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Stacey and David in 2008
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Personal information | |
Full name | Stacey King (née Kemp) |
Country represented | Great Britain |
Born |
Preston, Lancashire |
25 July 1988
Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Partner | David King |
Former coach | Lyndon Johnston, Jeremy Barrett, Mariusz Siudek, Dorota Siudek, Dawn Spendlove |
Former choreographer | Julie Marcotte, Tracey Solomon, Robin Cousins |
Began skating | 1995 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 146.30 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Short program | 51.33 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Free skate | 94.97 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Stacey King (née Kemp; born 25 July 1988) is an English former competitive pair skater who represented Great Britain. With partner and now husband David King, she is an eight-time British national champion.
Stacey Kemp was born on 25 July 1988 in Preston, Lancashire. She was raised in Clayton-le-Woods and attended Leyland St Mary’s Catholic High School. She became engaged to David King in 2010. They married in April 2016.
Kemp began skating at age six. She teamed up with King in 2003. The pair began appearing internationally in the 2004–05 season. After competing on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, they placed 11th at the 2005 World Junior Championships in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
The following season, Kemp/King moved up to the senior level. They placed 11th at the 2006 European Championships in Lyon, France, and 17th at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Canada. They were coached by Dawn Spendlove and Stephen Pickavance in Blackburn.
The pair's Grand Prix debut came in November 2006; they placed ninth at the 2006 Cup of China and then seventh at the 2006 NHK Trophy. They trained in Blackburn under Dawn Spendlove. Following the 2006–07 season, they joined Mariusz Siudek and Dorota Siudek in Toruń, Poland.