Nicholas Buckland

Nicholas Buckland
Coomes and Buckland skate their short dance at the 2011 Cup of China
Personal information
Country represented	United Kingdom
Born	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 27) Nottingham, England
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Penny Coomes
Former partner	Georgia Robinson
Coach	Igor Shpilband
Former coach	Evgeni Platov, Philip Askew, Neil Chilcott
Choreographer	Philip Askew
Former choreographer	Zhanna Palagina
Skating club	National Ice Centre Nottingham Igloo Ice Rink NJ
Training locations	Novi, Michigan
Former training locations	New Jersey Nottingham
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	173.17 2016 Worlds
Short dance	68.23 2016 Worlds
Free dance	104.94 2016 Worlds
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  United Kingdom European Championships 2014 Budapest Ice dancing

Nicholas Buckland (born 9 June 1989) is an English ice dancer who represents the United Kingdom. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2014 European bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also three-time British national champions (2012–2014) and competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Nicholas Buckland was born on 9 June 1989 in Nottingham, England. He studied law at Nottingham Trent University. His grandfather, Bryan Grummitt, was a speed skater and his grandmother, Jean, an ice dancer. His younger brother, Joseph, is also a competitive ice dancer. Coomes and Buckland have stated that they are in a relationship.

Buckland began skating at age two after his grandparents took him to Nottingham Ice Stadium.

Buckland teamed up with Penny Coomes in 2005, having met her at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham. In the 2007–08 season, Coomes injured her foot in a collision with another skater at the British Championships. 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.

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. 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.