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: Люба Муштук; born 14 November 1989) is a Russian
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Early life

Mushtuk was born in
Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
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Career

Mushtuk was four-time winner of the Italian Dance Championship and is also an Italian Open Latin Show Dance champion. She came in second place in the European 10 Dance Championships and was a finalist at the Latin European Championships. In 2018, the
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announced that Mushtuk would join the cast of professional dancers on the British television show ''
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''. She won the 2018 Children In Need special with
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. She also competed in the 2018 Christmas special, paired with ''
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'' actor and Strictly Come Dancing 2014 contestant,
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. She danced with
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for the 2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. She danced with
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for the 2022 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. For Series 17 of Strictly, Mushtuk was partnered with rower
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. They were the first couple to be eliminated after losing the first dance-off to David James &
Nadiya Bychkova Nadiya Bychkova ( uk, Надія Бичкова) (born 24 August 1989) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin American dancer who is a multiple-time Slovenian Ballroom and Latin Champion and two-time World and European Champion in ‘10’ Dance. In 20 ...
. For series 18, she was partnered with former NFL player and sports pundit, Jason Bell. They were the second couple to be eliminated after losing the second dance-off to
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Katya Jones Katya Jones (born Ekaterina Andreevna Sokolova; rus, Екатерина Андреевна Соколова; 12 May 1989) is a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best-known for being a professional dancer in the competition show '' Stric ...


Strictly Come Dancing Results


Performances with

James Cracknell James Edward Cracknell, (born 5 May 1972) is a British athlete, rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the 2005 New Year Honours List. Biography Cracknell began rowing whilst ...


Performances with Jason Bell


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mushtuk, Lyuba Russian ballroom dancers Living people 1989 births