CHRISTOPHER Dean returned as a judge for Dancing On Ice 2021.
But how old is the pro skater and when did he win a Winter Olympic gold with Jayne Torvill?
Christopher Dean, 62, was born in Nottinghamshire.
Despite his impressive skating achievements, Chris admitted his body isn’t quite as limber as it was during the Olympic golden years.
Chris told The Mirror: “The knees don’t bend quite as deeply as they used to. I think I have arthritis in my knees. I just manage it.
“I can still skate, paracetamol helps. I’m pretty reckless – I’ll deal with it later.”
His net worth is estimated at £5million, while Jane Torvill’s is estimated at £6million.
People often think Torvill and Dean are a couple but the duo insists they only briefly snogged as teenagers and never got together.
Jayne has been married to husband Phil Christensen for the past 25 years while Christopher lives in Colorado Springs, America with his partner and Dancing On Ice head coach Karen Barber.
Christopher was previously married to the French Canadian skater Isabelle Duchesnay from 1991 to 1993.
From 1994 to 2010 he was married to American skater Jill Trenary with whom he has two sons – Jack Robert and Sam Colin.
It has been over 30 years since the world’s most famous ice skating pair stunned the crowds and took home an Olympic gold.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean got a perfect score from the judges in 1984 on Valentine’s Day when they performed Ravel’s Bolero at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics.
They received 12 perfect scores of 6.0, with sixes from all nine judges for artistic impression – a feat which had never been seen before.
