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Frankie Poultney (born 6th May 1978) is a professional British adagio
Adagio

Adagio may refer to:*tempo, in List of musical terminology, a tempo marking indicating that the music is to be played slowly*A composition marked to be played adagio, e.g....
 ice skater.

tney started skating at age 10, and at 18 she got a job as a chorus girl in a French ice show. She is originally from Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 in South Yorkshire
Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
 (Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
), and loves traditional meals such as roast dinner, sausage and mash, fish and chips, and bread-and-butter pudding. Proving to be multi-talented, Poultney can speak fluent French, German, Spanish, and conversational Russian, as well as being a certified life boat commander.

007, Poultney partnered English footballer Lee Sharpe
Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe is a retired England football player. Predominantly a winger , Sharpe once played for Manchester United F.C. and was a promising young player in English football, but his career went into rapid decline while he was still in his twenties....
, and they made it to week seven, giving them a credible fifth place in the competition.

eries three, she was paired with Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is an award winning British television soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill ....
 actor Chris Fountain
Chris Fountain

Christopher Ryan Fountain is an England actor best known for his role as Justin Burton on the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he has played since 2003....
.






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Frankie Poultney (born 6th May 1978) is a professional British adagio
Adagio

Adagio may refer to:*tempo, in List of musical terminology, a tempo marking indicating that the music is to be played slowly*A composition marked to be played adagio, e.g....
 ice skater.

Early years

Poultney started skating at age 10, and at 18 she got a job as a chorus girl in a French ice show. She is originally from Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 in South Yorkshire
Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
 (Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
), and loves traditional meals such as roast dinner, sausage and mash, fish and chips, and bread-and-butter pudding. Proving to be multi-talented, Poultney can speak fluent French, German, Spanish, and conversational Russian, as well as being a certified life boat commander.

Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice is a United Kingdom television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners Figure skating in front of a panel of judges....


Series two

In 2007, Poultney partnered English footballer Lee Sharpe
Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe is a retired England football player. Predominantly a winger , Sharpe once played for Manchester United F.C. and was a promising young player in English football, but his career went into rapid decline while he was still in his twenties....
, and they made it to week seven, giving them a credible fifth place in the competition.

Series three

In series three, she was paired with Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is an award winning British television soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill ....
 actor Chris Fountain
Chris Fountain

Christopher Ryan Fountain is an England actor best known for his role as Justin Burton on the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he has played since 2003....
. In seven out of ten weeks they had the highest score on the leader board. In the final, Fountain and Poultney competed against Zaraah Abrahams
Zaraah Abrahams

Zaraah Abrahams is an actress who is currently starring in Waterloo Road .She previously starred as Magda in the CITV show Girls in Love and Joanne Jackson in the ITV soap Coronation Street....
 and Suzanne Shaw. Before the final two performed their boléro
Bolero

Bolero is a name given to certain slow, romantic latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish people and Cuban forms, which are both significant, and which have separate origins....
 routines, Zaraah Abrahams and her professional partner Fred Palascak were eliminated, leaving Poultney and Fountain to compete against Shaw and her professional partner Matt Evers. In a controversial public vote, Poultney and Fountain finished in second position.

Series four

Poultney appeared in the current series
Dancing on Ice (Series 4)

The fourth series of Dancing on Ice began on ITV on Sunday 11 January 2009. The series features legendary skaters Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and judges Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Ruthie Henshall and Robin Cousins....
 of Dancing on Ice, this time partnering British rugby legend Ellery Hanley
Ellery Hanley

Ellery Hanley Order of the British Empire is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and former head coach of Great Britain national rugby league team, St Helens RLFC and Doncaster RLFC....
. In week one, Hanley and Poultney came second place on the leaderboard with 17.5 (out of a possible 30) points. In week two of the competition, they battled against Jeremy Edwards
Jeremy Edwards

Jeremy Edwards is an England actor and television presenter, who has appeared in the TV shows Hollyoaks and Holby City. He lives in Belsize Park, North London....
 and Darya Nucci. They proceeded to week three with a clean sweep vote in the skate-off. Todd Carty
Todd Carty

Todd Carty is an Irish-born UK-based actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles in the UK. His stage work has varied from pantomime to serious drama, as well as radio plays, voice overs, commercials, and narrations....
, and professional partner Susie Lipanova
Susie Lipanova

Susie Lipanova is a British people ice skater from South Shields, South Tyneside, England....
, faced Poultney and Hanley in the week four skate-off, with Poultney and Hanley surviving with four votes to one. However, in week five they were not as successful. The couple were again in the skate off, this time against Melinda Messenger
Melinda Messenger

Melinda Jayne Messenger is an England television presenter and was one of the UK's most successful glamour photography....
 and her partner Fred Palascak
Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak

Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak are a husband-and-wife pair ice skating team who began skating together in 1994. During their competitive years they were two-time United States Eastern Sectional champions and had two top-10 finishes at the national championships....
, and lost by four votes to one.

Personal life

Poultney lives in Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 with her husband Andrew. They have been married for four years.