Staggering sum Torvill and Dean have banked revealed as they retire from ice skating
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TORVILL and Dean have scored a Perfect 10 after banking a whopping £5million bonanza as they retire from ice skating.
The pair performed together for the final time last weekend as they wrapped up their farewell tour in their hometown of Nottingham.
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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean received 12 perfect 6.0 scores to win gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
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Fresh accounts for Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's skating company Waikiki Limited show they are in great shape off the ice too, after amassing assets of £5m including £620,000 cash in the bank.
The accounts, covering the year to 27 October 2024, showed a huge increase of £542,000 compared to the previous year.
That works out at earnings of over £10,000 a week.
Christopher, 66, and Jayne, 67, were coaches on Dancing On Ice from 2006 until it ended the first time around in 2014.
When the ITV show returned in 2018, they became head judges on the panel alongside Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse.
It was confirmed in March that the ITV show had been shelved with no plans for a new series.
Former Dancing On Ice pro Alex Murphy suggested Torvill and Dean's plans to retire might have had something to do with the show being axed.
She told The Sun: 'Torvill and Dean are national treasures. They are fantastic people, and the most iconic skaters in the skating world as a whole, not just England, and I think Britain sometimes doesn't recognise that, or even notice that they are iconic to the world.
'So it's their show. I just love that. It's their show. So whenever they're ready, I think, then that's when it will go.'
The pair, both from Nottingham, first partnered in 1975 and have skated together ever since.
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Their competitive career culminated in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo where the 12 perfect 6.0 scores, a feat that secured them the gold medal and captivated 24 million British television viewers.
After turning professional, they embarked on successful world tours and created numerous ice shows.
A change in Olympic rules allowed them to return for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where they earned a bronze medal.
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