Records :

Records in DanceSport History

  • (A) First

    • Roger & Micheline Ronnaux of France won the first European Latin Professional Championship (1955)

    • Roger & Micheline Ronnaux of France won the first World Professional Latin (1960)

    • Victor Silvester &Phyllis Clark (UK) won the First World Professional Standard Champions (1922)

    • Bill & Bobbie Irvine of Scotland were the first couple in Ballroom Dance Professional to be awarded MBE (1967)

    • Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton being an Italian couple to win the World Professional Ballroom title (2000)

    • Germany was the first country to use Digital Scorecard for adjudicator to mark (2001)

    • Lawrence Chan from Hong Kong was the first candidate taking Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing' s Professional Examination in Semley Studio, Norbury, London (2002)

    • Yin Wei Dong & Long Wei Min was the first couple who made the United Kingdom Championship Professional Rising Star Final from Hong Kong (2002)

    • Frank Luan & Sandy was the first Chinese (Asian) couple to win British Rising Star Professional Latin title (2003)

    • Jun Luo & Ying Jie Yu was the first Chinese (Asian) couple to win International Juvenile Latin (2004)

    • Chao Yang & Yiling Tan was the first couple from China (Aisa) who won the British Under 21 Ballroom title (2005)

    • Come Dancing Studio Academy organized the inaugural WDC AL Asian Tour in Hong Kong on 24/8/14



  • (B) Only & First

    • Bill & Bobbie Irvine won both World Professional Latin (3 times) & World Professional Ballroom (7 times)

    • Bill & Bobbie Irvine won both World Professional Latin & World Professional Ballroom at Royal Albert Hall on the same day (1968)

    • Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather (Scotland) retired & came back to win the World Latin title (1999)

    • Franco Formica & Oksana Nikiforova (Germany) won three consecutive British Amateur Latin titles (2002 –2004)

    • Sammy Stopford was the only Male dancer who won British Open Professional titles with two different Lady partners (1983 & 1989)

    • Shirley Ballas was the only Lady dancer who won British Open Professional Professional titles with two different Male partners (1983 & 1995)

    • W Jeschke & M Kowalska won Rising Star Amateur Ballroom and Under 21 Ballroom in 2013 Blackpool Dance Festival

  • (C) Most
    • Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather won 14 times World Professional Latin titles

    • Donnie Burns & Garynor Fairweather won all together 15 World titles (14 World Professional Latin & one World Latin Showdance)

    • Marcus Hilton MBE & Karen Hilton MBE won 9 nines times World Professional Ballroom Championships

  • (D) Oldest

    • Roger & Micheline Ronnaux retired in the age of 51 yrs old Roger & Micheline Ronnaux were 51 yrs old when they won the World Professional Latin