Gaynor Fairweather

Who is Gaynor Fairweather?

Gaynor Fairweather is a British professional ballroom dancer. She and her partner, Donnie Burns, were 14-time Professional World Latin Dance Champions and 11 times Professional International Latin American Dance Champions. This is by some way the record number of wins in both these top competitions. On their retirement from competition dancing they were both appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire for services to the performing arts.

Gaynor fell in love with dancing at the age of 10 and immediately decided to become a world champion. She was introduced to Donnie by another former world champion Sammy Stopford and from that date on the team was relentless in the quest for the championship. They were two-time amateur champions before moving to the professional level. Their professional string of wins in the world championship stood at an undefeated streak of 13 years followed by one year of retirement and then another single championship followed by another retirement.

During their reign they were perfectionists. In their efforts to strive for excellence they sought out the help of the best in many fields. To bring the elements of Flamenco dance into their competitive repertoire they went to South America to train with world champion Flamenco dancers. They have traveled extensively to teach in Japan and Hong Kong.