Luke Digby

Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British figure skater. He is 2021–22 British National champion in pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law.

Luke Digby
Personal information
Country representedUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Home townSheffield
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
PartnerAnastasia Vaipan-Law
CoachSimon, Debi, and Jason Briggs
ChoreographerMark Pillay, Andrew Smith
Skating clubSkating School of Champery, Switzerland
Training locationsDundee
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total153.38
2023 Worlds
Short program55.42
2023 Worlds
Free skate99.56
2022 CS Warsaw Cup

Biography

Luke Digby was born in Sheffield on 5 February 2001. He began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a single skater.[1]

Luke participated at 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where he finished 8th. He became sixth at the Volvo Open Cup 2017. He competed at the 2017 Junior Nationals and became fifth.[2]

Luke Digby won side-to-side Junior Nationals in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, his best international result was second place at the 2018 Torun Cup. He also finished 8th at the Minsk Arena Ice Star and 4th at the Volvo Open Cup. His only performance at the JGP in Egna was scored in 18th place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, 12th in Slovakia and 11th in Lithuania.[2]

Luke's last international ISU competition in single skating was the World Junior Championships. He finished in 43rd place with 40.37 points and did not advance to free skating.[3]

Then he moved to pair skating. His first partner is Anastasia Vaipan-Law (born 1999) from Blackpool. Their coaches are Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, and Jason Briggs.[4]

In 2021 Anastasia and Luke won international The Tayside Trophy and finished fourth at the Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur (seniors). They appeared at two Challenger Trophy series: 17th at the Warsaw Cup and 12th at the Finlandia Trophy.[5]

Anastasia and Luke won the National Championships in November 2021. Their score of 141.91 in total was higher by 0.51 point than four-time champions Zoe Jones and Christopher Boyadji.[6]

Programs

With Vaipan-Law
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
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2021–2022
[8]

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Vaipan-Law
International[9]
Event 21–22 22–23
Worlds16th
Europeans18th10th
GP Wilson Trophy7th
CS Finlandia Trophy12th10th
CS U.S. ClassicWD
CS Warsaw Cup7th
Challenge Cup10th
Tayside Trophy1st2nd
Trophée Métropole Nice17th
National
British Champ.1st1st

References
  1. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2018 - Junior Men". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Competition Results - Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY (GBR)". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "British Figure Skating Championships 2021 - Senior Pairs". iceresultsuk.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  7. "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  8. "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
  9. "Competition Results: Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY". International Skating Union.
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