Lilah Fear

Lilah Fear (born 11 June 1999) is a British ice dancer. Representing Great Britain with her skating partner, Lewis Gibson, she is the 2025 World bronze medalist; theirs was the first World medal for Britain in 41 years. Fear is also a four-time European medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a ten-time Grand Prix medalist (including four gold), an eight-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist, and an eight-time British national champion (2017, 2019–2020, 2021–2026). Fear and Gibson represented Great Britain at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Fear was born on 11 June 1999 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, She was raised in London, England, and attended South Hampstead High School. She has an older sister, and a younger sister, Sasha, who competed in ice dance for Great Britain with her former partner George Waddell.

In the autumn of 2018, she began studying psychology and communications at McGill University in Montreal. They made their World Championship debut later that season, placing twenty-second.

2017–2018 season Beginning their second season together, Fear/Gibson placed sixth at the International Cup of Nice and won silver medals at the Open d'Andorra and the Ice Challenge. They competed in three Challenger events that season, placing ninth at both the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy and 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and fourth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. Competing at the British Championships, they won the silver medal, this time behind a returning Coomes/Buckland. They subsequently competed again at the Santa Claus Cup, placing fourth.

At the end of the season, they were again sent as Great Britain's representation to the 2018 World Championships, placing twenty-fourth.

2018–2019 season: "Disco Brits"

Wanting to challenge themselves, Fear/Gibson selected for their free dance a disco medley of songs by Donna Summer and Earth, Wind and Fire. Both professed as well to be fans of the genre.

The following month, Fear and Gibson took the bronze at the 2026 European Championships. "Today was not ideal, definitely not what we planned," said Fear after the free dance. "So of course we’re really frustrated about that. But I’m extremely proud of how we came back after the mistake. And we did want to enjoy the rest of it, so we really made sure to flip that switch and take in the amazing opportunity of skating with the whole crowd."

In early February, it was announced that Fear, along with bobsledder Brad Hall, had been selected as a flag bearer for the 2026 Winter Olympic opening ceremony.

On 6 February, Fear and Gibson took part in the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event where they placed third in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 86.75. “It was electric!” said Fear. “It was a moment and a memory that I will cherish forever. I’m so proud of us for doing exactly what we trained. The pressure was on and there was so much going on, and it was just so much fun!”

On 9 February, Fear and Gibson competed in the rhythm dance segment of the individual ice dance event, placing fourth in that segment, only 0.71 points behind third place. Two days later, Fear and Gibson competed in the free dance segment and finished in seventh place overall, earning them an Olympic diploma for a top eight finish and the highest placement in ice dance since Torvill and Dean.

Programs

Ice dance with Lewis Gibson Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition