Penny Coomes

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Penny Coomes
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Coomes and Buckland at the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships podium
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 33)
Ascot, England
Residence New Jersey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Partner Nicholas Buckland
Coach Igor Shpilband
Former coach Evgeni Platov, Philip Askew, Neil Chilcott
ChoreographerPhilip Askew
Christopher Dean [1]
Former choreographerZhanna Palagina
Skating clubNational Ice Centre Nottingham
Training locations Novi, Michigan
Former training locations New Jersey
Nottingham
Retired2018
ISU personal best scores
Combined total177.13
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short dance 71.79
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free dance105.34
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Penny Coomes (born 6 April 1989) is a former English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Nicholas Buckland, she is the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also five-time British national champions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018), and have competed three times at the Winter Olympics, in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

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Personal life

Penny Coomes was born on 6 April 1989 in Maidenhead, England. [2] She attended Wessex Primary School and Cox Green Secondary before moving to Nottingham. [3] She learned ballet at Desborough School. [4] She studied psychology at Nottingham Trent University. [5] She is the stepdaughter of ice dancing coach Philip Askew. [2] Coomes and Buckland were in a relationship for many years. [6] On 24 December 2018, Coomes announced their engagement. [7]

Career

Coomes was introduced to skating by her mother at the age of eight at Slough Ice Arena. [3] [8]

Seasons: 2005–06 to 2009–10

Coomes teamed up with Nicholas Buckland in 2005, having met him at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham. [5] In the 2007–08 season, Coomes injured her foot in a collision with another skater at the British Championships. [3] Told it was not broken, she and Buckland went on to win the national junior title. Three months later, a scan indicated a broken cuboid bone, leading to a bone graft and reconstructive surgery. [3] [9]

Coomes/Buckland made their senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy, placing 9th. Their season ended after Coomes sustained a head injury in a fall on the ice. [10] In the 2009–10 season, they placed 9th at the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, and fourth at the 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They won the silver medal at the British Championships and then won the bronze medal at the 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Coomes/Buckland trained at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham until December 2009 when they moved to New Jersey to train with coach Evgeni Platov. [11] [12] Along with Sinead Kerr / John Kerr, they were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. [13] On 13 February 2010, Buckland began experiencing symptoms of tachycardia. [14] She and Buckland finished 20th at the Olympics.

Seasons: 2010–11 to 2013–14

In the 2010–11 season, they withdrew from their national championships after a fall in training resulted in a sprained ligament in Coomes' left knee. [15] The two finished 14th at the European Championships and 16th at the World Championships.

In 2011–12, Coomes/Buckland placed fourth at their Grand Prix event, the 2011 Cup of China, before winning silver at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb and gold at the Toruń Cup. The duo ranked sixth at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. [16] They placed 14th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. Coomes sustained a back and hip injury in Nice. [17]

In 2012–13, they were fifth at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb and 13th at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario. In July 2013, a device was implanted under Buckland's skin in order to monitor his heart rhythm. [18]

In 2013–14, Coomes/Buckland won gold at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in Bratislava. [19] Following the event, Buckland was informed that he needed an operation due to readings of up to 270–280 beats per minute. In November 2013, a nerve in his heart was cauterized in a successful procedure leading to normal functioning of his heart. [14] [18] Coomes/Buckland went on to win the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. They placed tenth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [20]

2014–15 season

Coomes/Buckland began the 2014–15 season with gold medals at the 2014 International Cup of Nice and NRW Trophy. In November, they were awarded the first Grand Prix medal of their career, bronze at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup. At their next GP event, the 2014 NHK Trophy, they placed second in the short dance but sixth in the free dance, slipping to fifth overall.

