Jayne Torvill is a British ice dancer born October 7, 1957, in Clifton, Nottingham, who skated in partnership with Christopher Dean. Together they won Olympic gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Games and Olympic bronze at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, were four time World Champions from 1981 to 1984, and won multiple European and seven British titles. Their 1984 Sarajevo free dance to Ravel's Bolero earned twelve perfect 6.0 marks from the judges and remains one of the most celebrated performances in British sporting history.
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Career HighlightWith skating partner Christopher Dean, won Olympic gold in ice dance at the 1984 Winter Olympics and bronze at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 1 Classification
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How many perfect 6.0 scores did Torvill and Dean earn?
They earned twelve sixes at the 1984 Olympics and thirteen at the 1984 World Championships.
The run of perfect marks began at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, where all nine judges gave Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean 6.0 for artistic impression with their interpretation of Barnum. At the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics their Bolero drew sixes for artistic impression from all nine judges, and their total of twelve sixes for the whole competition broke all previous records. Four weeks later, at the World Championships in Ottawa, they won their fourth successive world title with a total of thirteen sixes, bettering the record they had just set at the Olympics.
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Dame Jayne Christensen (née Torvill; born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor.
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is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor.
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The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists.
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Dame Jayne Christensen (née Torvill; born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor.
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The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists.
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The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists.
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Dame Jayne Christensen (née Torvill; born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor.
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