World Championships Youth Standard: Both Couples in the quarter final
Janzen/Litvinova and Stöckl/Belz in Rimini
As part of the big event in Rimini, which lasted one week, the World Championships Youth Standard took place. Surprisingly, both couples only reached the quarter final. Their coaches and the national youth officer Sandra Bähr spoke in high terms of the two couples and would have expected better results. Jan Janzen/Victoria Litvinova reached place 21 and Dominik Stöckl/Katharina Belz place 22 of 66...
by Kristina Scibor
Bronze For Gert Faustmann / Alexandra Kley
273 At The Seniors II Standard World Championships
It was an important highlight in the dancing career of Gert Faustmann/Alexandra Kley: They won the bronze medal at the World Championships Seniors II Standard and were extremely happy. 237 couples had competed at these open World Championships in Rimini, Italy. Consequently, the rounds lasted very long and required lots of strength and nerves. The final was finished at 1am and the couple from Be...
by Kristina Scibor
Results from Budapest
From the Hungarian capital Razvan Dumitrescu/Jacqueline Joos reported their successful participation in the WDSF World Open Latin competition in which they finished 9th in the semi-final. In the WDSF Open Senior II Standard competition Albert and Andrea Rommel reached the final and finished 6th.
by Sonja Schäufler
Doga/Ertmer 4th again
World Championship 10-dance in Chengdu, China
Dumitru Doga/Sarah Ertmer reached just like last year in Riga the final of the World Championship 10-dance. With 32 couples in this competition they repeated with a 4th place their last year's result. The accompanying regions sports director Ivo Münster attested the couple an excellent performance. The three German couples having travelled with them to their competitions energetically cheered Doga...
by Sonja Schäufler
Bronze medal for Zirm/Schwarz
World Championship I Standard
With a constantly good performance over all rounds Thorsten Zirm/Sonja Schwarz could reach the 3rd place of the rostrum in the World Championship Senior I Standard in Prague. So they improved two places comparing to last year's result. "We have reached our maximum goal", Thorsten Zirm happily said after the award ceremony. The Italian couple Christian and Elena Bono defended their title. 2nd finis...
by Sonja Schäufler
Segatori/Sudol unbeatable good
Competition results from B to P
In Bangkok, Thailand, the actual World Champions standard Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol again left all their rivals behind. They were not only dancing the final round without having real competition, but also left the floor as clear winner again having won all five dances. The second German couple Anatoliy Novoselov/Tasja Schulz just missed the final round and finished with the 7th place. In the W...
by Sonja Schäufler
Three couples in the World Championship Show Dance final rounds
At the World Championship Show Dance Standard and Latin three DTV couples reached the final in Chengdu, China. The silver medal was given to Anton Skuratov/Alona Uehlin with their Standard Show " Can you beat it?" in front of Valentin and Renata Lusin with their performance "Anastasia", who received the bronze medal. In the Latin-American section Evgeny Vinokurov/Christina Luft finished 6th i...
by Sonja Schäufler
Segatori/Sudol and Pasechnik/Arndt winner in Singapur
For Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol and Pavel Pasechnik/Marta Arndt the long journey to Singapore has been worth it. Both couples dominated their fields, won their competitions and in addition were celebrated frenetically for their performance by the audience. Segatori/Sudol won the WDSF Open Standard competition, Pasechnik/Arndt the WDSF PD Latin competition. The BD Dance World Superstars Dancespor...
by Sonja Schäufler
Semi-final for Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun
World Championship Juniors II Combination
35 couples were taking part in the World Championship Junior II 10-dance in Rimini, Italy. Germany was represented by Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun from Neustadt. With a good attitude they clearly qualified for the semi-final. Both showed a good performance through all ten dances and finished with a 9th place. The title went to Danila Mazur/Anastasia Polonskaya from Russia in front of Alin-Andrei Be...
by Sonja Schäufler
Listings an detailed timetable online
29th German Open Championship
The listings for the 41 competitions are online. The listings can be found on "Program / Listings" or click on "Navi" and then on " Listings". The detailed timetable for all competitions is also online. It can be found on "Program"or click on "Navi" and then on " Timetable". The times for registration for all competitions are now included in the timetable. It can also be downloaded as PDF for each...
by Petra Dres