Christopher Dean

Christopher Dean
Dean on the Dancing on Ice tour in Manchester, 2010
Personal information
BornChristopher Colin Dean
(1958-07-27) 27 July 1958
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Spouses
  • (m. 1991; div. 1993)
  • (m. 1994; div. 2010)
Figure skating career
Country Great Britain
Retired1984, 1994
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 Sarajevo Ice dancing
1994 Lillehammer Ice dancing
World Championships
1981 Hartford Ice dancing
1982 Copenhagen Ice dancing
1983 Helsinki Ice dancing
1984 Ottawa Ice dancing
European Championships
1981 Innsbruck Ice dancing
1982 Lyon Ice dancing
1984 Budapest Ice dancing
1994 Copenhagen Ice dancing

Sir Christopher Colin Dean (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.