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. His partnership with Leunis has, since 2002, resulted in a string of victories: in 2008 and 2009 they won the World Professional Latin title, and in 2012 they won first place in Latin dance at the Blackpool Dance Festival. This is the prestigious Open British Championships held every year in Blackpool, England. Before that, he won the Polish Latin dance championship four times with Iwona Golczak.

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Living people Polish ballroom dancers Polish male dancers Polish dancers 1980 births People from Zielona Góra Competitors at the 2001 World Games {{Dance-bio-stub