Edward Appleby
Edward Appleby | |||||||||
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![]() Appleby at the 2022 Reykjavik International Games | |||||||||
Born | (2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 19) Colchester, England | ||||||||
Hometown | Wivenhoe, England | ||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||
Coach | John Wicker | ||||||||
Skating club | Romford Ice Arena | ||||||||
Began skating | 2009 | ||||||||
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Edward Appleby (born 21 December 2004) is an English figure skater. He is the Junior Grand Prix France II 2021 bronze medalist, 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup junior men's champion, two-time British junior national champion, and 2023 British senior national champion.
Personal life
Edward Appleby was born in Colchester, England.[1] His older brother, Elliot, is also a figure skater and competes in men's singles and pairs skating.
Career
Early years
Appleby began learning to skate in 2009.[1] In October 2018, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, finishing 18th in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He placed 36th at the 2019 World Junior Championships and 26th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
2021–22 season
In late August, Appleby won bronze in Courchevel, France, at the second event of the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. It was the first Junior Grand Prix medal won by a British skater in almost 20 years.[2] In April, he qualified to the final segment at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Ranked 18th in the short program and 21st in the free skate, he finished 20th overall.
2022–23 season
Appleby made his senior ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where he placed last overall. At the British Figure Skating Championships, he competed in the senior category for the first time and placed second behind Graham Newberry. He was selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships, where he placed 17th.
2023–24 season
Competing in the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Appleby placed 6th at the 2023 JGP Austria and 4th at the 2024 JGP Poland. In December, Appleby won his first senior national title. The week after, he competed at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he placed 6th and achieved the technical minimums to be eligible for the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships.[3] At his first European Championships, he placed 25th in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.
Appleby was assigned to the 2024 World Junior Championships, and finished ninth, his highest-ever placement at the event.[4]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2023–2024 [5] |
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2022–2023 [6] |
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2021–2022 [1] |
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2019–2020 [7] |
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2018–2019 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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World Championships | 38th | |||
European Championships | 25th | |||
British Championships | 2nd | 1st | ||
GP Wilson Trophy | 12th | |||
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 6th | |||
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | TBD | |||
CS Nepela Memorial | 9th | |||
CS Warsaw Cup | 9th | |||
Tayside Trophy | 4th | 2nd | 5th | |
Trophée Métropole Nice | 8th |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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World Junior Championships | 36th | 26th | 20th | 17th | 9th | |||
British Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
JGP Austria | 6th | |||||||
JGP Croatia | 16th | |||||||
JGP France | 3rd | |||||||
JGP Latvia | 9th | |||||||
JGP Poland | 10th | 4th | ||||||
JGP Slovenia | 18th | |||||||
Bavarian Open | 9th | |||||||
Challenge Cup | 3rd | |||||||
European Youth Olympic Festival | 4th | |||||||
Mentor Toruń Cup | 15th | 1st | ||||||
Reykjavik Games | 1st | 1st | ||||||
Skate Helena | 6th | |||||||
Sofia Trophy | 4th | |||||||
Tayside Trophy | 2nd | |||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 1st | 6th |
Detailed results
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 205.55 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
