My Olympic HeroBy Miss Downs

Name: Jayne TorvillBorn: 7th October 1957Town: NottinghamSport: Ice DanceOlympics: 1984 and 1994Name: Christopher DeanBorn: 27th July 1958Town: NottinghamSport: Ice DanceOlympics: 1984 and 1994

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are famous for their Olympic Gold Medal. They won Gold in the Ice Dance Competition at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.

They skated to a piece of music called Bolero by Ravel and scored a perfect score achieving twelve 6.0s from the judges. Something which has never again been achieved

After a successful professional career, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to the Winter Olympics in 1994 ten years after they had won Gold!

At Lillehammer 1994 they performed Face the Music and won the Olympic Bronze Medal among controversy from those who thought they should have won Gold.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher have both been awarded an OBE from the Queen!Jayne Torvill and Christopher have been British Champions seven times, European Champions four times and World Champions four times! Some of their famous routines are Mack and Mabel, Barnum, Oscar Tango, Cecelia and EncounterJayne Torvill and Christopher have both elected into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1989Jayne Torvill and Christopher have recorded an album of songs called Here We Stand. It was only released in Australia!

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are my heroes because they achieved PERFECT at the Olympic Games. Their routine of Bolero is famous and very inspiring. I love watching all their old routines as they made every routine perfect.

They changed the face of their sport with new and creative ideas, were extremely hard working and are great role models for British sport.

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