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Christopher Colin Dean (born July 22, 1958 in Nottingham, Great Britain) is a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The XIV Olympic Winter Games were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. ... 1984 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating // Women Men Pairs Ice Dancing Categories: | ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... Figure skating medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics // Women Men Pairs Ice Dancing Categories: | ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nottingham is a city and county town of Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ... Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. ... The XIV Olympic Winter Games were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ...

Dean comes from Calverton, Nottinghamshire. His father, Colin Dean, was an electrician. Calverton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, situated approximately 8 miles from Nottingham. ...

Dean was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1999. [[LinItalic textItalic textBold text--144. ...

Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, being awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1999.

1 Skating Career
2 Personal Life
3 Results with Jayne Torvill
4 See also
5 External links

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Skating Career

Christopher Dean began to skate at the age of 10 after he received a pair of skates as a Christmas present. Dean's first ice partner was Sandra Elson. They began skating together when he was 14 and they competed as ice dancers for a few years. However, despite becoming British Junior Dance champions the team parted as Dean and Elson did not get along well. Dean then agreed to try out Jayne Torville, who was another skater at the Nottingham rink. The pair were coached first by Janet Sawbridge, but Betty Callaway became their coach in 1978. Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ...

Dean left school aged 16 and joined the Nottingham Police Force in 1974. It was challenging for him to undergo training as a police cadet as his schedule often clashed with his skating training sessions. Thus Torvill and Dean had to practise during his off-hours. These difficult times pulled them closer and gave them a sense of discipline that was to prove vital throughout their career.

By 1980 Torvill and Dean had progressed not only to become British National Dance Champions, but were in medal contention in international competitions. It was then that Chris realized he could no longer balance his skating and police careers. He resigned from the police force. Torvill soon quit her job as well. Dean also served as the chief choreographer of the Torvill & Dean team.

Torvill & Dean's free program at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics, performed to the music of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, became world famous. They received nine "6.0" marks for the artistic impression, the highest possible score, and the only time ever that a perfect score was achieved. This was one of the most popular achievements in the history of British sport, watched by a British television audience of twenty-four million people. Torvill and Dean are a famous British figure-skating team. ... Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located at 43Â°52N and 18Â°25E. According to a 1991 census, its population was 429,672; currently estimated at around 400,000. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 â€“ December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his music and generally considered to be one of the major composers of the 20th century. ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ...

Torvill & Dean turned professional after their 1984 Olympic win. Under then Olympic Games rules, as professionals, they became ineligible to participate in Olympic competition. In 1993 the International Skating Union relaxed its rules for professional skaters, which allowed the pair to participate in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where they won a bronze medal. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0501 Administrative centre Lillehammer Mayor (2005) SynnÃ¸ve Brenden Klemetrud (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 211 477 kmÂ² 450 kmÂ² 0. ...

Torvill & Dean were admitted to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1989.

Personal Life

Dean was married to Isabelle Duchesnay, a French ice dancer, from 1991 to 1993. They met when Dean was choreographer to the brother-sister Duchesney team in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) was a former figure skater who competed for both Canada and France in the Ice dancing discipline. ...

On October 15, 1994, Dean married Jill Trenary, an American skater, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have two sons, Jack Robert and Sam Colin, and currently reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Trenary at the 1990 U.S. Championships. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Official website: http://www. ... Downtown Colorado Springs skyline. ...

Results with Jayne Torvill

Winter Olympic Games

1980 – 4th place
1984 – 1st place
1994 – 3rd place

A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

World Championships

1978 – 11th place
1979 – 8th place
1980 – 4th place
1981 – 1st place
1982 – 1st place
1983 – 1st place
1984 – 1st place

The World Figure Skating Championships in an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

European Championships

1978 – 9th place
1979 – 6th place
1980 – 4th place
1981 – 1st place
1982 – 1st place
1983 – did not participate
1984 – 1st place
1994 – 1st place

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual event in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

External links

BBC story on Torvill and Dean's Olympic gold
Care to Ice Dance? - Torvill & Dean
olympic.org Athlete Profile - Dean

