Phillip Poole
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Phillip Poole & Phillipa Towler-Green at the European Championships 2007
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Phillip Christopher Poole |
| Country represented |
 United Kingdom
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| Born |
24 June 1981 Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Home town | Windsor, Berkshire |
| Residence | London |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Partner | Phillipa Towler-Green |
| Coach | Diane Towler |
| Choreographer | Michael Stylianos |
| Skating club | Streatham Club, London |
| Retired | December 2009 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 136.67 2004 Nebelhorn |
| Comp. dance | 26.14 2004 Nebelhorn |
| Original dance | 43.70 2009 Worlds |
| Free dance | 68.56 2008 Europeans |
Phillip Poole (born 24 June 1981 in Windsor) is a multi-medal winning English ice dancer and ice dance coach.
Phillip Poole's skating career began in 1986 at the age of five and he competed at his first British Championships in 1991. In the 1990s he was the British champion in novice-level single skating. He was also the champion in intermediate-level solo ice dancing before commencing his couples ice dance career, initially partnering Holly Hambrook in 1998.
With his second partner, Charlotte Clements, Poole became the 2002 British bronze medalist on the senior level. The following year he teamed up with Phillipa Towler-Green and was coached by former World Champion, Diane Towler. Poole and Towler-Green were the 2005-2008 British silver medalists and the 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists.
Poole and Towler-Green represented Great Britain at the European Figure Skating Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In March 2009, they competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, representing Great Britain alongside Sinead Kerr and John Kerr.
Between 2001-2009, Poole was a member of the British Olympic squad.
(with Phillipa Towler-Green)
(with Charlotte Clements)
(with Holly Hambrook)
(as a single skater)
(as a solo ice dancer)
Phillip Poole has been an accredited National Ice Skating Association coach since 1999 and has taught at Slough and Alexandra Palace ice rinks. Since 2009 he has taught at the John Nike Leisuresport Complex in Bracknell, Berkshire, where he is a full-time coach.
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