Penny Coomes
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Coomes and Buckland skate their short dance at the 2011 Cup of China
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| Country represented | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
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6 April 1989 Ascot, England |
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| Residence | New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Nicholas Buckland | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Igor Shpilband | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Evgeni Platov, Philip Askew, Neil Chilcott | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Philip Askew | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Zhanna Palagina | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | National Ice Centre Nottingham | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Former training locations |
New Jersey Nottingham |
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| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 173.17 2016 Worlds |
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| Short dance | 68.23 2016 Worlds |
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| Free dance | 104.94 2016 Worlds |
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Penny Coomes (born 6 April 1989) is an English ice dancer who represents the United Kingdom. With partner Nicholas Buckland, she 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.
Penny Coomes was born on 6 April 1989 in Maidenhead, England. She attended Wessex Primary School and Cox Green Secondary before moving to Nottingham. She learned ballet at Desborough School. She studied psychology at Nottingham Trent University. She is the stepdaughter of ice dancing coach Philip Askew. Coomes and Buckland have stated that they are in a relationship.
Coomes was introduced to skating by her mother at the age of eight at Slough Ice Arena.
Coomes teamed up with Nicholas Buckland in 2005, having met him 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.
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