Gorka Marquez is a professional Spanish dancer, best known for appearing on the British dance show Strictly Come Dancing.
The dancer started following his passion when he was 12, and in 2010, he represented Spain in the World Latin Championships. Also, he participated in the 2012 World Dance Sport Federation World Cup where he reached to semifinals.
In 2014, he joined the touring live dance show Burn the Floor as one of their leads and performed with the dance company all around the world. After that, in 2016, he became a professional dancer on the BBC ballroom dancing show Strictly Come Dancing.
In the fourteenth season, Marquez was partnered with EastEnders actress Tameka Empson. They survived the competition for only three weeks. Also, in the fifteenth season, he was partnered with former The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke. They became finalists but ended as the runners-up.
A 31-years-old Spanish dancer announced in September 2018 that he would be appearing at Donahey’s 2019 Dancing with The Stars Weekends. Currently, he is focusing on his dancing skill to perform with his partner in the twentieth season of Strictly.
Who Is Gorka Marquez’s Partner In Strictly 2022?
The strict dance show is coming soon with its twentieth season, and fans want to know Gorka Marquez’s partner for this season.
Last season, Gorka was partnered with Coronation Street actress Katie McGlynn and they only survived only for three weeks before getting eliminated.
However, the show Strictly Come Dancing has not revealed the name of the partners for this season yet. But it can be said that the professional dancer, Gorka, is a partner to one of the contestants of this show.
According to the history of this show, he became a partner to any one contestant of this show. So this year will be the same, and we can see Marquez dancing with one of the contestants and performing his best to win the title this season.
Talking about the previous season, he was partnered with Katie Piper in the sixteenth series and made up to four weeks of the competition. In the seventeenth season, he was demoted from the main professional line-up but participated in weekly group dances.
Gorka Marquez’s Wife Gemma Atkinson And Baby
Gorka Marquez is not married to his long-time girlfriend Gemma Atkinson, but they announced their engagement in 2021.
In the dance show, Strictly, Gemma was partnered with Gorka’s close friend from where they met each other and started dating. After the show was over, they went public with their romance on Valentine’s Day.
The couple’s love story was known to all their fans as Gorka prepared a very romantic proposal on Valentine’s Day, and the two got engaged on February 14, 2021.
Gemma and Gorka also welcomed their first baby in July 2019 and, their baby daughter is over three years old. It is rumored that the family is looking forward to the wedding and all share the same surname too.
Gorka Marquez First Wife And His Wedding Photos
Gorka Marquez was first engaged to the dancer and singer Lauren Sheridan, who is a Spanish ballroom star.
Before the separation, the two were seen in the seaside town. But the two broke their engagement and dropped the wedding plans. It was on that day that a gang of youths allegedly attacked Gorka. In the attack, he lost his two teeth in the fracas.
According to The Sun report, Lauren wiped all the traces of their engagement from her social media profile and change her status to single. Moreover, she deleted a string of loved-up photographs and stopped following her former fiance on Instagram.
The split of the two had become the latest twist surrounding Gorka’s time in Blackpool after cops said they could find no evidence to support his assault claims. He claimed that the gang of thugs battered him after he took part in the show on November 19.