Anna Demidova

Anna was born in Moscow…

Anna was born in Moscow, Russia. She started dancing at the age of 6 in the local community center as an after school program, following in the footsteps of her older sister, World Champion – Katusha Demidova. At the age of fifteen Anna won the British Open Junior Championship and the Ireland Open Championship.

After finishing high school in Moscow, Anna moved to New York to pursue her dancing career. And started dancing with Andrey Begunov. After becoming the United States National Youth Champions in 2005 and 2006, they represented the U.S. at the World Championships in Austria and Moldova, where they made the finals. They also won Ohio Star Ball, Kings Ball, Tri State Challenge, BYU Championship and many more competitions in youth category.

After her partnership with Andrey ended, Anna started dancing with Igor Mikushov, with whom she became the United States National Amateur Champion and won many competitions such as the Ohio Star Ball, Emerald Ball, Manhattan DanceSport Championship, Tri State Championship, and San Francisco Open. They were also the Blackpool Dance Festival Under 21 ballroom finalists, United Kingdom Open finalists, and International Championship grand finalists.

In 2009 Anna won a Professional Dancer competition held by ABC TV Show “Dancing With The Stars” and was partnered with a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michal Irvine for Season 9. Anna also appeared in professional show numbers during Season 10 and 11.

Anna has since returned to competition, reuniting with Andrey Begunov.  Premiering at the Manhattan Dancesport Championships, debuting as professionals, placing second in Rising Star International Standard. Since then Andrey and Anya became the United States Rising Star Professional Standard Champions and the U.S. Professional National Ballroom Finalists. Also becoming Rising Star finalists in all-major competitions in the world such as Blackpool Dance Festival, United Kingdom Open Championship and International Championship.

Anna Demidova titles:

• Ohio Star Ball Professional Show Dance Runner Up

• Manhattan DanceSport Professional Rising Star Champion

• Millennium DanceSport Pro Rising Star Champion

• Embassy Ball Pro Rising Sat Champion

• Blackpool Dance festival, UK and International Pro Rising Star Finalist

• US National Amateur Ballroom Champion

• 2-times US National Youth Ballroom Champion

• Junior Blackpool Dance festival  Ballroom Champion