Jonathan Wilkins is an English

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and dance teacher, born in London. He holds many titles in Professional Ballroom Dancing, including being ten times Professional Ballroom Champion, 1997–2007 (in a partnership with

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, which lasted eleven years and brought considerable success). In 2004, they won the World Classic Showdance Championship, which is one of the subsidiary

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Dance Sport events. Their final result was to win the

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Open Professional Ballroom title at the USA Open in

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2007. From November 2007, Wilkins danced with

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. Together they became European Profession Ballroom Champions (2009) and British Professional Ballroom Champions (2009). Their best results were first in the WDC Professional Ballroom,

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2009, and second in the Professional World Ballroom Dance Championship in

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2009. After this championship the two partners retired from competitive dancing. Both are currently judges for ballroom dancing championships. In 2010, Jonathan married Anastasia Kazmina, a Canadian Professional Ballroom Vice-Champion who currently teaches students in the US and England.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkins, Jonathan British ballroom dancers Living people English male dancers Year of birth missing (living people)