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Name: Lilia Andreievna KopylovaBorn on: June 18, 1978 in Moscow
Career: Started dancing aged 9. Prior to this she was already Moscow Champion in figure skating and took part in ballet dancing and gymnastics.
Her first dance partner was Mikhail Botashev and in 1990 they won a Lambada competition. Just a year later, they were the first Soviet pair of their age to be allowed abroad to dance. They followed their success by winning the Danish Open in Copenhagen.
Aged 16, Lilia represented Denmark in the International Dance Championships. In 1997 she was introduced to Darren Bennett and moved to the UK. And that was just the start of it....
They won the International and British Youth Championship and married in January 1999. five months later, with Lilia having moved to the UK, they won the International and British Youth Championships.
Since then they have won many titles including:
*British National Professional Latin Champions 2005/06
*World Professional Latin Finalists 2005
*World Show Dance Champions 2004
*World Professional Rising Star Champions 2003
*4 x British Amateur Latin Champions
*4 x UK Closed Amateur Latin Champions
*W. European Amateur Latin Champions
*World Amateur Latin Semi-Finalists
Most recently however the pair have been seen on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, where Lilia and partner Darren Gough have performed the hatrick - winning the 2005 competition as well as the 2005 and 2007 Christmas Specials.
Also, she was runner up with Matt Dawson in 2006 and she narrowly missed out on a place in the final with Aled Jones in 2004.
Visit The Official Site for Lilia & Darren
Upcoming Events!
11.01.2008 - Pennine Lounge, Oldham
18.01.2008 - 17.02.2008 - Strictly Come Dancing Live
29.03.2008 - Daventry - A Weekend With Darren & Lilia
09.05.2008 - 10.05.2008 - Dukinfield Town Hall
for more information visit www.darrenandlilia.com