Christopher Dean Net Worth

What is Christopher Dean's Net Worth?

Christopher Dean is a British ice dancer who has a net worth of $7 million. Christopher Dean is best known for his career partnership with fellow British ice dancer Jayne Torvill, with whom he won numerous British, European, and World Championships and two Olympic medals. The duo is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice dancing teams in history.

Early Life and Education

Christopher Dean was born on July 27, 1958 in Calverton, England. His parents separated when he was still young, and he never communicated with his mother again. At the age of 10, Dean began ice skating after receiving a pair of skates for Christmas. His first ice dancing partner, at the age of 14, was Sandra Elson; they competed together under instructor Len Sayward for a few years and became British Junior Dance champions. However, they eventually split up due to tensions between them. In 1974, Dean left school and joined the Nottinghamshire Police. He was forced to balance his police cadet training with his ice skating sessions. Dean left the police in 1980.

Torvill and Dean

Dean achieved the majority of his career successes with ice dancing partner Jayne Torvill. The pair became a team in 1975, winning the Northern Championships that season. In the 1978-79 season, they won their first of seven consecutive British Championships. The next season, Torvill and Dean came in second for the NHK Trophy. In 1980-81, the pair dominated both national and international competition by winning the British, European, and World Championships; they would repeat that trifecta again the very next season. In 1982-83, Torvill and Dean again won the British and World Championships, but withdrew from the Europeans. They went on to have arguably their best season in 1983-84, winning the British, European, and World Championships and also claiming the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. In their Olympics free program, danced to Maurice Ravel's "Boléro," Torvill and Dean received the only all-perfect score in Winter Olympics ice dancing history.

Following their gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Torvill and Dean turned professional. They went on to win the 1984 World Professional Championships, their first of five. In 1990, the pair won their first of three Challenge of Champions. After the International Skating Union relaxed its rules for professional skaters to compete at the Olympics, Torvill and Dean were able to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. There, they won the bronze medal, capping off a season that saw them win their final British and European Championships. Torvill and Dean returned to professional competition in 1995 and swept the table by winning the World Professional Championships, Challenge of Champions, and World Team Championship. The pair completed that trifecta again in 1996. Over the subsequent years, Torvill and Dean went on tour and also choreographed for other ice dancers. They officially retired as a team in 1998, but have made various appearances together since then, most notably as judges on the ITV show "Dancing on Ice." Torvill and Dean skated together once last time during their UK tour in 2025.

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Solo Activities

Dean has done many solo activities outside his partnership with Torvill. He has toured with Stars on Ice, choreographed various dances for both the ice and the stage, and collaborated with Patricia Rozema and cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the video "Inspired by Bach: Six Gestures." In 2018, Dean choreographed the free program for Germany's pair skating duo Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang; the duo ended up winning the gold medal with a world record.

Personal Life

Dean married his first wife, French-Canadian ice dancer Isabelle Duchesnay, in 1991. That year, she won the World Championships with her brother Paul. Dean and Duchesnay divorced in 1993, and Dean subsequently married World Champion figure skater Jill Trenary in 1994. They had two sons named Jack and Sam, and resided in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The pair divorced in 2010. The following year, Dean began dating fellow British ice dancer Karen Barber.

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