Torvill and Dean have hung up their skates for the last time after a final performance of Bolero on Saturday.

Christopher Dean, 66, said it had been ‘wonderful’ to ‘bow out on a high’ with his ice dancing partner Jayne Torvill, 67.

The Dancing on Ice duo took their place in British sporting history when they won gold at the 1984 Winter Games ice skating to Ravel’s Bolero at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo.

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The pair confirmed their retirement from skating together in 2024, 40 years on from their Olympic success.

In April, they embarked on the UK leg of their farewell tour, Torvill And Dean: Our Last Dance, which culminated with four performances in their home town of Nottingham.

Following their final performance together, Dean said: ‘The performance went well and the audience were amazing and so, for us, to be able to bow out on a high like that was wonderful.’

Asked if it had been emotional, he added: ‘These last four performances here in Nottingham, the early ones were quite emotional and I think I sort of got that out of me, and tonight, it was a high.’

‘We enjoyed it so much. The skating was good from our point of view, but the audience were phenomenal. They were the best audience ever.’

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Torvill and Dean have hung up their skates for the last time after a final performance of Bolero on Saturday. Christopher Dean , 66, said it had been ‘wonderful’ to ‘bow out on a high’ with his ice dancing partner Jayne Torvill , 67

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The Dancing on Ice duo took their place in British sporting history when they won gold at the 1984 Winter Games ice skating to Ravel’s Bolero at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo (pictured)

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The pair confirmed their retirement from skating together in 2024, 40 years on from their Olympic success

Torvill, 67, said: ‘I think we’ll miss it. When you’ve done all these shows like this, and you’re suddenly home, not doing anything, you miss that adrenaline rush and you miss the excitement of being on the ice, whether it’s a practice session or a performance.’

She added that they would continue to work together on other projects but said they will not be skating on the ice together.

Posting a video of their last dance together, the pair said the performance would ‘forever be in our hearts’.

The pair became household names after their gold medal-winning performance at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984.

They became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme.

They also had success at the World, European and British Championships and returned to the Winter Games at Lillehammer in Norway in 1994 where they won bronze.

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Following their final performance together, Dean said: ‘The performance went well and the audience were amazing and so, for us, to be able to bow out on a high like that was wonderful’

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The pair became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme. They also had success at the World, European and British Championships and returned to the Winter Games at Lillehammer in Norway in 1994 where they won bronze

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In April, they embarked on the UK leg of their farewell tour, Torvill And Dean: Our Last Dance, which culminated with four performances in their home town of Nottingham

After they bowed out from competitive skating, they branched out into touring, coaching and choreographing before becoming the faces of celebrity competition show Dancing On Ice, which ran from 2006 until 2014.

When the show was revived in 2018 they became head judges until earlier this year when ITV announced it would be rested.

Last week, the Olympic gold medallists unveiled a newly updated tram in their name to celebrate 50 years of dancing together.

While a rink at the National Ice Centre was also officially named after them and a blue plaque marking their final performance together at the centre was revealed.