Graham Newberry

Graham Newberry
Newberry in 2017
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (1998-06-07) June 7, 1998
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach Christian Newberry
Skating club Lee Valley London
Training locations London, England
Former training locations Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 198.06
2017 Europeans
Short program 70.80
2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate 130.27
2017 Europeans

Graham Newberry (born June 7, 1998) is a British-American figure skater who represents Great Britain. He has won three senior international medals and became the British national champion in the 2016–17 season. He is also a three-time British junior champion and has reached the free skate at four ISU Championships.[1]

Personal life

Graham Newberry was born June 7, 1998, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[2] He has dual British and American citizenship.[3] He is the son of Christian Newberry, the 1989 British senior champion, and brother of Jack Newberry, the 2012 British junior bronze medalist.[4]

Career

Newberry competed on the novice level in the 2011–12 season and moved up to the junior level the following season. At the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival, he placed third in both segments but came in fourth overall.

In the 2013–14 season, Newberry received his first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments; he placed tenth in Mexico City and fifth in Ostrava. After winning the British junior title, he was sent to the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he qualified for the free skate. Ranked 21st in the short and 17th in the free, he finished 19th overall at the competition, held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Coached by his father, he trained at Twin Ponds in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania until the end of the season.[5]

In mid-2014, Newberry began training in London, England, where he continued to be coached by his father.[6] In his second JGP season, he placed seventh in Ostrava and sixth in Zagreb. Making his senior international debut, he finished eighth at the Volvo Open Cup, an ISU Challenger Series in November 2014. In February 2015, he won the senior silver medal at the Jegvirag Cup in Hungary. At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, he placed 23rd in the short, 20th in the free, and 21st overall.

In December 2016, Newberry won the British senior title, outscoring silver medalist Peter James Hallam by 1.4 points and defending champion Phillip Harris by 8.23 points.[7][8] He also won his third junior national title.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[9]
  • Louder Than Words
2017–2018
[10]
  • Gladiator
    by Hans Zimmer
2016–2017
[2]
2015–2016
[11]
  • The Last Samurai
    by Hans Zimmer
2014–2015
[6]
  • Unstoppable
    by E.S. Posthumus
2013–2014
[12]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Worlds31st
Europeans16th
CS Finlandia20th
CS Lombardia7th15th
CS Nebelhorn10th
CS Ondrej Nepela10th
CS Volvo Cup8th
Challenge Cup4th
Denkova-Staviski2nd
Golden Bear2nd
Jegvirag Cup2nd
Merano Cup3rd1st
MNNT Cup7th4th
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds19th21st15th
JGP Croatia6th
JGP Czech Rep.5th7th
JGP Estonia8th
JGP France12th
JGP Mexico10th
JGP Poland15th
JGP Slovakia13th
EYOF4th
New Year's Cup3rd
Volvo Open Cup2nd
International: Advanced novice[13]
Gardena3rd
Santa Claus Cup1st
National[1]
British Champ.1st3rd
British Champ.1st N5th J1st J1st JWD1st J
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Graham NEWBERRY". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 "Graham NEWBERRY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Newberry to skate in Jr. World Championships". PA Cyber. January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jack NEWBERRY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Graham Newberry". National Ice Skating Association. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Graham NEWBERRY: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships 2016: Senior Men Result". December 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Romford's Newberry is double British champion". Romford Recorder. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Graham NEWBERRY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Graham NEWBERRY: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Graham NEWBERRY: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Graham NEWBERRY: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Graham Newberry". Tracings.net.
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