Ola Jordan

Aleksandra 'Ola' Jordan, née Grabowska; born , is a Polish-born British professional ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. She appeared as a professional on the British BBC One television show Strictly Come Dancing (SCD) from 2006 to 2015, becoming champion in 2009. Prior to this, after winning a championship event in her native Poland, Aleksandra Grabowska moved to England and began a new partnership with James Jordan. They married on 12 October 2003 and live near Maidstone in Kent. In 2018, she became a judge on Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami in Poland. Dancing career Aleksandra Grabowska has been dancing since the age of ten when her school advertised a dance club. Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with Przemek 'John' Lowicki in Poland. She won Poland's Open Championships in 1999 aged seventeen, and went on to take 12th place in the following year's World Championships. The first recorded dance by Ola Grabowska and James Jordan as a partnership was in the Dutch Open in November 2000, though they did not turn professional until 2003. The couple married in October 2003. They withdrew from competition dancing in order to teach Latin American dancing in Hong Kong for four years, though they turned professional again in 2005, after missing competing. In May 2006, the couple came second in the Blackpool Professional Rising Stars Latin event, and in November, they came third in the British Championships for Professional Latin. Ola and husband James first took part in the BBC One television show Strictly Come Dancing series 4 in 2006. In 2009, Ola won the Glitter Ball trophy with her celebrity dance partner, BBC sports reporter Chris Hollins in seventh series. Strictly Come Dancing