Famous British athletes

POSTED: 02:36 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012

With the 2012 Summer Olympics games about to kick off in London, join us for a look at some of the most famous British athletes ever.

British athletes - Torvill and Dean — 20 / 33

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Ice dancing pair Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

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