Matthew Cutler, born October 30th 1973 is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American Champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing. He was born in Chelmsford, Essex. He started dancing classes in a church hall in Southend and took part in school competitions and other competitions in Chelmsford. By the age of ten, he was winning most competitions and a judge suggested that he entered more challenging competitions. He took ballroom lessons in Birmingham and Latin classes in Hendon and took part in open competitions, supported by his parents. He won the World Amateur Championship with his then-wife Nicole Cutler in 1999 and went on to win many other competitions. He joined the third series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2005, when he and Siobhan Hayes left in week one. He partnered Carol Smillie in 2006, reaching week nine, and won the competition in 2007 with partner Alesha Dixon. He partnered Christine Bleakley in the 2008 series and finished 5th overall. For the 2009 series of Strictly Matthew will partner Tennis ace Martina Hingis. He and Martina were the first couple to leave the 2009 series. It has been announced that he won't be returning for the 8th series in 2010 and is planning to focus on his dance school.