Penny Coomes

Penny Coomes (born 6 April 1989) is a former English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Nicholas Buckland, she is the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also five-time British national champions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018), and have competed three times at the Winter Olympics, in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

Personal life Coomes was born on 6 April 1989 in Maidenhead, England.

Competitive career Coomes was introduced to skating by her mother at the age of eight at Slough Ice Arena. 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 Coomes and Buckland, would not be attending the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, in order to give Coomes the opportunity to fully rehabilitate her knee.

In 2018, Coomes and Buckland worked as stunt doubles and consultants on television drama Torvill and Dean, based on the true story of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. It 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.