Jayne Torvill

Jayne Torvill

Jayne Torvill, OBE, is an English professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Torvill and Dean’s free programme at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics became world-famous.

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Summary Jayne TorvillJayne Torvill, OBE, is an English professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Torvill and Dean’s free programme at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics, performed to the music of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, became world-famous.

In January 2006, she and Dean began starring in the ITV show Dancing on Ice. She currently resides in East Sussex, England, with her husband Phil Christensen and their children Kieran and Jessica. She was portrayed by Poppy Lee Friar in the 2018 biopic Torvill & Dean.