Preceded by: Steve Cram	BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1984 (joint with Jayne Torvill)	Succeeded by: Barry McGuigan

Olympic Champions in Figure Skating - Ice dancing

1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1980: Natalia Linitchuk & Gennadi Karponossov | 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean | 1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin | 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko | 1994: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov | 1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov | 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat | 2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov Steve Cram (born October 14, 1960) was a British athlete during the countrys domination of middle distance running in the 1980s. ... The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award has been given to one British sportsperson each year since 1954. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Barry McGuigan (born February 28, 1961 in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland), nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, was a professional boxer who became a world Featherweight champion. ... Lyudmila Pakhomova (December 31, 1946 – 1986) was an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Aleksandr Gorshkov is an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Gennadi Michailowitsch Karponossov (Cyrillic Ð“ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ð¿Ð¾Ð½Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð², born November 21, 1950 in Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)) is a Russian figure skater. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Marina Klimova (born June 28th, 1966) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Sergei Ponomarenko (born October 6th, 1960) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Russian figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in ice dancing with Evgeny Platov. ... Evgeny Platov, born in the former USSR, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing with former partner Oksana Gritschuk. ... Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Russian figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in ice dancing with Evgeny Platov. ... Evgeny Platov, born in the former USSR, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing with former partner Oksana Gritschuk. ... Marina Anissina (Cyrillic ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¸Ð½Ð°) (born August 30, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in Ice Dance. ... Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and Olympic champion 2002 in Ice Dance. ... Tatiana Navka (born April 13, 1975) is a Russian ice dancer. ... Roman Kostomarov (born February 8, 1977) is a Russian ice dancer. ...

World Champions in Figure Skating – Ice dancing

1952-1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy | 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas | 1957-1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones | 1959-1960: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones | 1962-1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman | 1966-1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford | 1970-1974: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1975: Irina Moisseyeva & Andrej Minenkov | 1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1977: Irina Moisseyeva & Andrej Minenkov | 1978-1979: Natalia Linitchuk & Gennadi Karponossov | 1980: Krisztina Regöczy & Andras Sallay | 1981-1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean | 1985-1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin | 1989-1990: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko | 1991: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay | 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko | 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin | 1994-1997: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov | 1998-1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov | 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat | 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio | 2002: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh | 2003: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz | 2004-2005: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov | Eva RomanovÃ¡, born January 27, 1946 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia is a former Czech figure skater. ... Pavel Roman (January 25, 1943 - January 30, 1972) was a Czech figure skater. ... Lyudmila Pakhomova (December 31, 1946 – 1986) was an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Aleksandr Gorshkov is an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Lyudmila Pakhomova (December 31, 1946 – 1986) was an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Aleksandr Gorshkov is an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Gennadi Michailowitsch Karponossov (Cyrillic Ð“ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ð¿Ð¾Ð½Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð², born November 21, 1950 in Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)) is a Russian figure skater. ... Krisztina RegÃ¶czy was a Hungarian figure skater. ... Andras Sallay was a Hungarian figure skater. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Marina Klimova (born June 28th, 1966) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Sergei Ponomarenko (born October 6th, 1960) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) was a former figure skater who competed for both Canada and France in the Ice dancing discipline. ... Paul Duchesnay was a former figure skater who competed for both Canada and France in the ice dancing discipline. ... Marina Klimova (born June 28th, 1966) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Sergei Ponomarenko (born October 6th, 1960) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Maya Usova is a Russian ice dancer. ... Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin at their free program at the European championships 1994 in Copenhagen Alexander (Sasha) Zhulin is a Russian ice dancer. ... Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Russian figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in ice dancing with Evgeny Platov. ... Evgeny Platov, born in the former USSR, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing with former partner Oksana Gritschuk. ... Anjelika Krylova (born July 4, 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. ... Oleg Ovsyannikov (born January 23, 1970 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. ... Marina Anissina (Cyrillic ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¸Ð½Ð°) (born August 30, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in Ice Dance. ... Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and Olympic champion 2002 in Ice Dance. ... Barbara Fusar-Poli (born February 6, 1972) is an Italian ice dancer. ... Maurizio Margaglio (born November 16, 1974) is an Italian ice dancer. ... Irina Lobacheva (born February 18th, 1973) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Ilia Averbukh (born December 18th, 1973) is a Russian Jewish figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Shae-Lynn Bourne with Victor Kraatz Shae-Lynn Bourne (born January 24, 1976 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice dancer. ... Shae-Lynn Bourne with Victor Kraatz Victor Kraatz (born April 7, 1971 in West-Berlin, Germany) is a Canadian figure skater. ... Tatiana Navka (born April 13, 1975) is a Russian ice dancer. ... Roman Kostomarov (born February 8, 1977) is a Russian ice dancer. ...

