Hamish Gaman

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Hamish Gaman
Born (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 40)
Chertsey, England, United Kingdom
Hometown London, England, United Kingdom
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United Kingdom
Partner
Coach
Skating clubGuildford IFSC Surrey
Began skating1998
Retired10 September 2015

Hamish Gaman (born 20 April 1983) [1] is an English former competitive pair skater. With partner Caitlin Yankowskas, he is the 2015 Challenge Cup silver medalist and 2015 British national champion. Since 2018, he has appeared on the ITV series Dancing on Ice .

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Career

Gaman competed with Rebecca Collett in the 2003–04 season. They appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event, placing 11th, and at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where they finished 14th. In 2007, he teamed up with Vanessa James but she ended the partnership in January 2008 to skate for France. [2] [3] He then worked as a coach in the U.K. [4]

In May 2013, Gaman formed a partnership with American skater Caitlin Yankowskas, coached by Johnny Johns and Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan. [5] Representing the United Kingdom, they earned minimum technical scores at the 2013 Ice Challenge. [6] The pair went on to take the bronze medal at the 2014 British Championships. [7] In mid-February 2014, they moved to Boston and began training under Bobby Martin and Carrie Wall at the Skating Club of Boston. [8] [5] After spending part of June 2014 in Montreal, coached by Bruno Marcotte and Richard Gauthier, the pair decided to move there in July. [9] At the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Yankowskas/Gaman placed seventh in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and ninth overall.

On September 10, 2015, Yankowskas and Gaman announced their retirements from competitive figure skating due to lack of funding. [10]

Dancing on Ice

In 2018, Gaman joined the cast of the ITV competition series Dancing on Ice as a professional skater. In series 10, his celebrity partner was Olympic athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton. They were eliminated on 28 January 2018, after a skate-off with Lemar and Melody Le Moal. In the eleventh series, he was partnered with singer Saara Aalto. [11] They finished in third place after making it into the final. [11]

For the twelfth series, Gaman was partnered with model and actress Caprice Bourret. [12] After their first performance, Oscar Peter replaced Gaman as her partner but Gaman continued to appear in group performances on the show. Deciding to withdraw in mid-February, Gaman stated, "The past three and a half months have been the worst of my life, and I'm struggling." He said that "untrue stories are continually being fed to the press by a 'source'." [13]

Personal life

Gaman became engaged to Amelia Humfress in March 2020. [14] [15] [16]

Programs

With Yankowskas

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[17]
  • Cinderella
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2014–2015
[18]

With Collett

Season Short program Free skating
2003–2004
[19]
  • The Matrix
    by Rob Dougan
  • Yellow River Piano Concerto
    by Chengzong Yin
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Yankowskas

International [7]
Event 2013–14 2014–15
Europeans 9th
CS Autumn Classic 8th
Challenge Cup 2nd
Ice Challenge 5th
National
British Champ. 3rd1st

With Collett

International [20]
Event2003–04
World Junior Champ. 14th
JGP Poland 11th
Triglav Trophy 5th J
National [20]
British Champ. 1st J

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  2. ↑ Stevenson, Sandra (10 January 2008). "Vanessa James wants to represent France". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018.
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  6. ↑ "Denis Ten sottrae il palcoscenico a Miki Ando nell'Ice Challenge di Graz". Neve Italia (in Italian). 25 November 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Competition Results: Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / Hamish GAMAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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  10. ↑ Yankowskas, Caitlin; Gaman, Hamish (10 September 2015). "The End of a Journey..." Official site of Yankowskas/Gaman.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. 1 2 "Saara Aalto places 3rd on Dancing on Ice". ESCXTRA. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Dancing On Ice's Caprice Bourret finished 'toxic' partnership with Hamish because he 'pushed her too hard'". Heart . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Dancing On Ice: Hamish Gaman pulls out of show". BBC News. 16 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Dancing on Ice star Hamish Gaman announces engagement to Amelia Humfress". Hello! . 1 March 2020.
  15. ↑ Shillcock, Francesca (8 March 2020). "Hamish Gaman reveals how his Dancing on Ice family will be involved in his wedding". Hello! .
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  19. ↑ "Rebecca COLLETT / Hamish GAMAN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 November 2006.
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