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- Jayne Torvill was born on October 7, 1957 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Target Stars on Ice (2002) and Target Stars on Ice (2001). She has been married to Phil Christensen since September 1990. They have two children.
- SpousePhil Christensen(September 1990 - present) (2 children)
- She and her skating partner, Christopher Dean, were both awarded the MBEs (Members of the Order of British Empire) in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours List for their services to figure skating.
- She and her skating partner, Christopher Dean, were both awarded the OBEs (Officers of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's New Years Honours List for their services to figure skating.
- Won an Olympic Gold Medal with skating partner Christopher Dean at the 1984 Winter Olympic in Sarajevo. They became the highest scoring ice skaters in the competition scoring nine 6.0s for artistic impression for their skate to Ravel's Bolero, a score never seen before or since.
- She is married to Phil Christensen, a sound engineer, since 1990. They have two adopted children, a son Kieran and a daughter Jessica.
- Her phone's ring tone plays a snippet of Maurice Ravel's "Boléro", a classical composition that she and ice-skating partner Christopher Dean danced to on the occasion of their spectacular Winter Olympic victory in Sarajevo (1984).
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