Christopher Dean

Christopher Dean
OBE
Dean on the Dancing on Ice tour in Manchester, 2010
BornChristopher Colin Dean
(1958-07-27) 27 July 1958
Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Figure skating career
Country Great Britain
Retired1984, 1994
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 SarajevoIce dancing
1994 LillehammerIce dancing
World Championships
1981 HartfordIce dancing
1982 CopenhagenIce dancing
1983 HelsinkiIce dancing
1984 OttawaIce dancing
European Championships
1981 InnsbruckIce dancing
1982 LyonIce dancing
1984 BudapestIce dancing
1994 CopenhagenIce dancing

Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer considered, with his skating partner Jayne Torvill, amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. They were also four-time world and European champions and seven-time British champions.