English ice-dancer Penny Coomes is a 2014 European FigureSkating Championships bronze medallist. In a successful career that’s seen herpick up six other international medals and many British titles, Coomes hascompeted three times at the Winter Olympics since 2010. In both romance andskating, her partner is Nick Buckland – the pair recently worked as stuntdoubles in the Christmas special Torvill and Dean, a drama series about two ofBritain’s most successful ever skaters.
Coomes was first introduced to skating aged eight by hermother at the Slough Ice Arena. After fracturing her patella in 2016, Coomeshas battled through ongoing knee injury troubles, leading her and her partnerto miss the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships in order for her to make afull recovery. Prior to this, new personal bests in all segments of the 2017 CSNebelhorn Trophy earned them a place in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Attending theSouth Korean event, they made their third Olympic appearance and finished in animpressive 10th place. As such, Coomes is one of British skating’s most notablestars.