Christopher Dean began to skate at the age of 10 after he received a pair of skates as a Christmas present.
18 Facts About Christopher Dean
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Christopher Dean then agreed to try out Jayne Torvill, another skater at the Nottingham rink.
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Christopher Dean left school at age 16 and joined the Nottingham Police Force in 1974.
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Christopher Dean served as the chief choreographer for the Torvill and Christopher Dean team.
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Torvill and Christopher Dean turned professional after their 1984 Olympic win.
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Torvill and Christopher Dean were admitted to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1989.
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In January 2006, Torvill and Christopher Dean began starring in the ITV show Dancing on Ice.
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In January 2012, Christopher Dean said he was open to working with the National Ice Skating Association to help British competitive skating.
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Torvill and Christopher Dean were ambassadors for the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England.
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In 2018, Christopher Dean choreographed the free program of Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, who won the gold medal in Pair skating with a world record at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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On 28 April 1983, Christopher Dean was appointed Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham.
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Christopher Dean was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1999.
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Between 1991 and 1993, Christopher Dean was married to French-Canadian World ice dance champion Isabelle Duchesnay whom he met while choreographing for her and her brother Paul Duchesnay in the late 1980s.
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On 15 October 1994, Christopher Dean married American skater Jill Trenary in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Christopher Dean's agent confirmed in March 2010 that the couple had separated.
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Christopher Dean has been in a relationship with Karen Barber since 2011.
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In 2021, Christopher Dean took part in an episode of DNA Journey to trace his family roots.
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Christopher Dean appeared on The Masked Dancer as Beagle, where he was the fifth celebrity to be unmasked.