Giacomo Lucchese - Francesca Berardi, ITA, dance in the second round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Saverio Loria - Zeudi Zanetti, ITA, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Evgeny Davidenko - Natalia Tkacheva, RUS, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Dmitry Barov - Ekaterina Kalugina, GER, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup, DEN, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Sarunas Siauciulis - Milda Meskyte, LTU, dance in the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Heidi Goetz interviews Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup, DEN, ahead of the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
Heidi Goetz interviews Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS, ahead of the first round of the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE.
The Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso and Jive in the Final of the 2013 WDSF PD European Cup Latin held in Bad Pyrmont, GER, on 29 June.
Some of the finalists there will be in Ostrava ... Others won't!
Here is the starting list for the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE. 42 couples, 30 countries ... At four days out!
1 |
Akautdinov Artur - Pashkova Elena |
Russian Federation |
2 |
Barov Dmitry - Kalugina Ekaterina |
Germany |
3 |
Branco Edgar - Matias Milene |
Portugal |
4 |
Campisi Danilo - Burghardt Julia |
Austria |
5 |
Cigoj Misa - Bagon Nika |
Slovenia |
6 |
Davidenko Evgeny - Tkacheva Natalia |
Russian Federation |
7 |
Eussen Yvo - Novotny Elisabeth |
Sweden |
8 |
Firstov Evgeny - Kudaeva Anastasia |
Russian Federation |
9 |
Garcia Nicolas - Turlupova Masha |
Spain |
10 |
Ginzburg Igal - Savostianov Sofia |
Israel |
11 |
Green Stefan - Sigona Adriana |
New Zealand |
12 |
Hein Jiri - Krncanova Lucia |
Slovakia |
13 |
Hojdan Lukas - Florova Tereza |
Czech Republic |
14 |
Cheshaev Dmitriy - Chestaeva Yuliya |
Russian Federation |
15 |
Chianese Nicola - Chianese Assunta |
Italy |
16 |
Kaasalainen Mikko - Fitori Adrienn |
Finland |
17 |
Karpov Vladimir - Tzaptashvilli Mariya |
Russian Federation |
18 |
La Forgia Luigi Antonio - Annese Lucia |
Italy |
19 |
Litiyushkin Maxym - Yovyk Kateryna |
Ukraine |
20 |
Loria Saverio - Zanetti Zeudi |
Italy |
21 |
Luca Sergiu - Pia Arces Maria |
Germany |
22 |
Lucchese Giacomo - Berardi Francesca |
Italy |
23 |
Manole Razvan - Negoduico Olga |
Moldova |
24 |
Miniewicz Michal - Szypulska Nastazja |
Poland |
25 |
Osadchenko Valerij - Kniazeviciute Sandra |
Lithuania |
26 |
Podkolzin Ruslan - Kukushina Maria |
Russian Federation |
27 |
Pradka Radim - Kolmanova Katerina |
Czech Republic |
28 |
Savvopoulos Dimitrios - Iliadou Iliana |
Greece |
29 |
Scuderi Fabio - Illuzzi Antonella |
Italy |
30 |
Sergenti Daniele - Uliana Fomenko |
Italy |
31 |
Schmidt Simon - Gramatikova Mariya |
Austria |
32 |
Siauciulis Sarunas - Meskyte Milda |
Lithuania |
33 |
Stepanov Yevgen - Mosolkova Hanna |
Ukraine |
34 |
Stepanov Evgeny - Fetisova Valeria |
Russian Federation |
35 |
Suchý Jaroslav - Maizlish Irina |
Czech Republic |
36 |
Swetik Marek - Swetikova Renata |
Czech Republic |
37 |
Thommuangpak Theerawut - Khanitnusorn Phuthinat |
Thailand |
38 |
Usovich Vadim - Chernoshey Marianna |
France |
39 |
Vallee Pierre - Duguest Marion |
France |
40 |
Yinshan Hou - Tian Tian |
People's Rep.of Chin |
41 |
Zanibellato Martino - Abildtrup Michelle |
Denmark |
42 |
Zaripov Zufar - Ludwig-Tchemodourova Anna |
Austria |
Ostrava, CZE, will be host to the 2013 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin on 12 October. New champions will be crowned.
Zoran Plohl - Tatsiana Lahvinovich, SLO, won their last World Champion title in November 2012. It was their first in the Professional Division.
Ten months later, the couple announced its retirement from competition with a moving farewell show in Stuttgart, GER.
On 12 October, 42 professional couples from 30 countries try to become the successors of Zoran and Tasiana. A WDSF Communications team will be at the CEZ Arena in Ostrava and report live on the World Championship.