Torvill & Dean
Subtitle: our life on ice, the autobiography
Contributors: Dean, Christopher, 1958-
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Magna Large Print, imprint of Library Magna Books Ltd.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Long Preston, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780750541541
Subjects: Ice dancers; Biography; Figure skaters; Fiction; Skating; Patineurs artistiques; Romans, nouvelles; Patinage; Biographies
Description: When Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kneeled down together on the ice in Sarajevo in February 1984 for the start of their famous Bolero routine, more than 24 million people in Britain tuned in to watch them to see if they could win Olympic gold. Four minutes and 28 seconds later, the crowd went wild, and the judges scored them with 12 perfect 6.0s. It was an unforgettable and brilliant performance that made national heroes of them. But what was the real story behind their extraordinary feat? Now, in their definitive memoir, Torvill and Dean relive the drama and hard work that came from reaching the Olympic summit.
Notes: When Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kneeled down together on the ice in Sarajevo in February 1984 for the start of their famous Bolero routine, more than 24 million people in Britain tuned in to watch them to see if they could win Olympic gold. Four minutes and 28 seconds later, the crowd went wild, and the judges scored them with 12 perfect 6.0s. It was an unforgettable and brilliant performance that made national heroes of them. But what was the real story behind their extraordinary feat? Now, in their definitive memoir, Torvill and Dean relive the drama and hard work that came from reaching the Olympic summit.