16th Summer Dance Festival – WDSF Youth Open victory for Poland
The victory of the 1st WDSF Youth Open Standard tournament of the 16th Summer Dance Festival goes to Poland. In a field of 42 couples Kewin Espenszyt/Aleksandra Siwek clearly won all dances in front of Dominik Stoeckl/Katharina Belz from Germany. The 3rd rostrum ascended Andis Kievens/Beate Anne Strauta from Latvia. Their rear gunners Lauris Paegle/Jelizavetta Rukosjeva pipped the Danish couple Al...
by Sonja Schäufler
Daniel Schmuck/Veronika Obholz Winner of the WDSF Junior II Latin in Berlin
60 couples took part at the WDSF Junior II B Latin tournament during the Summer Dance Festival. In the final four nations were represented. Apart from the two German couples Daniel Schmuck/Veronika Obholz and Nikita Yatsun/Elisabeth Yatsun, two Russian couples and one couple from Denmark as well as one couple from the Czech Republic were dancing. The Jive decided the victory of this tournament bet...
by Sonja Schäufler
Michael and Beate Lindner World Champions Senior III Standard
Markus and Stephanie Grebe 4th of the World Championship Senior II Latin
Michael and Beate Lindner crowned their dance sports career with another milestone: They won the WDSF World Championship Senior III Standard in Madrid, Spain. 152 couples took part. Lindners clearly dominated the field and got 38 of 45 possible ones. In the final and semi-final Lindners were the only German couple. In the quarter-final three more couples represented the DTV: Alexander Hick/Petra-A...
by Sonja Schäufler
Schneider/Joos winner of the world ranking tournament in Berlin
The 2nd day of the Summer Dance Festival started with the Latin section. In the WDSF Youth Latin tournament 61 couples took part. All four German couples provided with a star reached the final. Five 1st places secured Nikita Schneider/Jacqueline Joos the victory. Mixed marks were given to Jan Janzen/Victoria Litvinova, who became 2nd in all final dances and so finished 2nd in this tournament. Mika...
by Sonja Schäufler