Blackpool Professional Latin Champions
The best Latin dancers in the world. This is a list of the winners of the Blackpool Latin Championships from years past to today.
International Style Latin consists of the following five dances: Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, and Jive.
| Year | Couple | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dorin Frecautanu & Marina Sergeeva | England |
| 2021 | Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova | USA |
| 2020 | (Suspended due to pandemic) | N/A |
| 2019 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | USA |
| 2018 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | USA |
| 2017 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | USA |
| 2016 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | USA |
| 2015 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | England |
| 2014 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | England |
| 2013 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | England |
| 2012 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | England |
| 2011 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | Poland |
| 2010 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | Poland |
| 2009 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | Poland |
| 2008 | Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis | Poland |
| 2007 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2006 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2005 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2004 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2003 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2002 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 2001 | Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari | Finland |
| 2000 | Brian Watson & Carmen Vincelj | Germany |
| 1999 | Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari | Finland |
| 1998 | Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari | Finland |
| 1997 | Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari | Finland |
| 1996 | Corky & Shirley Ballas | London |
| 1995 | Corky & Shirley Ballas | London |
| 1994 | Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl | Manchester |
| 1993 | Johan & Nadia Eftedal | Norway |
| 1992 | Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl | Manchester |
| 1991 | Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl | Manchester |
| 1990 | Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather | Scotland |
| 1989 | Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl | Manchester |
| 1988 | Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather | Scotland |
| 1987 | Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather | Scotland |
| 1986 | Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather | Scotland |
| 1984 | Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather | Scotland |
| 1983 | Sammy & Shirley Stopford | Manchester |
| 1982 | Epsen & Kirsten Salberg | Norway |
| 1981 | Epsen & Kirsten Salberg | Norway |
| 1980 | Alan & Hazel Fletcher | Worcester Park |
| 1979 | Alan & Hazel Fletcher | Worcester Park |
| 1978 | Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman | London |
| 1977 | Alan & Hazel Fletcher | Worcester Park |
| 1976 | Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman | London |
| 1975 | Michael Stylianos & Lorna Lee | |
| 1974 | Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer | Austria |
| 1973 | Hans-Peter & Ingeborg Fischer | Austria |
| 1972 | John & Betty Westley | London |
| 1971 | John & Betty Westley | London |
| 1970 | Rudolph & Mechtild Trautz | Germany |
| 1969 | Rudolph & Mechtild Trautz | Germany |
| 1968 | Rudolph & Mechtild Trautz | Germany |
| 1967 | Rudolph & Mechtild Trautz | Germany |
| 1966 | Bill & Bobbie Irvine | London |
| 1965 | Robert & Marguerite O’Hara | Beckenham |
| 1964 | Walter & Marianne Kaiser | Switzerland |