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| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born | 1 March 1973 |
Frankie Poultney (born 1 March 1973) is a professional British adagio ice skater, who is a long standing member of the Dancing on Ice professional team.
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Poultney started skating at the age of ten, and at 18 she got a job as a chorus girl in a French ice show. She is originally from Sheffield in South Yorkshire (Great Britain), and loves traditional meals such as roast dinner, sausage and mash, fish and chips, and bread and butter pudding.
In 2007 Poultney partnered English footballer Lee Sharpe, and they made it to week seven, giving them a credible fifth place in the competition.
In series three she was paired with Hollyoaks actor Chris Fountain.[1] Out of ten weeks they had the highest score on the leader board ever in Dancing On Ice. In the final, Fountain and Poultney competed against Zaraah Abrahams and Suzanne Shaw. Before the final two performed their boléro routines, Zaraah Abrahams and her professional partner Fred Palascak were eliminated, leaving Poultney and Fountain to compete against Shaw and her professional partner Matt Evers. In a controversial public vote Poultney and Fountain finished in second position.
Poultney appeared in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice, this time partnering British rugby legend Ellery Hanley. In week one, Hanley and Poultney came second place on the leaderboard with 17.5 (out of a maximum 30) points. In week two of the competition, they battled against Jeremy Edwards and Darya Nucci. They proceeded to week three with a clean sweep vote in the skate-off. Todd Carty, and professional partner Susie Lipanova, faced Poultney and Hanley in the week four skate-off, with Poultney and Hanley surviving with four votes to one. However, in week five they were not as successful. The couple were again in the skate off, this time against Melinda Messenger and her partner Fred Palascak, and lost by four votes to one.
In series five Poultney was paired with former Coronation Street star Danny Young, who was eliminated in 5th position against Kieron Richardson and Brianne Delcourt in the week 10 skate-off.
In series six Poultney's partner was BBC Radio 1 breakfast show funny man "Comedy Dave" Vitty. For this series she was only known by her first name. 'Comedy Dave & Frankie' survived the qualifying and the first 3 weeks, but in Week 4 they competed against Kerry Katona and her professional partner Daniel Whiston. They were eliminated from the show by a 2 to 1 judges vote.