Janet Anne Sawbridge (1947 – 5 March 2021) was a British

ice dance 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 ...

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coach. Partnered with David Hickinbottom, she won bronze at the

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and silver at the 1965 World Figure Skating Championships. Partnered with

Jon Lane Jon Philip Lane (born 17 August 1949) is a British ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Janet Sawbridge, he is the 1968 World Figure Skating Championships, 1968 World bronze medalist and a two-time European medalist (silver in 1969 Euro ...

, she won bronze at the

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. As a coach, she was known for pairing

Jayne Torvill Jayne Torvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the ...

and

Christopher 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 u ...

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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 Wor ...

Competitive highlights

With David Hickinbottom

With Jon Lane

With Peter Dalby

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawbridge, Janet 1947 births 2021 deaths British female ice dancers Members of the Order of the British Empire