Luke Digby
| Luke Digby | ||||||||||||
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 Vaipan-Law and Digby at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | ||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 2001 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2021) Men's singles (2016–19) | |||||||||||
| Partner | Anastasia Vaipan-Law | |||||||||||
| Coach | Simon Briggs Debi Briggs Jason Briggs | |||||||||||
| Skating club | Dundee Ice Skating Club | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2007 | |||||||||||
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Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British figure skater. He is a three-time British National champion (2022-2024) in pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law.
Personal life
[edit]Digby was born on February 5, 2001.[1] In February 2024, he became engaged to his girlfriend, former British ice dancer, Megan Morley.[2]
Career
[edit]Early years and singles career
[edit]Digby began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a single skater.[3]
Digby participated at 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where he finished eighth and then went on to place sixth at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup. He competed at the 2017 Junior Nationals, placing fifth.[4]
Digby also 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 eighth at the 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star and fourth at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup. His only performance at the JGP in Egna was scored in eighteenth place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, twelfth in Slovakia and eleventh in Lithuania.[4] His last international ISU competition in single skating was the World Junior Championships. He finished in forty-third place with 40.37 points and did not advance to free skating.[5]
Pair skating career
[edit]2021–22 season: Pairs debut with Vaipan-Law
[edit]Following the 2018–19 figure skating season, Digby moved to pair skating, teaming up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law with Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, and Jason Briggs becoming their coaching team.[6]
Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished twelfth overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events throughout the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth at both the 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively.[7]
At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team Jones/Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them.[7]
Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans but finished eighteenth in the segment and did not advance to the free skate.[7]
2022–23 season: World Championship debut
[edit]Vaipan-Law/Digby began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. On the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix, they were the host-picked pair team for the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[7]
Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the European and World Championships.[8] The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland.[9] They then went on to place tenth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.[7]
Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing seventeenth in the short program and went on to place sixteenth in the free skate, finishing in sixteenth place overall.[10][11]
2023–24 season
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Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.[7] They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the Grand Prix when reigning world champions Miura/Kihara withdrew from the 2023 Skate America. They finished seventh at the event.[12]
Vaipan-Law/Digby were ninth at the 2024 European Championships.[13] At the 2024 World Championships in March, they attempted a more difficult jump in the short program than at the European Championships. Despite a mistake on it, they qualified for the free skate, and they ended in twentieth place.[14]
2024–25 season
[edit]Vaipan-Law/Digby started the season by finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, the pair placed sixth at 2024 Skate America, earning personal best scores in the process. They subsequently placed sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.[15][7]
Programs
[edit]With Vaipan-Law
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 [16] |
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| 2023–2024 [1][17] |
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| 2022–2023 [18] |
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| 2021–2022 [19] |
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| 2020–2021 [20] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]Pairs with Vaipan-Law
[edit]GP: ISU Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series
| International[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Worlds | 16th | 20th | ||
| Europeans | 18th | 10th | 9th | |
| GP Skate America | 7th | 6th | ||
| GP NHK Trophy | 6th | |||
| GP Wilson Trophy | 7th | |||
| CS Autumn Classic | 5th | |||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 12th | 10th | ||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 8th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 17th | 7th | TBD | |
| Challenge Cup | 10th | |||
| Tayside Trophy | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 4th | |||
