Joseph Buckland

Joseph Buckland

Smart/Buckland in 2012
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born 27 October 1992
Nottingham, England
Home town Nottingham, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Partner Olivia Smart
Former partner Danielle Bennett
Georgia Robinson
Coach Evgeni Platov
Philip Askew
Former coach Neil Chilcott
Choreographer Philip Askew
Skating club National Ice Centre Nottingham
Training locations New Jersey
Nottingham
Sheffield
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 121.01
2014 Junior Worlds
Short dance 49.28
2014 Junior Worlds
Free dance 71.73
2014 Junior Worlds

Joseph Buckland (born 27 October 1992) is an English ice dancer. With partner Olivia Smart, he is a three-time British national junior champion (2012–14) and has competed at three World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Joseph Buckland was born in Nottingham, England.[1] He is the younger brother of Nicholas Buckland, who also competes in ice dancing.[2]

Career

Early years

Buckland teamed up with his first partner, Georgia Robinson, at age 15.[2] In 2008, he was diagnosed with two stress fractures in his spine, keeping him off the ice for six months.[2] He skated with Danielle Bennett in the 2009–10 season. The two placed 15th at their sole ISU Junior Grand Prix event, in Turkey, and became the British national silver medalists on the junior level.

Partnership with Smart

Buckland began skating with Olivia Smart in 2010.[2] They made their JGP debut in autumn 2011, ranking 13th in Austria and 12th in Estonia. They came in 17th at their first World Junior Championships, held in Minsk in March 2012. In the 2012–13 season, the duo missed the JGP series and finished 22nd at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan.

In 2013–14, Smart/Buckland placed seventh at both of their JGP assignments, Poland and the Czech Republic, and reached the top ten at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia.

Smart/Buckland moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season. In October 2014, they placed fourth at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event. In November, they won silver medals at the International Cup of Nice and NRW Trophy before taking the British national title in the absence of Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland. Smart/Buckland withdrew from the 2015 European Championships before the short dance, Buckland having fallen ill with gastroenteritis.[3][4]

Programs

(with Smart)

Season Short dance Free dance
2014–2015
[1]
  • Paso doble:
  • Flamenco:
  • Paso doble:
2013–2014
[5]
  • Paso Doble
  • El Mariachi
  • Once Upon A Time In Mexico
    by Robert Rodriguez
2012–2013
[6]
  • Swing Set
    by Jurassic 5
  • Feeling Good
    by Escala
  • Tango In Ebony
    by Maksim, Julian Kershaw
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes
    by William Joseph
2011–2012
[7]
  • Natural Passion
    by Latin Festival
  • Sway

Competitive highlights

With Smart

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Worlds TBD
Europeans WD
CS Nepela Trophy 4th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 17th 22nd 10th
JGP Austria 13th
JGP Czech Republic 7th
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Poland 7th
Bavarian Open 6th J. 3rd J.
Nesquik Cup 1st J.
NRW Trophy 3rd J.
Santa Claus Cup 8th J.
National[8]
British Champ. 1st J. 1st J. 1st J. 1st
J. = Junior level

With Bennett

International[9]
Event 2009–10
JGP Turkey 15th
NRW Trophy 12th J.
National[9]
British Championships 2nd J.
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pinchess, Lynette (20 September 2010). "Olympic hopeful Joseph keeps up the family tradition on ice". This is Nottingham. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Illness hits Buckland brothers at European Figure Skating Championships". National Ice Skating Association. 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Buckland and Coomes withdraw from World Championships due to illness". National Ice Skating Association. 19 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Competition Results: Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND". International Skating Union.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Competition Results: Danielle BENNETT / Joseph BUCKLAND". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.

External links

Media related to Joseph Buckland at Wikimedia Commons