Hazel Newberry

Career

Newberry"s career as an amateur concluded with thirteen successive victories in championship events in Europe and the United States of America, during 1997, including the World Games. From 2008, Newberry danced with Jonathan Wilkins. The winners were Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova.

Newberry and Wilkins have now announced their retirement from competitive dancing.

Hazel Newberry was appointed Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 for her exceptional services to Ballroom dancing. Newberry appeared in the second series of, partnering Quentin Willson.

They were the first couple to be knocked out of the competition, and made the lowest score in, with a total of 8 out of 40 for their Cha-cha-cha.

Achievements

• She was three times undefeated World Professional Ballroom champion, dancing with Christopher Hawkins (2002–2004). The couple also won the International Professional Ballroom Championship in London in 2002 and 2003. This couple also won the European, Open British, United Kingdom, United States Open and Asian Open. Before this, Newberry won both World and European Amateur Ballroom championships with Hawkins, in 1997. In 2009 Newberry and Jonathan Wilkins won the European Championships held at the Kremlin, Moscow, and came second in the WDC Professional Ballroom Championship, held in Japan.