Pasechnik/Arndt second in Poland
Pavel Pasechnik/Marta Arndt prevailed in the WDSF International Open Latin tournament in Elblag, Poland, and ended second of 49 couples. At the Helsinki Open in Finland, Detlef Krebs/Andrea Peters reached the third place in the Senior II Standard competition. Bosco & Corinne Novak and Gerhard Baier/Ingrid Cloos-Baier represented Germany in the Senior III Standard tournament and were ranked fifth a...
Balan/Bezzubova win in Timisoara
WDSF tournaments in Romania
The German Latin champions, Marius-Andei Balan/Nina Bezzubova, took part in the WDSF World Open Latin tournament in Timisoara, Romania. They clearly dominated the field of 55 couples and won the tournament. Sergiu Maruster/Alina Grozea reached the quarter final. In the Children I Latin tournament, Danil Tkachenko/Yasmina Kunst won. Mike Zimmer/Adeline Kastellion were placed second in the Children ...
Victory in Toronto
Becker/Giersbeck at WDSF tournament in Canada
As one of only a few European couples Marc Becker/Nicole Giersbeck flew to Canada to the first World Ranking List tournaments that has taken place in Toronto. The journey has paid off for Becker/Giersbeck: They won the WDSF Senior I Latin tournament, although the US champion - on paper the hardest competitor - took part. The Americans were ranked fourth.
World Championship U-21 Latin: Stepanov/Koger reach fourth place
Results from Platja d'Aro: 1. Paul Moldovan/Cristina Tatar, Romania 2. Evgeny Kuzin/Ksenia Zaputriaeva, Russia 3. Nikolay Mikadze/Yana Novikova, Russia 4. Maxim Stepanov/Emma-Leena Koger, Germany 5. Winsom Tam/Anastasia Novikova, Canada 6. Miculescu Ionut Alexandru/Pacurar Andra, Romania
by Tobias Hock
World Championship Senior I Latin: Hoffmann/Krüger win bronze medal
Results from Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic: 1. Sergey Makarenko/Tatiana Nikolaeva, Russia 2. Timo Lindfors/Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen, Finnland 3. Andreas Hoffmann/Isabel Krüger, Germany 4. Ruben Viciana Lopez/Eva Moya, Spain 5. Carlos Cirera/Eva Nieto, Spain 6. Martin Macoun/Romana Motlova, Czech Republic
by Tobias Hock
European Championship PD Standard
25 couples from 14 nations competed in the European Championship Standard of the Professionals. After Benedetto Ferruggia and Claudia Köhler had cancelled their participation, Mirko Gozzoli and Edita Daniute clearly won the competition. Nevertheless, there was a very good result for Germany as well: Michael Wenger and Jekaterina Perederejeva (see photo) reached the final and finished sixth. 1. Mir...
by Tobias Hock
World Cup and European Championship TenDance
At the World Cup TenDance in Moskau, Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva managed to win the bronze medal. 1. Maurizio Benenato/Tatiana Veselkina, Italy 2. Oskar Dziedzic/Klaudia Iwanska, Poland 3. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva, Germany 4. Alexandr Gorelov/Inna Kocharian, Russia 5. Andrij Nikitchenko/Zlata Prykhodko, Ukraine 6. Alon Gilin/Anastasia Trutneva, Canada At the same time, Philipp Hanus/Siri ...
by Tobias Hock
World Championship PD Latin in Ostrava, Czech Republic
1. Martino Zanibellato/Michelle Abildtrup, Denmark 2. Vladimir Karpov/Mariya Tzaptashvili, Russia 3. Saverio Loria/Zeudi Zanetti, Italy 4. Zufar Zaripov/Anna Ludwig-Tchemodourova, Austria 5. Sergiu Luca/Maria Arces, Germany 6. Daniele Sargenti/Uliana Fomenko, Italy
by Tobias Hock
New PD members: Heinz-Josef and Aurelia Bickers
In a letter to the DTV Presidium and a personal conversation with Sports Director Michael Eichert, Heinz-Josef and Aurelia Bickers announced their changeover to the DTV Professional Division.
by Tobias Hock
World Championship Senior I Standard
49 couples from 28 nations participated in this year's championship in Dresden. In a close duel, Tassilo and Sabine Lax competed with Stefano Bernardini and Stefania Martellini for the gold medal. With 3:2 decision, the couple from Italy finally won. At the end of the tournament, Tassilo and Sabine announced that they would change over to the DTV Professional Division. 1. Stefano Bernardini/Stefan...
by Tobias Hock