European Champions in Figure Skating – Ice dancing

1954-1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy | 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas | 1957-1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones | 1959-1961: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones | 1962: Christiane Guhel & Jean Paul Guhel | 1963: Linda Shearman & Michael Phillips | 1964-1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman | 1966-1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford | 1970-1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1972: Angelika Buck & Erich Buck | 1973-1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1977-1978: Irina Moisseyeva & Andrej Minenkov | 1979-1980: Natalia Linitchuk & Gennadi Karponossov | 1981-1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean | 1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin | 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean | 1985-1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin | 1989-1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko | 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin | 1994: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean | 1995: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko | 1996-1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov | 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov | 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat | 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio | 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat | 2003: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh | 2004-2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov | Eva RomanovÃ¡, born January 27, 1946 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia is a former Czech figure skater. ... Pavel Roman (January 25, 1943 - January 30, 1972) was a Czech figure skater. ... Lyudmila Pakhomova (December 31, 1946 – 1986) was an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Aleksandr Gorshkov is an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Angelika Buck (born May 9, 1950 in Ravensburg, Germany) was a German figure skater. ... Erich Buck (born January 5, 1949 in Ravensburg, Germany) was a German figure skater. ... Lyudmila Pakhomova (December 31, 1946 – 1986) was an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Aleksandr Gorshkov is an ice skating champion from the former Soviet Union. ... Gennadi Michailowitsch Karponossov (Cyrillic Ð“ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ð¿Ð¾Ð½Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð², born November 21, 1950 in Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)) is a Russian figure skater. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Marina Klimova (born June 28th, 1966) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Sergei Ponomarenko (born October 6th, 1960) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Maya Usova is a Russian ice dancer. ... Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin at their free program at the European championships 1994 in Copenhagen Alexander (Sasha) Zhulin is a Russian ice dancer. ... Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean. ... Susanna Rahkamo was a Finnish figure skater. ... Petri Kokko was a Finnish figure skater. ... Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Russian figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in ice dancing with Evgeny Platov. ... Evgeny Platov, born in the former USSR, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing with former partner Oksana Gritschuk. ... Anjelika Krylova (born July 4, 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. ... Oleg Ovsyannikov (born January 23, 1970 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. ... Marina Anissina (Cyrillic ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¸Ð½Ð°) (born August 30, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in Ice Dance. ... Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and Olympic champion 2002 in Ice Dance. ... Barbara Fusar-Poli (born February 6, 1972) is an Italian ice dancer. ... Maurizio Margaglio (born November 16, 1974) is an Italian ice dancer. ... Marina Anissina (Cyrillic ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¸Ð½Ð°) (born August 30, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in Ice Dance. ... Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and Olympic champion 2002 in Ice Dance. ... Irina Lobacheva (born February 18th, 1973) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Ilia Averbukh (born December 18th, 1973) is a Russian Jewish figure skater in Ice dancing. ... Tatiana Navka (born April 13, 1975) is a Russian ice dancer. ... Roman Kostomarov (born February 8, 1977) is a Russian ice dancer. ...

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