Graham Newberry
| Graham Newberry | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born |
June 7, 1998 Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Coach | Christian Newberry |
| Skating club | Lee Valley London |
| Training locations | London, England |
| Former training locations | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Began skating | 2000 |
Graham Newberry (born June 7, 1998) is a British figure skater. He is a two-time British national junior champion and reached the free skate at two World Junior Championships.[1]
Personal life
Graham Newberry was born June 7, 1998 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[2] He has dual British and American citizenship.[3] He is the son of Christian Newberry, the 1989 British senior champion, and brother of Jack Newberry, the 2012 British junior bronze medalist.[4]
Career
Newberry competed on the novice level in the 2011–12 season and moved up to the junior level the following season. At the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival, he placed third in both segments but came in fourth overall.
In the 2013–14 season, Newberry received his first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments; he placed tenth in Mexico City and fifth in Ostrava. After winning the British junior title, he was sent to the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he qualified for the free skate. Ranked 21st in the short and 17th in the free, he finished 19th overall at the competition, held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Coached by his father, he trained at Twin Ponds in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania until the end of the season.[5]
In mid-2014, Newberry began training in London, England, where he continued to be coached by his father.[2] In his second JGP season, he placed seventh in Ostrava and sixth in Zagreb. Making his senior international debut, he finished eighth at the Volvo Open Cup, an ISU Challenger Series in November 2014. In February 2015, he won the senior silver medal at the Jegvirag Cup in Hungary. At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, he placed 23rd in the short, 20th in the free, and 21st overall.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 [2] |
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| 2013–2014 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| CS Volvo Cup | 2nd J. | 8th | ||
| Jegvirag Cup | 2nd | |||
| MNNT Cup | 7th | |||
| International: Junior and novice[1][7] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 19th | 21st | ||
| JGP Croatia | 6th | |||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | 7th | ||
| JGP Mexico | 10th | |||
| EYOF | 4th | |||
| New Year's Cup | 3rd J. | |||
| Gardena Trophy | 3rd N. | |||
| Santa Claus Cup | 1st N. | |||
| National[1] | ||||
| British Champ. | 1st N. | 5th J. | 1st J. | 1st J. |
| Levels: N. = Advanced novice; J. = Junior level | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Competition Results: Graham NEWBERRY". International Skating Union.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Graham NEWBERRY: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Newberry to skate in Jr. World Championships". PA Cyber. January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Jack NEWBERRY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Graham Newberry". National Ice Skating Association. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Graham NEWBERRY: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Graham Newberry". Tracings.net.
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