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 Orlando, Florida 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

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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, Canadian Professional Ballroom vice-Champion and currently teaches students in the US and England.

References

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