Nicholas Buckland

Nicholas "Nick" Buckland (born 9 June 1989) is a former English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2014 European bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also five-time British national champions (2012–2014, 2016, 2018), and they have also competed three-times at the Winter Olympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

Personal life Buckland was born on 9 June 1989 in Nottingham, England.

Competitive career Buckland began skating at age two after his grandparents took him to Nottingham Ice Stadium. On 20 February 2018, they finished in 10th place and received a scored of 101.96 in their free ice dance, and overall finished in 11th place with a 170.32 final score.

In 2018, it was announced that Buckland and Coomes, will not be attending the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, in order to give Coomes's the opportunity to fully rehabilitate her knee.

In 2018, Buckland and Coomes worked as stunt doubles and consultants, on television drama called Torvill & Dean, based on the true story of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. Which was broadcast on UK television on 25 December 2018.

Coaching career Following Coomes and Buckland's retirement from competitive ice dance, the pair settled in New Jersey, United States and began coaching at the arena, where their former coach, Evgeni Platov, used to train them. As of 2024, they are primarily based Aston, Pennsylvania.

Their students have included Phebe Bekker/James Hernandez and Natalia Pallu-Neves/Jayin Panesar.