About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, John Kerr, Sinead Kerr, Mark Hanretty, Christina Chitwood, Phillip Poole, Nicky Slater, Lloyd Jones, Nicholas Buckland, Louise Walden, Penny Coomes, Bernard Ford, Owen Edwards, Jonathon O'Dougherty, Karen Barber, Phillipa Towler-Green, Courtney Jones, Sharon Jones, Paul Askham, Doreen Denny, Diane Towler, Pamela O'Connor, Paul Thomas, Leigh Rogers, Pamela Weight, Hilary Green, Glyn Watts, June Markham, Mathew Gates, Kathryn Winter, Lawrence Demmy, Warren Maxwell, Janet Thompson, Jean Westwood, Candice Towler-Green, Marika Humphreys, Stephen Williams, Wendy Sessions, Elizabeth Coates, Linda Shearman, Michael Phillips, Vitaliy Baranov, Gary Shortland, Mark Reed, Reginald Wilkie, Charlotte Clements, Justin Lanning. Excerpt: Jayne Torvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British ice dancer. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Torvill was born in Clifton, Nottingham, England, and grew up in Nottingham, attending Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School and worked in the city as an insurance clerk. She became hooked on ice skating at the age of 8 following an after-school trip to the local ice rink. In 1971 at age 14 Torvill became the British National Pairs Champion with her then partner Michael Hutchenson. After parting with Hutchenson, Torvill continued to skate on her own for a while before teaming up with Dean in 1975. After placing 5th in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, Dean gave up his job as a policeman and Torvill gave up hers as an insurance clerk to skate together full-time. Torvill and Dean's free program at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, performed to the music of Maurice Ravel's Bolero, became world famous. They received twelve perfect 6.0 marks, one of five occasions they were ...
