Nicholas Buckland
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Nicholas Buckland is an English
English people
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 ice dancer who represents Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

. With partner Penny Coomes
Penny Coomes
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, he is the 2010 British silver medalist
British Figure Skating Championships
The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...

. Along with John
John Kerr
Sir John Robert Kerr, was the 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, marking the climax of the most significant constitutional crisis in Australian history...

 and Sinead Kerr
Sinead Kerr
Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions...

, they were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Great Britain participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association , and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB...

 finishing in 20th position.

Career

Buckland teamed up with Penny Coomes
Penny Coomes
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 in 2005. They made their senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy
2008 Finlandia Trophy
The 2008 Finlandia Trophy were the Finlandia Trophy competition for the 2008–2009 figure skating season. It was the 13th edition of the Finlandia Trophy to be held. The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland...

, where they placed 9th.

In the 2009-2010 season, they placed 9th at the Ice Challenge
Ice Challenge
The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen and was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008. It is held every autumn in...

 in Graz
Graz
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, Austria
Austria
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, and 4th at the 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
The 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the Ondrej Nepela Memorial competition for the 2009-2010 figure skating season. It was the 17th edition of the Ondrej Nepela Memorial to be held. The Ondrej Nepela Memorial is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Slovakia...

 after placing second in the compulsory dance segment. They won the silver medal at the 2010 British Figure Skating Championships
2010 British Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 British Figure Skating Championships were the British Figure Skating Championships of the 2009-2010 figure skating season. They were a national championship to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom...

. In December, they won the bronze medal at the 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb
The 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the Golden Spin of Zagreb competition for the 2009-2010 figure skating season. It was the 42nd edition of the Golden Spin of Zagreb to be held. The Golden Spin of Zagreb is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia...

.

They are ranked second overall in the NISA National Rankings 2009/2010.

They moved to train with coach Evgeny Platov
Evgeny Platov
Evgeny Arkadievich Platov is a Russian former ice dancer. He is best known for his partnership with Oksana Grishuk from 1989–1998...

 in December 2009. They train mostly in New Jersey
New Jersey
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.

Programs

Season Short dance
Short dance
The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

2011–2012
  • El Beso Del Final
    Mi Reflejo
    Mi Reflejo is the first Spanish-language studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on September 12, 2000. Most of the album was produced by Rudy Pérez and includes Spanish versions of five songs from her debut album Christina Aguilera, as well as six new songs...

     
    by Christina Aguilera
    Christina Aguilera
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  • Let's Get Loud
    Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez song)
    "Let's Get Loud" is a song by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez from her debut album, On the 6 . Written by Gloria Estefan and Kike Santander, and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Santander, the song was released in June 2000 as the album's fifth and final single. While the single did not...

     
    by Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

     
Viva Elvis
Viva Elvis
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by Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
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2010–2011
  • La Valse d'Amélie
    Amélie (soundtrack)
    Amélie is the soundtrack to the 2001 French film Amélie.Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet chanced upon the largely accordion and piano driven music of Yann Tiersen while driving with his production assistant who put on a CD he hadn't heard before. Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's entire...

     
    by Yann Tiersen
    Yann Tiersen
    Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

     
  • Tango de los Exilados
    by Vanessa Mae and Walter Taieb
  • The Lion King
    The Lion King (soundtrack)
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    :
  • Simba Confronts Scar
  • King of Pride Rock
  • Circle of Life
    by Elton John
    Elton John
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     & Tim Rice
    Tim Rice
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  • Original dance
    Original dance
    The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

    2009–2010 Irish folk dance
  • Reel Around the Sun
  • The Countess Cathless
    by Bill Whelan
    Bill Whelan
    Bill Whelan, is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The end result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze...

     
  • Pavane
    Pavane
    The pavane, pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century .A pavane is a slow piece of music which is danced to in pairs....

     
    by Myleene Klass
    Myleene Klass
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  • Sarabande
    Sarabande
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    by Escala
    Escala
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  • Competitive highlights

    (with Penny Coomes
    Penny Coomes
    * *...

    )
    Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
    Winter Olympic Games  20th
    World Championships
    World Figure Skating Championships
    The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

     
    16th
    European Championships
    European Figure Skating Championships
    The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

     
    16th 14th
    British Championships
    British Figure Skating Championships
    The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...

     
    5th J. 2nd J. 1st J. 2nd WD 1st
    Cup of China
    Cup of China
    The Cup of China is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The location changes yearly. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The Cup of China is...

     
    4th
    Skate America
    Skate America
    Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly...

     
    8th
    NHK Trophy
    NHK Trophy
    The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

     
    8th
    Coupe de Nice
    Coupe Internationale de Nice
    The Coupe Internationale de Nice is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It has been held since 1995. It was not held in 2005...

     
    3rd
    Golden Spin of Zagreb
    Golden Spin of Zagreb
    The Golden Spin of Zagreb is an annual senior-level figure skating competition, held yearly in Zagreb, Croatia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although, in some years, not every discipline was included in the program.The 2001...

     
    WD 3rd
    Finlandia Trophy
    Finlandia Trophy
    The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Finland. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been included in every year...

     
    9th
    Ondrej Nepela Memorial
    Ondrej Nepela Memorial
    The Ondrej Nepela Memorial is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Slovakia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. In some years, some disciplines have not been held....

     
    4th 4th
    Winter Universiade  15th
    Ice Challenge
    Ice Challenge
    The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen and was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008. It is held every autumn in...

     
    9th
    Junior Grand Prix, Germany  13th
    Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain 10th
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