Katrina Patchett

Katrina Patchett is a professional ballroom dancer from Perth, Western Australia.

Early life

She has been dancing since the age of three and competing since the age of seven. She was brought up in her mother 's dance studio in Perth, Western Australia, daughter of two internationally successful ballroom dancers who reached seventh in the world. At age thirteen she became a Western Australian State Champion.

Career

Patchett moved to Europe at the age of 16, living, training and working in Denmark before moving to France, at 19, to partner with the former winner of The Dancing Show, Maxime Dereymez. Together in 2007, they became the French national champions. The couple also reached fourth place at the IDSF Open in 2007. After three years in France, Patchett moved to Slovenia to dance with Blaz Pocajt and compete in the professional category at the age of 22. Towards the end of 2010, Dereymez and Patchett decided to renew their partnership. They both competed on TF1's Danse avec les stars. Patchett won the first season of Danse avec les stars with her partner French singer/songwriter, Matt Pokora, on 19 March 2011.
Patchett speaks French, and lives in Paris.

[Danse avec les Stars]

Season	Partner	Notability	Place	Average
1	M. Pokora	Singer-songwriter	1st	35.59
2	Cédric Pioline	Retired tennis player	9th	17.33
3	Bastian Baker	Singer-songwriter	7th	28.25
4	Brahim Zaibat	Dancer & choreographer	2nd	35.52
5	Brian Joubert	Olympic figure skater	3rd	32.69
6	Vincent Niclo	Tenor singer & actor	7th	28.75
7	Olivier Minne	Television presenter	11th	24.50
8	Vincent Cerutti	Radio & Television presenter	10th	22.00
9	Basile Boli	Former footballer	7th	24.40
10		Television personality and TV host	9th	25.00
12	David Douillet	Retired judoka and politician	12th	N/A¹

¹David Douillet didn't got a single note in season 12.