Robin Cousins
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British former competitive figure skater
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1957-08-17 ) 17 August 1957 (age 68) , Bristol , England
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Skating club
- Queen's Ice Club London Bristol Ice Dance and Figure Skating Club
- Retired
- 1980 (amateur), 1997 (professional)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bristol
- Occupation
- figure skater
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- figure skating
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- 2011 - Dancing on Ice (Manchester Evening News Arena) Christopher Biggins, Robin Cousins & Karen Barber (5677965364) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 183
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- competition won
- figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – men
- date of birth
- 1957-08-17
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Commons category
- Robin Cousins
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Figure Skating
- trained by
- Carlo Fassi
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Robin John Cousins (born 17 August 1957) is a British former competitive figure skater who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He was the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist (1978–1980) and four-time British national champion (1977–1980), winning all of these titles during his amateur career. He followed this with a successful career as a professional figure skater and later starred in ice shows as well as producing several of his own. He is able to spin in either direction, both clockwise and anti-clockwise, which is an unusual skill for a figure skater.
Off the ice, Cousins commentates on figure skating events for the BBC and was head judge on ITV's Dancing on Ice show from 2006 to 2014. He has also appeared in theatre productions, including the West End.
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