Luke Digby

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Luke Digby
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Digby and Vaipan-Law performing a death spiral at the 2023 Warsaw Cup
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
HometownSheffield
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Partner Anastasia Vaipan-Law
CoachSimon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs
Skating clubSkating School of Champery, Switzerland
Began skating2007

Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British figure skater. He is a three-time British National champion (2022-2024) in pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law.

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Career

Singles career

Luke Digby was born in Sheffield on 5 February 2001. He began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a single skater. [1]

Digby participated at 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where he finished eighth and then went on to place sixth at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup. He competed at the 2017 Junior Nationals, placing fifth. [2]

Digby also won side-to-side Junior Nationals in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, his best international result was second place at the 2018 Torun Cup. He also finished eighth at the 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star and fourth at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup. His only performance at the JGP in Egna was scored in eighteenth place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, twelfth in Slovakia and eleventh in Lithuania. [2] His last international ISU competition in single skating was the World Junior Championships. He finished in forty-third place with 40.37 points and did not advance to free skating. [3]

Pair skating with Vaipan-Law

Following the 2018–19 figure skating season, Digby moved to pair skating, teaming up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law with Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, and Jason Briggs becoming their coaching team. [4]

2021-22 season

Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished twelfth overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events throughout the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth at both the 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively. [5]

At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team Jones/Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them. [5]

Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans but finished eighteenth in the segment and did not advance to the free skate. [5]

2022–23 season

Vaipan-Law/Digby began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. On the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix, they were the host-picked pair team for the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. [5]

Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the European and World Championships. [6] The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland. [7] They then went on to place tenth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup. [5]

Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing 17th in the short program and went on to place 16th in the free skate, finishing in 16th place overall. [8] [9]

2023–24 season

Vaipan-Law and Digby performing a lift in their short program at the 2024 World Championships Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby 2024 Worlds Short Program 5.jpg
Vaipan-Law and Digby performing a lift in their short program at the 2024 World Championships

Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International. [5] They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the Grand Prix when reigning world champions Miura/Kihara withdrew from the 2023 Skate America. They finished seventh at the event. [10]

Vaipan-Law/Digby were ninth at the 2024 European Championships. [11] At the 2024 World Championships in March, they attempted a more difficult jump in the short program than at the European Championships. Despite a mistake on it, they qualified for the free skate, and they ended in 20th place. [12]

Programs

With Vaipan-Law

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[13] [14]
2022–2023
[15]
2021–2022
[16]

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Vaipan-Law

GP: ISU Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series

International [5]
Event 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds 16th20th
Europeans 18th10th9th
GP Skate America 7th
GP Wilson Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 5th
CS Finlandia Trophy 12th10th
CS U.S. Classic WD
CS Lombardia Trophy 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 17th7th2nd
Challenge Cup 10th
Tayside Trophy 1st2nd2nd
Trophée Métropole Nice 4th
Warsaw Cup 2nd
National
British Champ. 1st1st1st
TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew

Men's singles

International: Junior [17]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 16–17 17–18 18–19
Junior Worlds 43rd
Ice Star 8th
Mentor Toruń Cup 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 6th4th
JGP Italy 18th
JGP Lithhuania 11th
JGP Slovakia 12th
International: Advanced novice [17]
Bavarian Open 8th5th
National
British Champ. 2nd N2nd N1st N5th J1st J1st J
Levels: J = Junior; N = Advanced Novice

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS159.82 2023 CS Autumn Classic
Short program TSS56.79 2024 European Championships
TES30.94 2023 World Championships
PCS26.202023 CS Autumn Classic
Free skating TSS107.182023 CS Autumn Classic
TES54.042023 CS Autumn Classic
PCS53.142023 CS Autumn Classic

With Vaipan-Law

2023–2024 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 20
54.69		20
98.37		20
153.06
January 8–14, 2024 2024 European Championships 8
56.79		9
102.22		9
159.01
November 16–19, 2023 2023 Warsaw Cup 2
61.84		3
102.50		2
164.34
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 6
50.60		7
83.24		7
133.84
October 14–15, 2023 2023 Tayside Trophy 3
50.70		2
107.59		2
158.29
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 6
52.64		4
107.18		5
159.82
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 6
55.32		10
87.65		8
142.97
2022–2023 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 17
55.42		16
97.96		16
153.38
February 23–26, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 10
41.12		10
85.81		10
126.93
January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 9
49.43		10
88.06		10
137.49
December 1–4, 2022 2023 British Championships 1
55.20		1
105.76		1
160.96
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 8
48.30		7
99.56		7
147.86
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 7
50.29		6
93.52		7
143.81
October 15–16, 2022 2022 Tayside Trophy 2
52.31		2
93.19		2
145.50
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 10
40.79		10
70.89		10
111.68
2021–2022 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 18
51.11		–18
51.11
Nov. 30 – Dec. 5, 2021 2022 British Championships 1
50.49		2
91.42		1
141.91
November 6–7, 2021 2021 Tayside Trophy 1
57.56		1
101.37		1
158.93
October 20–24, 2021 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 4
40.72		4
81.33		4
122.05
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 13
45.79		12
86.77		12
132.56

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