Editing Christopher Dean (section)

{{Short description|English ice dancer (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Christopher Dean<br /><small>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small>
|image= Christopher Dean.jpg
|caption= Dean on the ''Dancing on Ice'' tour in Manchester, 2010
|country= {{GBR2}}
|birth_name= Christopher Colin Dean
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|27}}
|birth_place= [[Calverton, Nottinghamshire]], England
|spouse= {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Isabelle Duchesnay]]|1991|1993|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Jill Trenary]]|1994|2010|end=divorced}}}}
|residence= 
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=10.5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/christopher-dean-1.html |title=Christopher Dean: Bio, Stats and Results |date=17 April 2020 |work=sports-reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417114128/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/christopher-dean-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|formerpartner= [[Sandra Elson]],
[[Jayne Torvill]]
|coach= 
|formercoach= [[Betty Callaway]], [[Janet Sawbridge]]
|choreographer=
|formerchoreographer=
|skating club= 
|retired= 1984, 1994
| medaltemplates= <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] -->
{{MedalSport| [[Figure skating]]}}
{{MedalSport| [[Ice dancing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]]|[[Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Ice dancing]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]]|[[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Ice dancing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1981 World Figure Skating Championships|1981 Hartford]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 World Figure Skating Championships|1982 Copenhagen]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold| [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983 Helsinki]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold| [[1984 World Figure Skating Championships|1984 Ottawa]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 European Figure Skating Championships|1981 Innsbruck]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 European Figure Skating Championships|1982 Lyon]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 European Figure Skating Championships|1984 Budapest]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 European Figure Skating Championships|1994 Copenhagen]]|Ice dancing}}
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'''Christopher Colin Dean''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 27 July 1958) is a British [[Ice dancing|ice dancer]] considered, with his skating partner [[Jayne Torvill]], amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/figureskating/opinion/2011/11/pjs-all-time-top-10-ice-dance.html |title=Pj's all-time top 10: Ice dance |date=22 November 2011 |first=P. J. |last=Kwong |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |accessdate=29 March 2025}}</ref> 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.