Before Torvill & Dean came along, Betty Callaway was already established as one of the top ice dance coaches in Europe. In the early 1970's she guided the West German brother and sister team of Angelica & Erich Buck to four World medals and a shock European title in 1972 where they beat Pakhomova & Gorshkov for the title in one of ice dancing's biggest upsets. They were well known for their highlights, including the underarm travelling broken leg sit spin and were recently the subject of a retrospective on the wonderful history blog Skateguard:

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The commentator is Dr Eva Pawlik of Austria; the 1948 Olympic silver medallist, 1949 European champion and the first female skater to become a commentator.

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