Coomes and Buckland skate their short dance at the 2011 Cup of China |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Nicholas Buckland |
| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born | 9 June 1989 Nottingham |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Partner | Penny Coomes |
| Former partner | Georgia Robinson |
| Coach | Evgeny Platov |
| Former coach | Neil Chilcott Philip Askew |
| Choreographer | Philip Askew |
| Skating club | National Ice Centre Nottingham |
| Current training locations | New Jersey Nottingham |
| Began skating | 1991 |
| World standing | 17 (As of 17 June 2011[update])[1] |
| Season's bests | 32 (2010–2011)[2] 52 (2009–2010)[3] |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 126.29 2011 Worlds |
| Short dance: | 53.89 2011 Cup of China |
| Free dance | 74.54 2011 Worlds |
Nicholas Buckland (born 9 June 1989 in Nottingham, England) is an English ice dancer who represents Great Britain. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2010 British silver medalist. Along with John and Sinead Kerr, they were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics finishing in 20th position.[4]
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Buckland teamed up with Penny Coomes in 2005. They made their senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy, where they placed 9th.
In the 2009-2010 season, they placed 9th at the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, and 4th at the 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial after placing second in the compulsory dance segment. They won the silver medal at the 2010 British Figure Skating Championships. In December, they won the bronze medal at the 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb.
They are ranked second overall in the NISA National Rankings 2009/2010.
They moved to train with coach Evgeny Platov in December 2009. They train mostly in New Jersey.[5]
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2011–2012[5] | Viva Elvis by Cirque du Soleil |
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| 2010–2011 |
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The Lion King:
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| 2009–2010 | Irish folk dance
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(with Penny Coomes)
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 20th | ||||||
| World Championships | 16th | ||||||
| European Championships | 16th | 14th | |||||
| British Championships | 5th J. | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 2nd | WD | 1st | |
| Cup of China | 4th | ||||||
| Skate America | 8th | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 8th | ||||||
| Coupe de Nice | 3rd | ||||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | WD | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 9th | ||||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 4th | 4th | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 15th | ||||||
| Ice Challenge | 9th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 13th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain | 10th | ||||||
| J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | |||||||