The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USBC and USDSC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).
The International Latin division consists of International-style cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive.
U.S. National Professional Latin Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions[1] [2] | |||
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1964-1969 | Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers | Maryland | |
1971 | Bob Medeiros & Sheryn Hawkins | Massachusetts | |
1972-1973 | Vernon Brock & Beverly Donahue | New Jersey | |
1974 | Frank Regan & Victoria Regan | Canada | |
1975-1978 | Vernon Brock & Linda Dean | Texas | |
1979-1985 | Ron Montez & Elizabeth Curtis | California | |
1986-1990 | Corky Ballas & Shirley Ballas | Texas | |
1991-1992 | Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter | California | |
1993-1994 | Bill Sparks & Shirley Johnson | Ohio | |
1995 | Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin | New York | |
1996 | Rick Valenzuela & Melissa Dexter | California | |
1997 | Gary McDonald & Diana McDonald | New Jersey | |
1998-1999 | Bill Sparks & Kimberley Mitchell | Ohio | |
2000 | Louis Van Amstel & Joanna Leunis[3] | New York | |
2001-2003 | Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff | New York | |
2004-2006 | Andrei Gavriline & Elena Kryuchkova | New Jersey | |
2007 | Maxim Kozhevnikov & Yulia Zagoruychenko | New York | |
2008-2016 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | New York | |
2017 | Andrei Kazlouski & Asta Sigvaldadottir | New York | |
2018-2019 | Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko | New York | |
2020 | Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||
2021-2022 | Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova | New York |