Michael Malitowski is a ballroom dancer, the former professional World Latin Dance Champion, with his partner Joanna Leunis

Joanna Leunis

Joanna Leunis, born 22 May 1981 in Rocourt Liege, Belgium, is a professional ballroom dancer. With Michael Malitowski, she is a former professional World Latin Dance Champion and International Latin American Dance Champion; the couple represented Poland until 2011, representing England from then on...

. Michael (christened Michał) was born 28 May 1980, in Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. His partnership with Leunis has, since 2002, resulted in a string of victories, culminating in the world Latin championship in 2008. Before that, he won the Polish Latin dance championship four times with Iwona Golczak.