Nicholas Buckland

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Nicholas Buckland
2011 Cup of China Penny Coomes Nicholas Buckland 2.jpg
Coomes and Buckland skate their short dance at the 2011 Cup of China
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 35)
Nottingham, England
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Partner Penny Coomes
Former partner Georgia Robinson
Coach Igor Shpilband
Former coach Evgeni Platov, Philip Askew, Neil Chilcott
Choreographer Philip Askew
Former choreographer Zhanna Palagina
Skating club National Ice Centre Nottingham
Igloo Ice Rink NJ
Training locations Novi, Michigan
Former training locations New Jersey
Nottingham
Began skating 1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 158.69
2014 Europeans
Short dance 63.66
2013 Worlds
Free dance 98.47
2014 Rostelecom Cup
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  United Kingdom
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Budapest Ice dancing

Nicholas Buckland (born 9 June 1989) is an English ice dancer who represents the United Kingdom. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2014 European bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also three-time British national champions (2012–2014) and competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Nicholas Buckland was born on 9 June 1989 in Nottingham, England.[1]:{{{3}}} He studied law at Nottingham Trent University.[2]:{{{3}}} His grandfather, Bryan Grummitt, was a speed skater and his grandmother, Jean, an ice dancer.[3]:{{{3}}}[4]:{{{3}}} His younger brother, Joseph, is also a competitive ice dancer.[5]:{{{3}}} Coomes and Buckland have stated that they are in a relationship.[6]:{{{3}}}

Career

Buckland began skating at age two after his grandparents took him to Nottingham Ice Stadium.[7]:{{{3}}}[3]:{{{3}}}

Seasons: 2005–06 to 2009–10

Buckland teamed up with Penny Coomes in 2005, having met her at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.[2]:{{{3}}} In the 2007–08 season, Coomes injured her foot in a collision with another skater at the British Championships.[8]:{{{3}}} Told it was not broken, she and Buckland went on to win the national junior title. Three months later, a scan indicated a broken cuboid bone, leading to a bone graft and reconstructive surgery.[8]:{{{3}}}[9]:{{{3}}}

Coomes/Buckland made their senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy, placing 9th. Their season ended after Coomes sustained a head injury in a fall on the ice.[10]:{{{3}}} In the 2009–10 season, they placed 9th at the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, and fourth at the 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They won the silver medal at the British Championships and then won the bronze medal at the 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Coomes/Buckland trained at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham until December 2009 when they moved to New Jersey to train with coach Evgeni Platov.[3]:{{{3}}}[11]:{{{3}}} Along with Sinead Kerr / John Kerr, they were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[10]:{{{3}}} On 13 February 2010, Buckland began experiencing symptoms of tachycardia.[12]:{{{3}}} He and Coomes finished 20th at the Olympics.

Seasons: 2010–11 to 2013–14

In the 2010–11 season, they withdrew from their national championships after a fall in training resulted in a sprained ligament in Coomes' left knee.[13]:{{{3}}} The two finished 14th at the European Championships and 16th at the World Championships.

In 2011–12, Coomes/Buckland placed fourth at their Grand Prix event, the 2011 Cup of China, before winning silver at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb and gold at the MNNT Cup. The duo ranked sixth at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England.[14]:{{{3}}} They placed 14th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. Coomes sustained a back and hip injury in Nice.[15]:{{{3}}}

In 2012–13, they were fifth at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb and 13th at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario. In July 2013, a device was implanted under Buckland's skin in order to monitor his heart rhythm.[16]:{{{3}}}

In 2013–14, Coomes/Buckland won gold at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in Bratislava.[17]:{{{3}}} Following the event, Buckland was informed that he needed an operation due to readings of up to 270–280 beats per minute. In November 2013, a nerve in his heart was cauterized in a successful procedure leading to normal functioning of his heart.[12]:{{{3}}}[16]:{{{3}}} Coomes/Buckland went on to win the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. They placed tenth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[18]:{{{3}}}

2014–15 season

Coomes/Buckland began the 2014–15 season with gold medals at the 2014 International Cup of Nice and NRW Trophy. In November, they were awarded the first Grand Prix medal of their career, bronze at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup. At their next GP event, the 2014 NHK Trophy, they placed second in the short dance but sixth in the free dance, slipping to fifth overall. In late January 2015, Coomes/Buckland placed tenth in the short dance at the European Championships in Stockholm. They withdrew prior to the next segment, Buckland having fallen ill with gastroenteritis.[19]:{{{3}}}[20]:{{{3}}} Coomes developed an illness in the third week of March, resulting in her hospitalization and the team's withdrawal from the 2015 World Championships, to be held in Shanghai the following week.[20]:{{{3}}} Back at the United Kingdom, she was diagnosed as nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.[21]:{{{3}}}

2015–16 season

In May, Coomes/Buckand announced that they were going be coached by Igor Shpilband in Michigan. This change was due to a directive by UK Sport, their funding agency.[21]:{{{3}}} In October, they won silver at Ondrej Nepela Trophy, their first medal at a ISU Challenger Series competition.[22]:{{{3}}}

Programs

(with Coomes)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[23]:{{{3}}}[24]:{{{3}}}
  • Exogenesis Part 1
    by Muse
  • Hurricanes and Butterflies
    by Muse
2014–2015
[1]:{{{3}}}
  • Flamenco: Malagdena & Poeta
  • Paso doble: Poeta en el Mar
  • Exogenesis Part 1
    by Muse
  • Hurricanes and Butterflies
    by Muse
2013–2014
[25]:{{{3}}}[26]:{{{3}}}		 Immortal
by Michael Jackson:
2012–2013
[27]:{{{3}}}
  • Polka: Scalliwag
    by Gaelic Storm
  • Waltz: Stolen Kiss
    by Niamh Fahy
  • Polka: Rhythms of the Fall
2011–2012
[28]:{{{3}}}
2010–2011
[29]:{{{3}}}		 The Lion King:
Original dance
2009–2010
[30]:{{{3}}}[31]:{{{3}}}		 Irish folk dance:
  • Reel Around the Sun
  • The Countess Cathleen
    by Bill Whelan
2007–2008
[32]:{{{3}}}
  • Spanish flamenco

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Coomes

International[22]:{{{3}}}
Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Olympics 20th 10th
Worlds 16th 14th 13th 9th WD
Europeans 16th 14th 6th 5th 3rd WD
GP Bompard 7th 4th
GP Cup of China 4th
GP NHK Trophy 8th 6th 5th 5th
GP Rostelecom 7th 3rd
GP Skate America 8th
CS Nepela Trophy 4th 4th 1st 2nd
Bavarian Open 1st
Cup of Nice 3rd 1st
Finlandia 9th
Golden Spin WD 3rd 2nd
Ice Challenge 9th
MNNT Cup 1st
NRW Trophy 1st
U.S. Classic 5th
Universiade 15th
International: Junior[22]:{{{3}}}
JGP Germany 13th
JGP U.K. 10th
National[22]:{{{3}}}
British Champ. 5th J. 2nd J. 1st J. 2nd WD 1st 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 10th T
(7th P)
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result

References

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