| Warsaw Cup | 2nd | |||
| National | ||||
| British Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||
Single skating
[edit]| International: Junior[21] | |||
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| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Junior Worlds | 43rd | ||
| Ice Star | 8th | ||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 2nd | ||
| Volvo Open Cup | 6th | 4th | |
| JGP Italy | 18th | ||
| JGP Lithhuania | 11th | ||
| JGP Slovakia | 12th | ||
| National | |||
| British Champ. | 5th J | 1st J | 1st J |
Detailed results
[edit]Pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 180.13 | 2024 Skate America |
| Short program | TSS | 61.31 | 2024 Skate America |
| TES | 33.52 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| PCS | 28.26 | 2024 Skate America | |
| Free skating | TSS | 118.82 | 2024 Skate America |
| TES | 61.05 | 2024 Skate America | |
| PCS | 57.77 | 2024 Skate America |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 19–21, 2024 |  2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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6 | 60.05 | 4 | 114.63 | 6 | 174.68 |
| Oct 12–13, 2024 | 2024 Tayside Trophy
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2 | 61.96 | 2 | 109.80 | 2 | 171.76 |
| Oct 18–20, 2024 |  2024 Skate America
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6 | 61.31 | 6 | 118.82 | 6 | 180.13 |
| Nov 8–10, 2024 |  2024 NHK Trophy
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7 | 58.17 | 6 | 116.28 | 6 | 174.45 |
| Nov 20–24, 2024 |  2024 CS Warsaw Cup
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2 | 66.54 | ||||
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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| March 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 20 54.69 |
20 98.37 |
20 153.06 |
| January 8–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 8 56.79 |
9 102.22 |
9 159.01 |
| November 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Warsaw Cup | 2 61.84 |
3 102.50 |
2 164.34 |
| October 20–22, 2023 | 2023 Skate America | 6 50.60 |
7 83.24 |
7 133.84 |
| October 14–15, 2023 | 2023 Tayside Trophy | 3 50.70 |
2 107.59 |
2 158.29 |
| September 14–17, 2023 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic International | 6 52.64 |
4 107.18 |
5 159.82 |
| September 8–10, 2023 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | 6 55.32 |
10 87.65 |
8 142.97 |
| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 22–26, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 17 55.42 |
16 97.96 |
16 153.38 |
| February 23–26, 2023 | 2023 International Challenge Cup | 10 41.12 |
10 85.81 |
10 126.93 |
| January 25–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 9 49.43 |
10 88.06 |
10 137.49 |
| December 1–4, 2022 | 2023 British Championships | 1 55.20 |
1 105.76 |
1 160.96 |
| November 17–20, 2022 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | 8 48.30 |
7 99.56 |
7 147.86 |
| November 11–13, 2022 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | 7 50.29 |
6 93.52 |
7 143.81 |
| October 15–16, 2022 | 2022 Tayside Trophy | 2 52.31 |
2 93.19 |
2 145.50 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 10 40.79 |
10 70.89 |
10 111.68 |
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 10–16, 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 18 51.11 |
– | 18 51.11 |
| Nov. 30 – Dec. 5, 2021 | 2022 British Championships | 1 50.49 |
2 91.42 |
1 141.91 |
| November 6–7, 2021 | 2021 Tayside Trophy | 1 57.56 |
1 101.37 |
1 158.93 |
| October 20–24, 2021 | 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 4 40.72 |
4 81.33 |
4 122.05 |
| October 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 13 45.79 |
12 86.77 |
12 132.56 |
References
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- ^ Morley, Megan. "02/07/2024 💍 We're Engaged! My first, only and forever love, I'm still in shock. Truly the most magical surprise. Together forever ♾️". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2018 - Junior Men". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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- ^ a b "British Figure Skating Championships". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "European Figure Skating Championships". ISU results. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Dundee figure skating stars Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby hailed after 'brilliant' World Championships debut in Japan". The Courier. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "World Figure Skating Championships". ISU results. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Vaipan-Law & Digby Reflect on Skate America". British Ice Skating. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ a b Slater, Paula (11 January 2024). "Beccari and Guarise clinch unexpected gold at 2024 Europeans". Golden Skate. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Cran, Georgi (26 March 2024). "Olympic champion Christopher Dean helps Dundee figure skaters at World Championships". The Courier.
- ^ a b c d "GBR–Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ a b "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024.
- ^ a b Vaipan-Law, Anastasia. "2023/24 Free Program". Instagram. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Luke DIGBY: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 October 2023.