Katrina Patchett born on (December 12, 1986) is a professional ballroom dancer from Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

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Early life

She has been dancing since the age of three and competing since the age of seven. She was brought up in her mother (Julie Patchett)'s dance studio in Perth, Australia, daughter of two internationally successful ballroom dancers who reached seventh in the world. At age thirteen she became a Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

n State Champion.

Career

Patchett moved to Europe at the age of 16, living, training and working in Denmark

Denmark

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 (partnering with Joachim Dahlström) before moving to France

France

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, at 19, to partner with the former winner of The Dancing Show, Maxime Dereymez. Together in 2007, they became the French national champions. The couple also reached fourth place at the IDSF

International DanceSport Federation

The World DanceSport Federation , formerly the International DanceSport Federation , is the international governing body of dancesport and Wheelchair DanceSport, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee .Originally founded in 1957 as the...

 Open in 2007. After three years in France, Patchett moved to Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 to dance with Blaz Pocajt and compete in the professional category at the age of 22. Towards the end of 2010, Dereymez and Patchett decided to renew their partnership. They both competed on TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

's Danse avec les stars

Danse avec les stars

The French version of Strictly Come Dancing, Danse avec les stars was first broadcast on TF1 on February 12, 2011, the participants having been selected in November 2010.. The first series finale took place on March 19, 2011...

. Patchett won the first season of Danse avec les stars with her partner French singer/songwriter, Matt Pokora

M. Pokora

Matthieu Tota in Strasbourg, France commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter.-Early life:...

, on March 19, 2011.

Pratchett speaks French, and lives in Europe and Hong Kong.