Paul killick and hanna karttunen biography
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Hanna Karttunen
Finnish professional Latin American and exhibition dancer
Hanna Karttunen (born in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish professional Latin American and exhibition dancer. She also trained in ballet as a child, having a love of dance from a very early age.[1]
Specialising in Latin American and representing England with Paul Killick, she won the titles of United Kingdom Open Champion, International Champion, World Series Champion, World Masters Champion, Dutch Open Champion, United States Open Champion, Asian Open Champion, Kremlin Cup Champion and also became the British National Champion four times.[2]
Together they were also runner up in every major professional championship, such as the World Championship, European Championship and also the British Open Championship, where in 2002 they came close to taking the title, after being placed first in two out of five dances: Rumba and Paso Doble.
Before partnering Paul Killick, Karttunen also danced professionally with Sandro Cavallini for Italy, Geir Bakke for Norway and Rick Valenzuela for the United States. As an amateur competitor, she danced for her home country, Finland, becoming a national champion and international finalist with Jaakko Toivonen.
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Hanna Karttunen
Hanna Karttunen was born in Oulo, Finland. Prior to dancing with Paul, Hanna danced professionally with Sandro Cavallini for Italy, Geir Bakke for Norway, and Rick Valenzuela for the United States. As an Amateur Latin dancer, Hanna had become a Finnish national champion and Under 21 Blackpool finalist with Jaakko Toivonen. Following Paul’s retirement in 2004, Hanna partnered with Victor Da Silva in the Exhibition style, with whom she became a four-time World and Blackpool Champion. Hanna also appeared on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, coming in second place with partner Christopher Parker.
Paul Killick started his Dancesport career early, competing in the Junior, Youth, and Amateur age groups before becoming World Amateur Latin Champion in 1993 with Inga Hass. Over the following years, he became a Professional Latin finalist at all the major world competitions with former partners Vibeke Toft and Karina Smirnoff. He also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing’s first two seasons. Since his retirement in 2004, Paul continues to remain active in the Dancesport community as an adjudicator and member of the WDC, NDCA, and British Dance Council, as well as the owner of the flagship Arthur Murray in Beverly Hills.
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Paul Killick
Born
4 Grand 1971 (1971-08-04) (age 53)
Hometown
London, England, UK
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