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English ice skater (born 1957)
Jayne Torvill OBE
Torvill on the Dancing on Ice tour in Manchester, 2010
Born
(1957-10-07) 7 October 1957 (age 66) Clifton, Nottingham, England
Height
5 ft 2.5 in (1.59 m)[1]
Figure skating career
Country
Great Britain
Retired
1984, 1994
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer
Ice dancing
1984 Sarajevo
Ice dancing
World Championships
1984 Ottawa
Ice dancing
1983 Helsinki
Ice dancing
1982 Copenhagen
Ice dancing
1981 Hartford
Ice dancing
European Championships
1994 Copenhagen
Ice dancing
1984 Budapest
Ice dancing
1982 Lyon
Ice dancing
1981 Innsbruck
Ice dancing
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Jayne Torvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jayne Torvill]". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
JayneTorvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the...
Torvill and Dean (JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean) are British ice dancers and former British, European, Olympic, and World champions. At the Sarajevo...
won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner JayneTorvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Dean grew...
from 7 January 2018 with Schofield and Willoughby returning as hosts. JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean assumed new roles as head judges, alongside original...
alongside Holly Willoughby. Ashley Banjo, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse, and JayneTorvill all returned to the judging panel, though Banjo was replaced with Johnny...
Olympics took place at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean won gold for Great Britain, receiving twelve perfect...
Ice Centre and Nottingham Arena were opened by Olympic gold medalist JayneTorvill on 1 April 2000. The arena is the biggest live entertainment venue in...
returned as hosts. Ashley Banjo, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse, and JayneTorvill also returned as judges. This series decreased the number of live shows...
in her time on the series. In 2018, she portrayed JayneTorvill in the ITV television film Torvill & Dean. Also in 2018, she starred in the BBC Three...
who specialised in ice dancing. She was best known as the coach of JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean, the 1984 Olympic champions, and also trained 1980...
within the Arena) was opened on 1 April 2000 by Olympic Gold Medalist, JayneTorvill. The second Olympic Rink was opened the following year, on 7 April 2001...
Slater, Karen Kresge, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins. JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean coached and trained the contestants. The judging...
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fiction writer Jayne Walton Rosen (1917–2010), American entertainer, singer and actress Jayne Sharp (born 1977), English broadcaster JayneTorvill, OBE (born...
Foresters Regiment from 1913. The Olympic gold-medalist ice dancers JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean, who both originate from Nottinghamshire in the...
Holly Willoughby returned as hosts. Ashley Banjo, Christopher Dean, and JayneTorvill returned as judges for their fifth series, while it was announced on...
1981 Hartford JayneTorvill Christopher Dean Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin 1982 Copenhagen JayneTorvill Christopher...
Natalia Bestemianova, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber, and Robin Cousins. JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean coached and trained the contestants. The series...
at every competition between 1976 and 1982. In 1984, British dancers JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean, who Hines calls "the greatest ice dancers in the...
Larisa Seleznyova and Oleg Makarov, finished third. British ice dancers JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean did not disappoint the public. They carried out...
ribs and fracturing his shoulder on the first day of training with JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean. Chegwin joined the eighth series of Dancing on...
as hosts, while Ashley Banjo, John Barrowman, Christopher Dean, and JayneTorvill returned as judges. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was filmed...
1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor 1957 – JayneTorvill, English figure skater 1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor 1959 – Simon...
Bobby Specht JoJo Starbuck Charlie Tickner Kay Thomson Megan Taylor JayneTorvill Barbara Underhill Gary Visconti Barbara Wagner Jill Watson Ingrid Wendl...
The arena, which was opened in April 1991 by Christopher Dean and JayneTorvill, holds 3,200 people and has an ice pad of 60 by 30 metres (197 by 98 ft)...
ITV. Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley returned as hosts, with JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean serving as mentors. The series was judged by Robin...
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