KRISTINA RIHANOFF

 

Biography: As a child, Kristina studied ballet as well as ballroom and latin, and entered her first competition at the age of just seven. She moved to America in 2001, and moved into several new disciplines, including salsa, American rhythm and exhibition styles. In 2004, she competed for the USA in the World Exhibition at Blackpool in the theatre style category, where she was placed second. Soon after, Kristina teamed up with Michael Wentink, and they quickly won the South African championship, and were semi-finalists in the 2007 Latin American Championships at Blackpool. Kristina first competed in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing and is again returning for the ninth series of the show.
Speciality: Latin American/Mambo
Height: 5' 3"
Favourite dance: Salsa
Achievements:
  • 2nd Place , U.S. National American Rhythm Finals, 2003, 2004, and 2005
  • American Rhythm RS National Champions 2004
  • 2nd Place , Open to the World, Mambo Championship, 2003 and 2004
  • 2nd Place , Open to the World, American Rhythm Finals, 2005
  • 1st Place, South African National Latin Champions, 2006
  • 2nd Place , World Exhibition British Final,(Blackpool) 2004
  • Semifinalist, Open to the World, British Open (Blackpool), 2007
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    Official Websites: http://www.officialkristinarihanoff.com/
    http://kristinarihanoff1.blogspot.com/ - Kristina's blog
    http://www.youtube.com/user/KRihanoff - Kristina's YouTube page
    Kristina's myspace page
    Kristina's facebook page
    Follow Kristina on twitter @KRihanoff

     

     

    Strictly Come Dancing history

    Series Celebrity Last week Position Last dance(s)
    6 John Sergeant 9 7th* American Smooth
    7 Joe Calzaghe 5 12th Jive
    8 Goldie 2 14th Foxtrot
    9 Jason Donovan Final 3rd Tango; Show dance

    * celebrity partner decided to retire from the competition

     

    Statistics*

    upto and including Series 9

    Dances   Score**
    Type Number   Highest LowestAverage
    Ballroom 11   38 16 27.7
    Latin 11   34 12 24.0
    Speciality 5   40 25 35.6
    Overall 27   40 12 27.7

     

    Number of 10s: 12

    Number of 40s: 2

     

    *Statistics calculated on all dances in normal competition, i.e. excluding Christmas specials.

    **Scores for dances marked by five judges:
    The actual score is used for identifying the "Highest" and "Lowest" scores, but the total score is scaled down by 4/5th for the calculation of averages, to allow for fair comparison