Ferruggia/Köhler release title
"We are deeply shocked," German federal sports director Michael Eichert reported from Moscow, Russia. Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler had danced very well, but their offenders Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet (Denmark) had been good as well. Anyway, the German supporters did not think that is was possible for Ferruggia/Köhler to lose the title, Eichert continued. The Danish champions are the new Wor...
Results from Mons, Belgium
206 couples competed in the Senior III Standard World Championships. Half of the couples came from Germany. Here are the results of the final and the German couples up to the quarter final: 1. Jouko & Helja Leppala, Finland 2. Vitam & Barbara Kodelja, Slovenia 3. Bernd & Monika Kiefer, Germany 4. Maurizio Carugati/Mariagrazia Giovenco, Italy 5. Oliver Luthardt/Brigitte Kessel-Döhle, Germany 6. Wo...
Five couples in the Grand Slam finals
A great success for the German Dancesport Association (DTV): Five couples have qualified for the Grand Slam finals in Salou, Spain, in December 2011. The couples in the order in which they have qualified: Standard: Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler Steffen Zoglauer/Sandra Koperski Latin: Marius-Andrei Balan/Nina Bezzubova Sergey und Viktoria Tatarenko
Holland Masters: Bickers/Bickers dominating
Heinz-Josef & Aurelia Bickers dominated two tournaments of the Holland Masters, the WDSF Senior I and Senior II Standard: Final results Senior I: 1. Heinz-Josef und Aurelia Bickers, Germany 2. Bernd und Sandra Ketturkat, Germany 3. Thorsten Strauß/Sabine Jacob, Germany 4. Sönke und Solveig Schakat, Germany 5. Marco Wittkowski/Petra Fischer, Germany 6. René Ewals/Ymke Lemmens, Holland Final resul...
Segatori/Sudol first World Champions Freestyle Standard
They plucked at the audience's heartstrings in Beijing, China, and received a dream's judgment of 52.55 of 55 possible points. Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol are so the first WDSF Freestyle Standard World Champions. Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet have become vice World Champions. Final result: 1. Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol, GER 2. Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet, DEN 3. Dimitriy Stoborov/Ekaterina Kry...
Places in the finals for German couples worldwide
In Beijing, China, Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol ranked 2nd in the WDSF International Open Standard tournament. They had to admit defeat to Valeri/Kehlet from Denmark. In Lisbon, Portugal, Marius Balan/Nina Bezzubova were on the podium: They ranked 3rd of 72 couples in the WDSF International Open Latin competition. In Gothenburg, Sweden, two German couples reached the final round: Pavel Zvychayn...
World Championships Freestyle Latin
Both German couples reached the final round of the World Championships Freestyle Latin in Beijing, China. Sergey & Viktoria Tatarenko and Nikita Bazev/Marta Arndt reached the 5th and 6th places. German federal sports director Michael Eichert reported via SMS: "Our couples danced their feet off!" As a surprise, the Russian couple Polianskiy/Akhmetgareeva won the tournament with a story about "The J...
Bratislava Open
75 couples took part in the world ranking tournament Standard in Bratislava (Slovakia). Paul Lorenz/Ekaterina Leonova reached the final and the 5th place. "By this result, we are among the top 20 of the world ranking list for the first time," Paul Lorenz reported excitedly. In the semi final, Dima Doga/Sarah Ertmer reached the 10th place. Additionally, Lorenz/Leonova competed in the Viennese Walt...
World Championships Latin in Singapore
In the Suntec Convention Centre Singapore, 84 Latin couples from 47 nations competed in the World Championships. Nikita Bazev/Marta Arndt reached the 16th place in the quarter final, Sergey & Viktoria Tatarenko ranked 12th in the semi final with 13 couples. Plohl/Lahvinovich from Croatia won the title ahead of the audience's clear favorites Zaytsev/Kuzminskaya (Russia). Simone Segatori/Annette S...
GOC rescheduled
The 26th German Open Championships have been rescheduled: The event will take place from August, 14th, until August, 18th, 2012.