The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USDSC, and USBC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).
The 9-dance division consists of American-style smooth waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese waltz and rhythm cha cha, rumba, East Coast swing, bolero, and mambo.
U.S. National Professional 9-Dance Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions[1] | ||
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1988-1990 | David & Carrie Kloss | California |
1991-1993 | Randy & Lynn Ferguson | Texas |
1994-1995 | Jesse Smith & Lynda Price | Minnesota |
1996 | Jim Desmond & Mary Murphy | California |
1997 | Alec & Denise Lazo | Florida |
1998-1999 | Clive Phillips & Karen McDonald[2][3] | New York |
2000 | Jay Larson & Julie Jacobson | Minnesota |
2001-2002 | Gleb & Tatiana Makarov | New York |
2003-2005 | Andrey & Anastasia Abrashin | New York |
2006 | Ben Ermis & Shalene Archer-Ermis | Tennessee |
2007 | Gunnar & Daryll Sverrisson | Connecticut |
2008 | Joe & Leisa Howard | Virginia[4] |
2009 | Ilya & Amanda Reyzin | Pennsylvania |
2010-2014 | Peter Perzhu & Alexandria Perzhu[5] | Florida |
2015 | Jean Paul & Lana Rossi | Pennsylvania |
2016-2017 | Mykyta Serdyuk & Anna Krasnoshapka | Wisconsin |
2018 | Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Natalie Crandall[6] | Arizona |
2019 | Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab | North Carolina |
2020 | Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic | |
2021-2022 | Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Anastasiia Zhuchenko | Arizona |
2023 | Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian | New York |