In late January 2015, Coomes/Buckland placed tenth in the short dance at the European Championships in Stockholm. They withdrew prior to the next segment, Buckland having fallen ill with gastroenteritis. [21] [22] Coomes developed an illness in the third week of March, resulting in her hospitalization and the team's withdrawal from the 2015 World Championships, to be held in Shanghai the following week. [22] Back in the United Kingdom, she was diagnosed with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. [23]

2015–16 season

In May 2015, Coomes/Buckand announced that they would be coached by Igor Shpilband in Michigan, following a directive by UK Sport, their funding agency. [23] In October, they won silver at Ondrej Nepela Trophy, their first medal at an ISU Challenger Series competition. [24] They placed 4th at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, 5th at the 2015 NHK Trophy, 6th at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, and 7th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston.

2016–17 season

Coomes fractured her patella on 24 June 2016, having fallen while trying a new lift entry with Buckland in Novi, Michigan; she underwent surgery four days later, wore a brace for ten weeks, and returned to the ice on 11 November. [25] Coomes/Buckland withdrew from their Grand Prix assignments – the 2016 Trophée de France and 2016 NHK Trophy. [26] They trained in preparation for the 2017 European Championships but later decided to withdraw. [27] Coomes underwent an operation on 10 January 2017 to remove the wires in her knee, which were digging into the patellar tendon, and was expected to be off the ice for three months. [25]

2017–18 season

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Coomes/Buckland at the 2018 Euros

Coomes and Buckland started their 2017–18 season at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they won the gold medal, set new personal bests in all segments and qualified an Olympic spot for Great Britain in ice dance at the 2018 games. [28] They were assigned to the 2017 NHK Trophy in November due to a withdrawal from the competition where they placed 5th in the short dance and 9th in the free dance, finishing in 7th overall.

Coomes and Buckland started in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Which was their third appearance of the Winter Olympics games. On 19 February 2018, they finished in 10th place and received a scored of 68.36 for their short ice dance. [29] On 20 February 2018, they finished in 10th place and received a scored of 101.96 in their free ice dance, and overall finished in 11th place with a 170.32 final score. [30] [31]

In 2018, it was announced that Coomes and Buckland, will not be attending the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, in order to give Coomes's the opportunity to fully rehabilitate her knee. [32]

In 2018, Coomes and Buckland worked as stunt doubles and consultants, on television drama called Torvill and Dean, based on the true story of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. Which was broadcast on UK television on 25 December 2018. [33]

Programmes

(with Buckland)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2017–2018
[25] [34] [35]

2016–2017
[25]

Not shown in competition

  • Battle Remembered
    by Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble
2015–2016
[36] [37]
2014–2015
[2]
  • Flamenco: Malagdena & Poeta
  • Paso doble: Poeta en el Mar
  • Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1
    by Muse
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes
    by Muse
2013–2014
[38] [39]
2012–2013
[40]
  • Polka: Scalliwag
    by Gaelic Storm
  • Waltz: Stolen Kiss
    by Niamh Fahy
  • Polka: Rhythms of the Fall
2011–2012
[41]
2010–2011
[42]
Original dance
2009–2010
[43] [44]
Irish folk dance
  • Reel Around the Sun
  • The Countess Cathleen
    by Bill Whelan
2007–2008
[45]
  • Spanish flamenco

Competitive highlights

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

With Buckland

International [24]
Event05–0606–0707–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Olympics 20th10th11th
Worlds 16th14th13th9thWD7thWD
Europeans 16th14th6th5th3rdWD6th7th
GP Cup of China 4th
GP NHK Trophy 8th6th5th5thWD7th
GP Rostelecom 7th3rd
GP Skate America 8th
GP Trophée 7th4thWD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
CS Nepela Trophy 2nd
Bavarian Open 1st1st
Cup of Nice 3rd1st1st
Finlandia Trophy 9th
Golden Spin WD3rd2nd
Ice Challenge 9th
Nepela Memorial 4th4th1st
NRW Trophy 1st
Toruń Cup 1st
U.S. Classic 5th
Universiade 15th
International: Junior [24]
JGP Germany 13th
JGP U.K. 10th
National [24]
British Champ. 5th J2nd J1st J2ndWD1st1st1st1st1st
Team events
Olympics 10th T
7th P
Team Challenge
Cup
2nd T
4th P
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result

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