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How old are Torvill and Dean now? Olympic skating legends set for Dancing on Ice performance

Dancing on Ice continues its new series on Sunday and the show just wouldn't be the same without its two most famous skating stars, Torvill & Dean, who will be taking to the ice to perform a special routine,.

At the Sarajevo Winter Olympics the pair won gold and became the highest scoring 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 Bolero.

Torvill & Dean have been in the limelight for close to four decades now although you wouldn’t tell by looking at them on Dancing on Ice.

They've been heading up the judging panel alongside newcomer Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo and run the rule over the skating abilities of this year's Dancing on Ice line-up.

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In 2021, for the first time in the show's history they were separated by perspex screens due to coronavirus restrictions and didn't skate together live until the final, won by Capital host Sonny Jay.

How old are Torvill and Dean?

Born on October 7, 1957 in Nottingham, Jayne is now 65, while Chris, while born on July 29, 1958 in Calverton, Chris is slightly younger at 64.

Jayne and Chris’ iconic Bolero took hop top honours in 1984. They also won a bronze ten years later.

The ITV drama about them which was a big hit at Christmas a few years ago, was by Made in Dagenham writer William Ivory and told the lesser-known back-story to the pair's famous achievements which peaked with their unbeatable performance to Boléro.

And it also explored how the single-minded creative process which spurred them on to greatness.

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