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Robin Cousins

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Robin Cousins is a British former competitive figure skater who won the men's singles gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He was also the 1980 European champion, a three-time world medalist from 1978 to 1980 and a four-time British national champion, and he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He later skated professionally, starred in and produced ice shows and appeared in West End theatre. As a broadcaster he commentates on figure skating for the BBC, and he was head judge on the television show Dancing on Ice from 2006 to 2014.

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Birth Year
1957 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
1 1
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Figure Skating, Sports
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is a British former competitive figure skater
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1. Olympedia: Olympedia: Robin Cousins
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  • Biographical information, born
    Born 17 August 1957 in Bristol, England GBR
  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Male
  • Medals, Olympic Games total
    Total 1
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Robin Cousins (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, nationality
    is a British former competitive figure skater
  • Plays: Figure Skating, Lead, sport
    is a British former competitive figure skater
  • Competed In: 1980 Winter Olympics, Lead, Olympic Games 1980
    He was the 1980 Olympic champion
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