Christopher Dean
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 Dean on the Dancing on Ice tour in Manchester, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1958 Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1984, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Christopher Colin Dean (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer. Along with his long-term skating partner, Jayne Torvill, he is considered one of the greatest ice dancers of all time.[2]
The pair won a gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics and won bronze at the 1994 Winter Olympics. They are also four-time world and European champions, and seven-time British champions in ice-skating.
- ↑ "Christopher Dean: Bio, Stats and Results". sports-reference.com. 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ↑ Kwong, P. J. (22 November 2011). "Pj's all-time top 10: Ice dance". CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
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- Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Figure skating choreographers
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- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics