Robin Cousins won gold in men's singles figure skating at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
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The USA won their only Gold medal in the 1980 Olympics, commonly referred to as the "Miracle on Ice".
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In figure skating, the list of Olympic Gold Medal winners from Great Britain is short. British men won back-to-back titles with John Curry winning in 1976, and Robin Cousins in 1980. Jeannette Altwegg was the ladies' champion in 1952. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, undoubtedly the most famous British figure skaters of all time, won the ice dancing medal in 1984. As of 2014, no British team has ever won the Olympic Gold Medal in pairs skating.
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