Arūnas Bižokas (born 29 January 1978 in Vilnius, Lithuania[1]) is a professional Lithuanian ballroom dancer, who is currently representing the USA.[2]
| Medal record | ||
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| Dance sport | ||
Representing  Lithuania
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| World Games | ||
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2005 Duisburg | Standard |
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2001 Akita | Standard |
| World Championships | ||
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2004 Vilnius | Standard |
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1996 Paris | Standard |
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2003 Vienna | Standard |
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2005 Krefeld | Standard |
| European Championships | ||
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2007 Madrid | Standard |
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2004 Ljubljana | Standard |
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2005 St. Peteresbourg | Standard |
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2006 Calvia | Standard |
Until 2007 he was competing with his partner Edita Daniūtė under the Lithuanian flag at World DanceSport Federation recognized events, which is recognized as competitive dancing representing federation by the International Olympic Committee.[3] In 2005 the couple won the World Games.
After 2007 Bižokas started to compete in the alternative World Dance Council rules events under the United States flag. His current partner is Katusha Demidova.[2][1] As a couple they have won the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Professional World Ballroom Dance Championships in Standard Ballroom.[4] In 2013, Bižokas and his partner were ranked number one in the World Dance Council world ranking in the Professional Ballroom category.[5]
Arunas and Katusha retired from competitive dancing in 2019.
References
edit- ^ a b "About Us". 2011.
- ^ a b "Arunas Bizokas (Lithuania) & Katusha Demidova (USA)". Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Dance sport
- ^ "Doing a "Katusha"". Dancebeat World. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ "WDC World Ranking – Professional Ballroom". World Dance Council. September 2013.
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