Robin Jamie Windsor was an English professional Latin and ballroom dancer, best known for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing.
25 Facts About Robin Windsor
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Robin Jamie Windsor was born on 15 September 1979 in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in the Spring Road area.
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Robin Windsor attended Clifford Road Primary and Copleston High School.
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Robin Windsor began dancing at the age of three, when his parents took him to the Ipswich School of Dancing.
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At the age of 19 Windsor moved to London to pursue his career as a dancer.
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Robin Windsor competed successfully in the juvenile and junior ballroom dancer categories.
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From 2003 to summer 2010, Robin Windsor was part of the cast of Burn the Floor, one of the leading ballroom-based shows in the world.
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From Broadway, Robin Windsor's abilities took him to Dancing with the Stars Australia and So You Think You Can Dance in Holland.
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Robin Windsor was asked to assist in the choreography for the Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance.
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In 2012, Robin Windsor starred in Dance To The Music Tour along with his professional partner Kristina Rihanoff, fellow pro-dancers from Strictly Come Dancing, Artem Chigvintsev and Kara Tointon, who won the competition in 2010.
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In 2022, Robin Windsor returned to Burn the Floor for their UK reunion tour.
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Together with fellow SCD dancer Artem Chigvintsev, Robin Windsor posed for the Cosmopolitan December 2010 centrefold, raising awareness for male cancer.
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Robin Windsor supported the Stonewall campaigning for gay, lesbian and bisexual equality and supported the Mad Trust with its West End Bares charity event seeing the theatre community coming together to raise money for HIV charities.
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Robin Windsor hosted the auction in 2013 ending up completely naked on stage.
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Robin Windsor appeared on the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing from 2010 until 2013, partnering with Patsy Kensit, Anita Dobson, Lisa Riley and Deborah Meaden.
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In September 2010, Robin Windsor joined the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing as one of the three new male professional dancers.
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On 17 December 2010, Robin Windsor won the Grand Piano Pro Challenge on Strictly Come Dancing sister programme It Takes Two with 3548 points in front of Brendan Cole and Natalie Lowe.
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Robin Windsor won this year's Children in need special and was partnered with BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid.
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Robin Windsor enjoyed his most successful series of Strictly Come Dancing to date when he reached the semi-final dancing with Riley.
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In June 2013, Robin Windsor confirmed his return as one of the male professional dancers for the eleventh series of the show.
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Robin Windsor was unable to perform in Series 12 due to a back injury, and was replaced by Trent Whiddon.
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Robin Windsor returned to the show in week nine, on 23 November 2014, in the opening professional sequence, as a policeman, dancing to "Rock This Town" by the Stray Cats.
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Robin Windsor lived in London with his partner Davide Cini, to whom he announced his engagement on 21 August 2013.
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Robin Windsor was found dead in a hotel room in London on 19 February 2024, aged 44.
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Robin Windsor's funeral was held on 26 March 2024 in his hometown of Ipswich.