Kristen Spours

Kristen Spours (married name: Reeds; born 11 April 2000) is a British retired figure skater. She is a two-time British national champion (2025-26), has won 15 senior international medals, and competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics and three World Championships (2016, 2023, 2025). Spours also competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships (2017, 2018, 2019).

She represented Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Spours was born on 11 April 2000 in Kingston upon Thames, England.

Career Early years Spours began learning to skate in 2006,

In early March, Spours won the silver medal at the 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial.

In June, Spours underwent surgery to treat a disc herniation.

2025–26 season: Hiatus and return to competition, Milano Cortina Olympics, retirement In September, Spours announced that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus from competitive figure skating to prioritize her mental and physical health. The following month, however, Spours made the decision to return to competitive figure skating and began training for the 2025 British Championships scheduled in late November, which she ultimately won for a second consecutive time.

Going into the 2026 European Championships as the home crowd favourite, Spours shared that her still-healing injury would prevent her from attempting certain jumps. Despite that, Spours managed to qualify for the free skate segment and finished the event in twenty-third place overall.

On 6 February, Spours placed tenth in the short program in the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event. "I am so happy," she said. "Finally, I can call myself an Olympian, which is a super cool moment for me. It's been such a long and difficult journey. I never believed I'd make it here." Eleven days later she returned to the ice and finished twenty-ninth in the women's singles short program, failing to advance to the free skate.

At the 2026 World Championships, Spours finished twenty-sixth in the short program segment, failing to qualify for the free skate. Kristen confirmed her retirement from competitive skating during an off-ice interview following her skate.

Programs Season Short program Free skating 2025–2026