World Ballroom Dance Champions

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
Professional Standard World Champions
Year Winners Nation
1922 Victor Sylvester & Phyllis ClarkeEngland
1923 no contest held
1924 Maxwell Stewart & Barbara MilesEngland
1925 Maxwell Stewart & Barbara MilesEngland
1926 Maxwell Stewart & Pat SykesEngland
1927 Edward Blunt & Doris GermaiEngland
1928 Maxwell Stewart & Pat SykesEngland
1929 Herbert Jemull & Gerti HepprichGermany
1930 Maxwell Stewart & Pat SykesEngland
1931 Arthur Milner & Norma CaveEngland
1932 Marcel & Mme ChapoulFrance
1933 Sydney Stern & Mae WalmseyEngland
1934 Marcel & Mme ChapoulFrance
1935 Marcel & Mme ChapoulFrance
1936 Marcel & Mme ChapoulFrance
1937 Arthur Norton & Pat EatonEngland
1938 Arthur Norton & Pat EatonEngland
1939 Arthur Norton & Pat EatonEngland
1947 Victor Barrett & Doreen FreemanEngland
1948 Bob Henderson & Eileen HenshallEngland
1949 Bob Henderson & Eileen HenshallEngland
1950 Bob Henderson & Eileen HenshallEngland
1959 Desmond Ellison & Brenda WinsladeEngland
1960[3] Bill and Bobbie IrvineScotland
1961 Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen CaseyEngland
1962 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1963 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1964 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1965 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1966 Peter Eggleton & Brenda WinsladeEngland
1967 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1968 Bill & Bobbie IrvineScotland
1969 Peter Eggleton & Brenda WinsladeEngland
1970 Peter Eggleton & Brenda WinsladeEngland
1971 Anthony Hurley & Fay SaxtonEngland
1972 Anthony Hurley & Fay SaxtonEngland
1973 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1974 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1975 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1976 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1977 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1978 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1979 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1980 Richard & Janet GleaveEngland
1981 Michael & Vicky BarrEngland
1982 Michael & Vicky BarrEngland
1983 Michael & Vicky BarrEngland
1984 Michael & Vicky BarrEngland
1985 Michael & Vicky BarrEngland
1986 Stephen & Lindsey HillierEngland
1987 Stephen & Lindsey HillierEngland
1988 Stephen & Lindsey HillierEngland
1989 John Wood & Anne LewisEngland
1990 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1991 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1992 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1993 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1994 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1995 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1996 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1997 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1998 Marcus & Karen HiltonEngland
1999 Luca & Loraine BaricchiEngland
2000 Augusto Schiavo & Caterina ArzentonItaly
2001 Luca & Loraine BaricchiEngland
2002 Christopher Hawkins & Hazel NewberryEngland
2003 Christopher Hawkins & Hazel NewberryEngland
2004 Christopher Hawkins & Hazel NewberryEngland
2005 Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia BettiItaly
2006 Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia BettiItaly
2007 Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia BettiItaly
2008 Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia BettiItaly
2009 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2010 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2011 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2012 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2013 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2014 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2015 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2016 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2017 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
2018 Arunas Bizokas & Katusha DemidovaUSA
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See also

References
  1. Early dates and names verified by Wainwright, Lyndon 1997. The story of British popular dance. International Publications, Brighton. p15
  2. Wainwright, Lyndon 1997. The story of British popular dance. International Publications, Brighton. p16
  3. The modern series of WDC events starts here: http://sports123.com/dan/wsta.html
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