Champions From Day One

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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