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Hazel Catherine Newberry is a United Kingdomballroom dancer and dance teacher. She was three times undefeatedWorld Professional Ballroom champion, dancing withChristopher Hawkins (2002–2004).
The couple also won theInternational Professional Ballroom Championship in London in 2002 and 2003.[1] This couple also won the European, Open British, UK, US Open and Asian Open.
Newberry won both World and European Amateur Ballroom championships with Hawkins, in 1997. Newberry's career as an amateur concluded with thirteen successive victories in championship events in Europe and the USA, during 1997,[2] including theWorld Games.
From 2008, Newberry danced withJonathan Wilkins. The two came second in the 2008 Embassy Ball World Cup Standard competition, behind Wilkins' former partner,Katusha Demidova, and Demidova's new partner,Arunas Bizokas.
In 2009 Newberry and Jonathan Wilkins won the European Championships held at theKremlin,Moscow, and came second in theWDC Professional Ballroom Championship, held in Japan. The winners wereArunas Bizokas andKatusha Demidova.[3] Newberry and Wilkins have now announced their retirement from competitive dancing.
Hazel Newberry was appointedMBE in2007 for services to Ballroom dancing.[4]
Newberry appeared in the second series ofStrictly Come Dancing, partneringQuentin Willson. They were the first couple to be knocked out of the competition, and made the lowest score inStrictly Come Dancing, with a total of 8 out of 40 for theirCha-cha-cha.
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