Christopher Dean

Add to favorites

Edit page

Search at Amazon

Stats

Birth Name: Christopher Colin Dean

Age: 66, born 27 July 1958

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Currently Residing In: United Kingdom

Lists

16 votes

Favorite British Male Olympic Champions (30 items)
list by kathy

Published 11 years, 1 month ago

9 comments

View all Christopher Dean lists

Photos

1 vote

View all Christopher Dean pictures

Description: Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1980 Torvill and Dean became British National Dance Champions. Dean served as the chief choreographer for the Torvill and Dean team. Torvill and Dean's free program at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, performed to the music of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, became world famous. They received nine 6.0 marks for artistic impression, (three more for technical merit for a total of twelve 6.0 marks) the highest Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

In 1980 Torvill and Dean became British National Dance Champions. Dean served as the chief choreographer for the Torvill and Dean team.

Torvill and Dean's free program at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, performed to the music of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, became world famous. They received nine 6.0 marks for artistic impression, (three more for technical merit for a total of twelve 6.0 marks) the highest possible score and the only time ever that an all-perfect score was achieved.

It was one of the most popular achievements in the history of British sport, watched by a British television audience of 24 million people.

Since the time limit was four minutes and ten seconds and their music was four minutes 28 seconds, they moved their bodies to the music for 18 seconds before starting to skate.

Torvill and Dean turned professional after their 1984 Olympic win. Under then existing Olympic Games rules as professionals they became ineligible to participate in Olympic competition.

In 1993 the International Skating Union relaxed the rules for professional skaters, allowing the pair to participate in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where they won a bronze medal.

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

In January 2006, Torvill and Dean began starring in the ITV show 'Dancing on Ice'. Each year, the show runs from January to March and then goes on tour to arenas across the United Kingdom.

Torvill and Dean were ambassadors for the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England.

In February 2014, they visited Sarajevo for the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics and recreated their Bolero routine in the same arena where they won the gold.

Dean was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1999. ... (more)

My tags: