Tanssija hanna karttunen biography

Finnish professional Latin American and exhibition dancer

Hanna Karttunen (born in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish professional Latin American and exhibition dancer.

She also trained in ballet as a child, having a love of dance from a very early age.^[1]

Specialising in Latin American and representing England with Paul Killick, she won the titles of United Kingdom Open Champion, International Champion, World Series Champion, World Masters Champion, Dutch Open Champion, United States Open Champion, Asian Open Champion, Kremlin Cup Champion and also became the British National Champion four times.^[2]

Together they were also runner up in every major professional championship, such as the World Championship, European Championship and also the British Open Championship, where in 2002 they came close to taking the title, after being placed first in two out of five dances: Rumba and Paso Doble.

Before partnering Paul Killick, Karttunen also danced p