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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Entertainment
Katherine Heslop & Robert Mann

Inside Nottingham's Christopher Dean's family life and past romances

Christopher Dean has been involved in popular show Dancing on Ice since 2006, alongside his Olympic partner Jayne Torvill. The skating double act, who scooped gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics, are a couple on ice, but they have actually never been an item.

When they were teenagers however, they did once share a kiss on the back of a bus, but nothing else romantic occurred between them, as reported by The Mirror. Jayne has been married to her husband Phil Christensen for more than 25 years, and 64-year-old Christopher, from Calverton, Nottinghamshire, has been in a relationship with Dancing on Ice coach Karen Barber for over ten years.

However, Christopher's love life has not always been smooth sailing. Between 1991 and 1993, he was married to French-Canadian World ice dance champion Isabelle Duchesnay, however, they divorced as Isabelle was always jealous of skating partner Jayne, calling her the "other women in their marriage".

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