South African Dancers Earned 57 Medals in Spain... And Counting!

South African Dancers Earned 57 Medals in Spain This Past Week... And Counting!

Photo Credit: Mario Gomes - Supplied

South African dancers have officially raised the bar, and our flag, with 57 medals at one of the biggest dance events in the world. And one dance crew brought in 30 of them!

South Africa (10 July 2025) – The final results are slowly trickling in from Spain… and honestly, they’re blowing us away! South Africa has shown up at the 2025 Dance World Cup in a way that’s got our hearts bursting with pride.

One incredibly talented dance crew, the Hip Hop Dance Academy, has just returned with a whopping 13 gold medals. Yup, thirteen! But wait… there’s more. They’ve also stacked up 12 silver medals and 5 bronze medals, just from that one academy alone.

Let that sink in for a second.

Thirty medals from one crew!

Behind the scenes, Mario Gomes (an avid Good Things Guy reader) has been working day and night to gather the names, scores, and medal counts for the entire Hip Hop Dance Academy so we could celebrate these wins properly. Mario, thank you! You’ve made it possible for the whole nation to share in this incredible moment.

Last year, Team South Africa placed 8th overall, with 9 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze medals. And this year, we’re 5th in the world with 57 medals (and counting!) now in our collective tally… and Hip Hop Dance Academy is bringing home more than half of them. Legends!

Friends, we are WINNING at the 2025 Dance World Cup in Spain.

Last year, we finished in 8th place ( 9 Gold, 10 Silver and 9 Bronze medals) and this year we are in 4th position! GLOBALLY.

The medal videos are rolling in. And we are here for it! ❤️🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/F9jlnf3810
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The videos of these golden performances have started rolling in, and we’re not even pretending to be cool about it anymore. We’ve cried. Cheered. Watched them on loop. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s ridiculously beautiful.

The 2025 Dance World Cup welcomed 8,500 dancers from 51 countries – all bringing their best to the floor. But there was something about Team South Africa. The energy. The heart. The rhythm. It was electric. You could feel the hope in every step, every beat, every moment.

We will be updating you when we get the final list of all the winners but here are all the Hip Hop Dance Academy winners:

World Champions Coming Home with Gold

Empire Crew 95.7%
Precision Crew 94.7%
Jnr Precision Crew 93.8%
Beat Breakerz Crew 90.3%
Mamacitas Crew 88.5%
Lehlogonolo Leshabane Commercial Solo 92.2%
Lehlogonolo Leshabane Street Dance Solo 89.2%
Tshegofatso Mohlamme Commercial Solo 85.8%
Lisha Hlongwa Street Dance Solo 87.2%
Shelley Cronje Street Dance Solo 87%
Alexia & Joshua Commercial Duo 84.7%
Lisha & Onthatile Street Dance Duo 96.8%
Kaelo Moabi Battle Solo

Vice World Champions Coming Home with Silver

Squid Games ShowStopper 94.5%
Vibe Extreme Crew 90.2%
Rebellion Crew 89.7%
Queens Crew 86.1%
Niandre Du Preez Street Dance Solo 84.8%
Okuhle Mose Street Dance Solo 84.2%
Onthatile Moabi Street Dance Solo 84.3%
Kaelo Moabi Street Dance Solo 87.1%
Jacey Clark Commercial Solo 90.6%
Joshua Nel Commercial Solo 85.6%
Lehlogonolo Leshabane Battle Solo
Mamello Sejake Battle Solo

Runners Up Brining Home the Bronze

Oblivion Crew 007 90.2%
Vivacious Crew 86.4%
Ilane Hattingh Street Dance Solo 80.4%
Khumo Monyatsi Street Dance Solo
Okuhle Mose Commercial Solo 90.1%

And we cannot forget the dancers that landed in the TOP 10!

Shelley Cronje Commercial Solo 4th
Katlego Zulu Steet Dance Solo 4th
Morgan Keys Street Dance Solo 4th
Lizay & Tshegofatso Street Dance Duo 4th
Alexia Xenophou StreetDance Solo 5t
AK Nkosi Street Dance Solo 5th
Okuhle & Siba Street Dance Duo 5th
Reolin Pillay Street Dance Solo 5th Meninaz Crew 6th
Leandri Wehmeyer Solo Commercial 6th
Savage Crew 7th
Ilane Hattingh Commercial Solo 7th
Alexia & Josh Street Dance Duo 7th
Didintle Sejake Street Dance Solo 7th
Jordan Godfrey Street Dance Solo 7th
Lizay Koekemoer Street Dance Solo 7th
Ak Nkosi Showstopper Solo 9th
Divya Sukha Street Dance Solo 9th
Divya Sukha Showstopper Solo 10th
Kalden Pillay Street Dance Solo 10th
Karen Mlauzi Street Dance Solo 10th
Leandri Wehmeyer Street Dance Solo 10th

We are so proud of every single one of you! Thank you for giving your best with every beat. You deserve a massive hero welcome when you arrive back home in South Africa!

Check out some of the photos of the winners below: