This page lists the official World Champions and the countries they represented in the Professional 10-Dance of the World Dance Council (WDC). The championships are authorized and organized under the auspices of the WDC.
The first World 10 Dance Championships took place in 1978"Former WDC World Champions" World Dance Council. Retrieved 2019-02-03. and has been held annually since they were organised by the ICBD in 1980. The ICBD was renamed WD&DSC and renamed again as the WDC. It represents all the major professional DanceSport countries.
The dances covered in the Ten Dance are the five International Ballroom (Standard) dances: waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango and Viennese waltz, along with the five International Latin Dances: rumba, samba, paso doble, cha-cha-cha and jive, as defined in ballroom dancing terms.
World Champions Year Ten Dance World Champions Country 1978 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1979 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1980 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1981 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1982 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1983 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1984 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1985 David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Great Britain 1986 Marcus & Karen Hilton Great Britain 1987 Michael Hull & Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany 1988 Raymond & Gunn Myhrengen Norway 1989 Michael Hull & Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany 1990 Michael Hull & Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany 1991 Horst & Andrea Beer Germany 1992 Horst & Andrea Beer Germany 1993 Martin & Alison Lamb Great Britain 1994 Bo & Helle Loft Jensen Denmark 1995 Kim & Cecilie Rygel Norway 1996 Kim & Cecilie Rygel Norway 1997 Gary & Diana McDonald USA 1998 Michael Hull & Mirjam Zweijsen Germany 1999 Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur Canada 2000 Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur Canada 2001 Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur Canada 2002 Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur Canada 2003 Adam & Karen Reeve Iceland 2004 Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur Canada 2005 Alessandro Garofolo & Annamaria Bassano Italy 2006 Stefano Fanasca & Michaela Battisti Italy 2007 Sergej Diemke & Katerina Timofeeva Germany 2008 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute USA 2009 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute USA 2010 Roman Myrkin and Natalia Biedniagina"Professionals 10 dance 2010 World Championship Results". World Dance Council. Retrieved on 2011-05-23. Ukraine 2011 Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Natalia Skorikova USA 2012 Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazina Azerbaijan 2013 Steffen Zoglauer & Sandra Koperski Germany 2014 Steffen Zoglauer & Sandra Koperski Germany 2015 Nikolay Govorov & Eugeniya Tolstaya Russia 2016 Alexander Shindila & Jade Main England 2017 colspan=2 2018 Nikolay Govorov & Eugeniya Tolstaya Russia 2019Jaak Vainomaa & Tiina TulikallioFinland 2020 colspan=2 2021 colspan=2 2022 colspan=2 2023Nikolay Govorov – Evgeniya TolstayRussia 2024 colspan=2 2025 colspan=2
See also World Ballroom Dance Champions World Latin Dance Champions Smooth World Champions Rhythm World Champions U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 10-Dance)
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