Beverly Donahue	New Jersey
1974	Frank and Victoria Regan	Canada
1975-1978	Vernon Brock & Linda Dean	Texas
1979-1985	Ron Montez Ron Montez Ron Montez is a professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer who won the professional Latin division of the U.S. Dancesport Championships from 1979 to 1985.- See also :* U.S. National Dancesport Champions... & Elizabeth Curtis	California
1986-1990	Corky Corky Ballas Mark Alexander "Corky" Ballas, Sr. is a retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles.He has one son, Mark Ballas, with former wife and partner Shirley Ballas... & Shirley Ballas Shirley Ballas Shirley Ballas is a British ballroom dancer, teacher and adjudicator. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles earning her the nickname, "The Queen of Latin." Shirley was first married to, and competed with, fellow Briton Sammy Stopford. They...	Texas
1991-1992	Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter	California
1993-1994	Bill Sparks Bill Sparks William Edward "Bill" Sparks DSM was a British Royal Marine in World War II. He was the last survivor of the "Cockleshell Heroes", commandos who paddled 85 miles into German-occupied France to blow up merchant shipping in the Bay of Biscay port of Bordeaux.He was born in East Ham in the East End... & Shirley Johnson	Ohio
1995	Tony Meredith Tony Meredith -Biography:Tony Meredith, born in Hawaii, discovered ballroom dancing after replying to a newspaper ad seeking dance teachers.-Dance career:Tony met Melanie LaPatin in 1981 and the two subsequently formed a professional partnership, traveling the world representing the United States 12 times in the... & Melanie LaPatin Melanie LaPatin Melanie LaPatin is professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer, originally from Brooklyn, New York. LaPatin formed a professional partnership with Tony Meredith in 1981, marrying him in 1989, traveling the world representing the United States twelve times in the Professional World...	New York
1996	Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter	California
1997	Gary and Diana McDonald	New Jersey
1998-1999	Bill Sparks & Kimberley Mitchell	Ohio
2000	Louis Van Amstel Louis van Amstel Louis Van Amstel is a Dutch-born ballroom dance champion, professional dancer, choreographer, and a dancesport coach who appears on the U.S. reality television series Dancing with the Stars.-Early life:... & Joanna Leunis	New York
2001-2003	Slavik Kryklyvyy Slavik Kryklyvyy Slavik Kryklyvyy is a professional ballroom dancer specializing in International Latin. Born and raised in Ukraine, he is currently residing in New York, USA.... & Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff is a Ukrainian professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, where she held a runner-up title, a semi-final title, and several quarter-final titles...	New York
2004-2006	Andrei Gavriline & Elena Kryuchkova	New Jersey
2007	Maxim Kozhevnikov & Yulia Zagoruychenko	New York
2008-2011	Ricarrdo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko	New York

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