Arūnas Bižokas (born 29 January 1978 in Vilnius,

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

) is a professional Lithuanian ballroom dancer, who is currently representing the USA. Until 2007 he was competing with his partner

Edita Daniūtė Edita Daniūtė (born 1 July 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a professional Lithuanian ballroom dancer and television presenter. Until 2007 she was competing with her partner Arūnas Bižokas as a couple; they won the World Games in 2005. In 2007 ...

under the Lithuanian flag at World DanceSport Federation recognized events, which is recognized as competitive dancing representing federation by the International Olympic Committee.Dance sport
/ref> 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 Katusha Demidova is a Russian professional ballroom dancer and instructor, now residing in the USA. She is the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Professional World Ballroom Dance Champion, and also the International Profess ...

. 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. In 2013, Bižokas and his partner were ranked number one in the World Dance Council world ranking in the Professional Ballroom category. Arunas and Katusha retired from competitive dancing in 2019.

References

External links

Arunas and Katusha Website
Lithuanian ballroom dancers Living people Lithuanian male dancers Lithuanian dancers Dancers from Vilnius 1978 births World Games gold medalists World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2001 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games {{Dance-bio-stub