Career
Sirpa started dancing ballet at the age of 5 at her native town of Oulu. At 10 she switched to Dancesport. After that she was finalist in Junior Latin with Tony Wong.
In 1989 she teamed up with Jukka Haapalainen and turned to Professional category of ballroom championships.
They retired from competitive dance in 2002 and have become the Latin cabaret dance artists. Their highest rating was 1887 (in 2001).
Foreign their performances in Professional Latin they have earned a number of (non-championship) awards, including the World Dance & Dance Sport Council ”Isadora Duncan” Award (2002). As of 2010, her residence was in London, Kensington Gardens, and at Katajanokka, Helsinki, so she and Jukka travel much between England and Finland, and to Japan.
