HSE Student Wins Gold in World Dance Sport Competition

Third year HSE Perm management student Anastasia Kulbeda and her partner Dmitry Pleshkov won the gold medal at the World Dance Sport Competition against 16 other couples from Germany, Italy, France and other countries.

The Competition was in Chengdu in China. Dmitry and Anastasia represented Perm. Their dance number was called, Remember…The couple won first prize with it at the competition in Yuzhno Sakhalinsk which took them through to the world championship in China.

‘It’s our third world championship,’ says Anastasia. ‘In 2012 we came fifth, in 2014 we won silver and finally our dreams have come true now. I felt very proud to hear the Russian national anthem and see the flag being raised for our long awaited victory.’ 

This summer Dmitry Pleshkov and Anastasia Kulbeda were made Masters of Russian Sport, International Class.