Roy A. Barnes is a freelance writer who lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Besides Skatefic.com, his literary works have appeared at such print and online publications as The First Line and e-clips.
Ice Castles blossomed
'Round nineteen seventy-eight
Onto films' wide screens
Lexie graced the rinks
'til her reckless triple-jump
—Lake Placid vanquished
With Nick's lasting love
Lexie's gold quest re-sprouted:
Blindness overcome
It is virtually impossible to think of British figure skater Christopher Dean without thinking about his performance with ice dance partner Jayne Torvill at the 1984 Winter Olympics. With their stirring performance to "Bolero," Torvill and Dean became the first non-Russian couple to win the Olympic gold medal in ice dancing and the first team ever to receive perfect presentation scores from all judges.
The four-time world champions went on to a highly successful professional figure skating career, which they briefly interrupted to compete in the 1994 Olympics. In a controversial decision, they placed third. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inducted Torvill and Dean as members in 1989, and the two were named Officers of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
Nowadays, Dean is a sought-after figure skating choreographer. He has been involved with the Stars on Ice Tour for several years and is serving as both choreographer and co-director this season. He also has created several competitive routines for both ice dancers and singles figure skaters over the past few years, including Michelle Kwan's 2004-05 long program to "Bolero."
Since 1994, Dean has been married to 1990 ladies world figure skating champion Jill Trenary. They have two sons. Dean's first wife was Canadian-born ice dancer Isabelle Duchesnay who, with her brother Paul, won a Gold medal for France at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships.
Christopher Dean was their choreographer.
—Beth Braccio Hering
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