Olivia Smart
| Olivia Smart | |
|---|---|
 Smart/Buckland in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born |
1 April 1997 Sheffield, England |
| Home town | Rotherham, England |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Partner | Joseph Buckland |
| Coach |
Evgeni Platov Philip Askew |
| Former coach | Neil Chilcott |
| Choreographer | Philip Askew |
| Skating club | IceSheffield |
| Training locations |
New Jersey Nottingham Sheffield |
| Began skating | 2006 |
| 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 |
Olivia Smart (born 1 April 1997) is an English ice dancer. With partner Joseph Buckland, she is a three-time British national junior champion (2012–14) and has competed at three World Junior Championships.
Career
Smart teamed up with Joseph Buckland in 2010.[1] 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.[2][3]
Programs
(with Buckland)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 [4] |
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| 2013–2014 [5] |
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| 2012–2013 [6] |
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| 2011–2012 [7] |
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Competitive highlights
(with Buckland)
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 | ||||
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Illness hits Buckland brothers at European Figure Skating Championships". National Ice Skating Association. 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Buckland and Coomes withdraw from World Championships due to illness". National Ice Skating Association. 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.
- ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
- ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Competition Results: Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Olivia Smart at Wikimedia Commons