September 4th, 2026
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Mark & Olga Elsbury
British Professional Ballroom Champions
Mark and Olga met and started dancing together on February 9th, 2002 and 2 weeks later they won their first competition in the Under 21 Ballroom National Selection Competition.
By November of that year they were The British National Under 21 Ballroom Champions and semi finalists in the British National Under 21 Latin Championship and in the same year they won The UK Closed 10 dance Championship.
In 2003 they won The International Under 21 Ballroom Championship. In 2004 they became The British Open Under 21 Ballroom Champions. Later that year they entered the Adult Division and became runners up in The British National Ballroom Championship, a title they held for 4 years until finally in 2009 they became The British National Champions.
In 2010 they won The UK Closed Ballroom Championship and The British National Ballroom Championship for the second time. Also in December of that year they made their first final in The World Championship.
2011 was also a fantastic year for them, they won The Closed UK Championships for the second time and later on in November became 3 times British National Ballroom Champions In Blackpool!!!!
In May 2012 they finally broke into the semi final of the Open British Championships(open to the world) and finished 11th in that competition and then in July 2012 won the UK Closed Championships for the 3rd time.
In 2017 they became the British Professional Ballroom Champions and retained the title in 2018
- World Ballroom finalists
- 4 times British National Amateur Champions
- 3 times UK Closed Amateur Ballroom Champions
- UK Closed 10 dance Amateur Champions
- British National Under 21 Ballroom Champions
- UK Closed Under 21 Champions
- British Open Under 21 Ballroom Champions
- International Under 21 Ballroom Champions
- Chinese Taipei Amateur Ballroom Champions
- Runners Up Open British Rising Star Amateur Championship
- Winners of the “Le Classique Dance Award” for 2014
- Winners of the DPA/BDF National Leaque for 2012/2013
- Winners of the Amateur World Gold Cup
- Winners of the DPA/BDF National League for 2013/2014
- Nominated for Carl Alan Award “Outstanding Partnership 2013/2014
- Runners up in The UK Closed Professional Ballroom Championship
- current British National Professional Showdance Champions
- 2014 International Professional Rising Star Champions
- June 2015 placed 7th in The European Professional Championship in Italy