Short program | TSS | 75.69 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
TES | 42.11 | 2024 World Junior Championships | |
PCS | 33.64 | 2023 JGP Poland | |
Free skating | TSS | 138.34 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
TES | 65.57 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
PCS | 68.43 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
Senior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 20–24, 2021 | ![]() | 5 | 69.21 | 12 | 108.36 | 8 | 177.57 |
Nov 6–7, 2021 | ![]() | 4 | 65.96 | 4 | 124.73 | 4 | 190.69 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 | ![]() | 5 | 67.85 | 11 | 114.79 | 9 | 182.64 |
Oct 15–16, 2022 | ![]() | 2 | 67.72 | 2 | 117.27 | 2 | 184.99 |
Nov 11–13, 2022 | ![]() | 11 | 62.52 | 11 | 117.61 | 12 | 180.13 |
Dec 1–4, 2022 | ![]() | 2 | 73.33 | 3 | 108.96 | 2 | 182.29 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 14–15, 2023 | ![]() | 4 | 65.31 | 5 | 120.67 | 5 | 185.98 |
Nov 15–17, 2023 | ![]() | 6 | 71.21 | 8 | 131.47 | 9 | 202.68 |
Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2023 | ![]() | 1 | 70.43 | 1 | 149.18 | 1 | 219.61 |
Dec 6–9, 2023 | ![]() | 10 | 61.18 | 5 | 138.34 | 6 | 199.52 |
Jan 8–14, 2024 | ![]() | 25 | 63.59 | – | – | 25 | 63.59 |
Mar 18–24, 2024 | ![]() | 38 | 59.51 | – | – | 38 | 59.51 |
Junior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2017 | ![]() | 3 | 42.88 | 3 | 72.50 | 3 | 115.38 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Oct 3–6, 2018 | ![]() | 20 | 38.09 | 18 | 74.51 | 18 | 112.60 |
Nov 26 – Dec 1, 2018 | ![]() | 4 | 34.77 | 2 | 82.33 | 3 | 117.10 |
Jan 8–13, 2019 | ![]() | 16 | 41.23 | 14 | 77.48 | 15 | 118.71 |
Jan 16–19, 2019 | ![]() | 7 | 41.89 | 5 | 84.45 | 6 | 126.34 |
Feb 5–10, 2019 | ![]() | 6 | 45.07 | 4 | 92.99 | 4 | 138.06 |
Feb 5–10, 2019 | ![]() | 8 | 49.16 | 11 | 81.49 | 9 | 130.65 |
Mar 4–10, 2019 | ![]() | 36 | 44.80 | – | – | 36 | 44.80 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 4–7, 2019 | ![]() | 12 | 58.77 | 9 | 111.02 | 9 | 169.79 |
Sep 25–28, 2019 | ![]() | 15 | 52.24 | 16 | 92.09 | 16 | 144.33 |
Aug 12–13, 2019 | ![]() | 2 | 42.51 | 1 | 105.18 | 2 | 147.69 |
Nov 26 – Dec 1, 2019 | ![]() | 1 | 56.62 | 1 | 114.38 | 1 | 171.00 |
Jan 7–12, 2020 | ![]() | 3 | 53.83 | 1 | 117.07 | 1 | 170.90 |
Jan 24–26, 2020 | ![]() | 1 | 45.71 | 1 | 99.69 | 1 | 145.40 |
Feb 20–23, 2020 | ![]() | 11 | 47.32 | 2 | 116.20 | 3 | 163.52 |
Mar 2–8, 2020 | ![]() | 26 | 54.56 | – | – | 26 | 54.56 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 25–28, 2021 | ![]() | 2 | 63.23 | 3 | 119.18 | 3 | 182.41 |
Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2021 | ![]() | 12 | 60.30 | 9 | 115.56 | 10 | 175.86 |
Nov 30 – Dec 5, 2021 | ![]() | 1 | 63.87 | 1 | 107.59 | 1 | 171.46 |
Feb 4–6, 2022 | ![]() | 1 | 63.69 | 1 | 98.88 | 1 | 162.57 |
Mar 20–25, 2022 | ![]() | 3 | 68.58 | 5 | 115.88 | 4 | 184.46 |
Apr 13–17, 2022 | ![]() | 18 | 64.05 | 21 | 109.91 | 20 | 173.96 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Jan 19–22, 2023 | ![]() | 1 | 70.19 | 2 | 119.33 | 1 | 189.52 |
Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023 | ![]() | 17 | 62.49 | 18 | 111.38 | 17 | 173.87 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 30 – Sept 2, 2023 | ![]() | 5 | 66.16 | 7 | 120.03 | 6 | 186.19 |
Sept 27–30, 2023 | ![]() | 2 | 71.14 | 9 | 107.83 | 4 | 178.97 |
Jan 18–21, 2024 | ![]() | 5 | 62.48 | 6 | 108.49 | 6 | 170.97 |
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 | ![]() | 6 | 75.69 | 11 | 129.86 | 9 | 205.55 |
References
- ^ a b c "Edward APPLEBY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.
- ^ BritishIceSkating (2 September 2021). "Junior Grand Prix Bronze Medal "A Bit of a Blur" For Ed Appleby". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ BritishIceSkating (12 December 2023). "Worlds Scores Achieved in Zagreb!". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Slater, Paula (2 March 2024). "Minkyu Seo clinches men's title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Edward APPLEBY: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Edward APPLEBY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Edward APPLEBY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Edward APPLEBY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Edward APPLEBY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.
- ^ "GBR-Edward APPLEBY". Skating Scores.
External links
- Edward Appleby at the International Skating Union
- Edward Appleby at SkatingScores.com