Luke Digby

Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British figure skater. He is 2021–22 British National champion in pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law.

Luke Digby
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Home townSheffield
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
PartnerAnastasia Vaipan-Law
CoachSimon, Debi, and Jason Briggs
ChoreographerMark Pillay, Andrew Smith
Skating clubSkating School of Champery, Switzerland
Training locationsDundee
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total132.56
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program45.79
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate86.77
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy

Biography

Luke Digby was born in Sheffield on 5 February 2001. He began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a single skater.[1]

Luke participated at 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where finished 8th. He became sixth at the Volvo Open Cup 2017. He competed at the 2017 Junior Nationals and became fifth.[2]

Luke Digby won side-to-side Junior Nationals in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, his best international result was second place at the 2018 Torun Cup. He also finished 8th at the Minsk Arena Ice Star and 4th at the Volvo Open Cup. His only performance at the JGP in Egna was scored in 18th place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, 12th in Slovakia and 11th in Lithuania.[2]

The last international ISU competition for Luke in single skating was the World Junior Championships. He finished in 43rd place with 40.37 points and did not advance to free skating.[3]

Then he moved to pair skating. His first partner is Anastasia Vaipan-Law (born 1999) from Blackpool. Their coaches are Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs.[4]

In 2021 Anastasia and Luke won international The Tayside Trophy and finished fourth at the Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur (seniors). They appeared at two Challenger Trophy series: 17th at the Warsaw Cup and 12th at the Finlandia Trophy.[5]

Anastasia and Luke won the National Championships in November 2021. Their score 141.91 in total was higher by 0.51 point than four-time champions Zoe Jones and Christopher Boyadji.[6]

References
  1. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2018 - Junior Men". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Competition Results - Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY (GBR)". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "British Figure Skating Championships 2021 - Senior Pairs". iceresultsuk.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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