Interview with Vladimir Karpov on Scalora DanceSport

Vladimir's competitive career began at the age of 8. A year
later, at the age of 9 years old, he became the Vice-Champion of
Moscow in the "E" Class, competing in the 6 dance program. Soon,
he changed partners and began dancing with a girl who was one age
category older - this meant that the young boy had to compete
with older couples in the Junior II division, when he was only
yet a Junior I. Nonetheless, even with such an obstacle, he and
his partner began their journey in the top 48 of the Russian
National Junior II Championship and finished in the final.
 Vladimir's Standard coach was Igor Litvinov and he
dedicates all of his success in the Standard division to this
man. Once Igor moved to America, it was difficult to find a new
trainer that was just as interested in Vladimir's couple to keep
sustaining constant improvement. As a result, it was a
challenging to continue with Ballroom - Vladimir, as a result,
transitioned into focusing solely on the Latin division.  On
January 9th of 2010, Vladimir and Masha became the Bronze
Medalists of the Russian National Amateur Latin Championships
among the best of competitors and as a result of their placement,
were supposed to attend the European Cup that year in
representation. However, just a few weeks later, they ended up
dancing the WDSF Latin World Cup on the 22nd of January in
Vancouver, Canada, Vladimir and Masha took this World Cup title
that day.  In terms of the WDSF GrandSlam Tournaments,
Vladimir and Masha's highest results were in Platja d'Aro, Spain
in 2009 where they finished in 2nd. They will never forget the
German Open Championships (GOC) of that same year, in Stuttgart,
Germany, where they concluded in 4th place, just one step from
making the pedestal. Such energy experienced here gave them a
great push for the rest of their dancing careers.  The
Baltic Grand Prix held December of 2012 brought Vladimir and
Masha their second victory as WDSF Latin World Cup Champions in
Riga, Latvia. This was the couple's last event in which they
competed as Amateurs.  In 2012, Vladimir and Masha decided
to push their limits by trying themselves out in Showdance. Their
dancing experience aided them in taking the Russian National
title, and as a result, representing in the World Championship
just a month later in September in Beijing. This was their first
year's experience in Showdance.  Vladimir is one of the most
accomplished athletes within the World DanceSport Federation
(WDSF). His competitive titles include but are not limited to
becoming the World Latin Showdance Champion, a 2-time World Cup
Amateur Latin Champion, Latin Champion of the first World
DanceSport Games, as well as the Russian Latin National Champion
in both the Professional and Amateur divisions.