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Christopher Colin Dean
Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Early life Dean grew up in Calverton, Nottinghamshire. When he was six, his mother left and his father remarried. Dean never talked about this with his father or stepmother, both of whom have died. He has regained contact with his mother. From 1974 to 1980, he was a police constable with Nottinghamshire Police. Skating career Dean began to skate at the age of 10 after he received a pair of skates as a Christmas present. His parents were keen ballroom dancers. At school he was captain of the football team and he saw ice skating as a sport that was athletic and graceful. Dean's first ice partner was Sandra Elson. They began skating together when he was 14 and competed as ice dancers for a few years under their instructor Len Sayward. However, despite becoming Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1981 World Figure Skating Championships, was 71st edition of World Figure Skating Championship were held in Hartford, Connecticut, United States from March 3 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The ISU Representative was Olaf Poulsen and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič. The judging system was modified since 1980. For the singles events, the short program was worth 20% and the free skating 50% while the value of compulsory figures was reduced to 30% of the final result. The rank in each category was multiplied with a factor and these three numbers were added to the total score. The factor for the compulsory figures was 0.6, for the short program 0.4 and for the free skating 1.0. The rank within these three categories were judged according to the 6.0-judging system. In pairs, the short program had the factor 0.4 and the free skating 1.0. The ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torvill And Dean
Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) are English ice dancers and former British Ice Figure and Dance Championships, British, European Figure Skating Championships, European, Figure skating at the Olympic Games, Olympic, and World Figure Skating Championships, World champions. At the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics the pair won gold and became the highest-scoring figure skating, figure skaters of all time for a single programme, receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge, after skating to Maurice Ravel's ''Boléro''. One of the List of most-watched television broadcasts#Most-watched special events, most-watched television events ever in the United Kingdom, their 1984 Olympics performance was watched by a British television audience of more than 24 million people. The pair turned professional following the 1984 World Championships, regaining amateur status briefly ten years later in 1994 to compete in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 - Dancing On Ice (Manchester Evening News Arena) Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (5677724923)
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Len Sayward
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Nottinghamshire Police
Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands area of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million. The force headquarters are at Arnold. As of April 2022, the force had 2,238 police officers, 1,465 police staff including PCSOs, around 163 special constables, 113 police support volunteers, 19 student placement volunteers and 131 police cadets. The chief constable is Kate Meynell, appointed from nearby Derbyshire Constabulary in December 2022, who followed Craig Guildford, in-post since February 2017. Nottinghamshire Police Authority, which governed the force, was disbanded in November 2012, when the first Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner was elected. Police area The police area covers the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, which contains the following local authorities: Map showing Local Authorities wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
''Kate Garraway's Life Stories'' (formerly known as ''Piers Morgan's Life Stories'' until 2021) is a British television chat show on ITV1, presented by Kate Garraway and was formerly presented by Piers Morgan. Recorded in front of a studio audience, each episode is devoted to one celebrity guest. Episodes are filmed at Television Centre (although they were previously made at Teddington Studios and The London Studios) between one and two weeks before being broadcast on television. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that Morgan was leaving the show and would be replaced by Kate Garraway, his final guest. Episode guide Transmissions Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Series 7 Series 8 Series 9 Series 10 Series 11 Series 12 Series 13 Series 14 Series 15 Series 16 Series 17 Series 18 Series 19 Series 20 *Piers Morgan’s final series as host. Series 21 *Kate Garraway’s first series as host. Special episodes Three s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1994 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A .... Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20081026042005/http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/euromen1990.html * http://eiskunstlaufecke.com/archiv/1993-94/eem94.shtml {{European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships, 1994 European Figure Skating Championships, 1994 European Figure Skating Championships Figure skating in Denmark January 1994 sports events in Europe 1990s in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1984 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Budapest, Hungary. Elite skaters from European International Skating Union, ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of Single skating, men's singles, Single skating, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links results {{European Figure Skating Championships 1984 in figure skating, European Figure Skating Championships, 1984 1984 in Hungarian sport, European Figure Skating Championships, 1984 European Figure Skating Championships International figure skating competitions hosted by Hungary International sports competitions in Budapest 1980s in Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1982 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Lyon, France, from February 2 to 7, 1982. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac .... Results Men Ladies Witt was 6th in the compulsory figures and first in the technical program and free skating. Kristofics-Binder won the figures and was third in the technical and the free, with Leistner second in the free. Pairs This was the first Europeans in 17 years that was not won by a pair from the Soviet Union. Vorobieva & Lisovsky won the short program over Baess & Thierbach. Ice dancing References External links results {{Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1981 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Olympia Hall in Innsbruck, Austria from February 3 to 8, 1981. Figure skaters competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Panel of judges: * Mary Groombridge * Tatiana Danilenko * Walburga Grimm * Gerhardt Bubnik * Walter Hüttner * Marianne Huguenin * Alain Calmat * Maria Zuchowicz * Björn Elwin Substitute judge: * Heinz Müllenbach Ladies * Referee: Sonia Bianchetti * Assistant Referee: Elemér Terták Panel of judges: * Pamela Davis * Ludwig Gassner * Ingrid Linke * Liudmila Kubashevskaia * Elsbeth Bon * Eva von Gamm * Radovan Lipovšćak * Giovanni De Mori * Leena Vainio Substitute judge: * Jürg Wilhelm Pairs Panel of judges: * Monique Petis * Jürg Wilhelm * Pamela Davis * Günter Teichmann * Eva von Gamm * Władysław Koł ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. The first European Championships was held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany and featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors, all men from Germany and Austria. It has been, other than five periods, held continuously since 1891, and has been sanctioned by the ISU since 1893. Women were allowed to compete for the first time in 1930, which is also the first time pairs skating was added to the competition. Ice dance was added in 1954. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe can compete, and skaters must have reached at least the age of 15 before July 1 preceding the competition. ISU member count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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