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Champions From Day One 12/11/2014

Peter Eggleton © DanceArchives One of the nice things that comes with having a perennial host to our World Championships is that the lists of all previous World Champions in the three disciplines get updated regularly. One of the pillars in the media work that the AOC organisers carry out year after year as part of their media campaigns is the publication of an exhaustive list of ICAD/IDSF/WDSF World Champions to date. Come to think of it, WDSF should probably publish them permanently on this website.

Below is the one published for Standard from 1959 through 2013. The International Council of Amateur Dancers (ICAD) was founded in 1957, the first World Champions crowned by the WDSF-predecessor organisation were Peter Eggleton and Diana Gradwell. Googling the names of the first Standard World Champions in history, we came up with a rather interesting article written by Peter Eggleton. Read it in the DanceArchives!

Here is the list of World Champions. Things have certainly changed from the early days. What? We let you draw your own conclusions!

1959	Peter Eggleton - Diana Gradwell	ENG
1960	Michael Houseman - Valerie Waite	ENG
1961	Anthony Hurley - Fay Saxton	ENG
1962	Len Armstrong - Elain Welch	ENG
1963	John - Betty Westley	ENG
1964	John - Betty Westley	ENG
1965	John - Betty Westley	ENG
1966	George Coad - Patricia Thompson	ENG
1967	George Coad - Patricia Thompson	ENG
1968	Mervin Higgins - June Hunt	ENG
1969	Richard Gleave - Janet Wade	ENG
1970	Richard Gleave - Janet Wade	ENG
1971	Byron Charlton - Maureen Alexander	ENG
1972	Michael Barr - Vicky Green	ENG
1973	Michael Barr - Vicky Green	ENG
1974	Frank Venables - Lynn Horwood	ENG
1975	Glenn - Lynette Boyce	ENG
1976	Robert - Barbara Grover	ENG
1977	Greg Smith - Marion Alleyne	AUS
1978	Stephen - Lindsey Hillier	ENG
1979	Hans-Henrik - Anne-Margrethe Laxholm	DEN
1980	Hans-Henrik - Anne-Margrethe Laxholm	DEN
1981	Kenny Welsh - Kathy Gilmartin	ENG
1982	Max-Ulrich Busch - Renate Hilgert	ENG
1983	John Wood - Heather Stuart	ENG
1984	Glen Weis - Gillian Thickett	DEN
1985	Glen Weis - Gillian Thickett	DEN
1986	Oliver - Martina Wessel-Therhorn	ENG
1987	Oliver - Martina Wessel-Therhorn	ENG
1988	Andrew Sinkinson - Lorraine Barry	ENG
1989	Andrew Sinkinson - Lorraine Barry	ENG
1990	Lasse Ödegard - Laila Krageböl	NOR
1991	Kim Rygel - Cecilie Brinck	NOR
1992	Kim Rygel - Cecilie Brinck	NOR
1993	Augusto Schiavo - Caterina Arzenton	ITA
1994	Jens Werner - Charlotte Jörgensen	DEN
1995	Massimo Giorgianni - Alessia Manfredini	ITA
1996	Massimo Giorgianni - Alessia Manfredini	ITA
1997	Christopher Hawkins - Hazel Newberry	ENG
1998	William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli	ITA
1999	William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli	ITA
2000	Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones	ENG
2001	Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones	ENG
2002	Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti	ITA
2003	Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti	ITA
2004	Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli	ITA
2005	Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli	ITA
2006	Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton	ITA
2007	Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton	ITA
2008	Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton	ITA
2009	Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Köhler	GER
2010	Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Köhler	GER
2011	Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet	DEN
2012	Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Köhler	GER
2013	Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet	DEN

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