Graham Newberry (born June 7, 1998) is a British
figure skater
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. He has won eight senior international medals, including gold at the 2017
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, and is a four-time
British national
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champion. He has reached the final segment at seven
ISU Championships.
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Personal life
Graham Newberry was born June 7, 1998, in Hershey, Pennsylvania
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.[ He has dual British and ]American
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citizenship.[ He is the son of Christian Newberry, the 1989 British senior champion, and brother of Jack Newberry, the 2012 British junior bronze medalist.][
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Career
Newberry competed on the novice level in the 2011–12 season and moved up to the junior level the following season. At the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival, he placed third in both segments but came in fourth overall.
In the 2013–14 season, Newberry received his first ISU Junior Grand Prix
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(JGP) assignments; he placed tenth in Mexico City
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and fifth in Ostrava
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. After winning the British junior title, he was sent to the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he qualified for the free skate. Ranked 21st in the short and 17th in the free, he finished 19th overall. Coached by his father, he trained at Twin Ponds in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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until the end of the season.[
In mid-2014, Newberry began training in ]London, England
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, where he continued to be coached by his father.[ In his second JGP season, he placed seventh in Ostrava and sixth in ]Zagreb
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. Making his senior international debut, he finished eighth at the Volvo Open Cup
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, an ISU Challenger Series
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in November 2014. In February 2015, he won the senior silver medal at the Jégvirág Cup in Hungary. At the 2015 World Junior Championships, he placed 21st overall.
In December 2016, Newberry won the British senior title.[ He also won his third junior national title.
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Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
Senior level
Junior level
References
External links
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1998 births
American emigrants to England
British male single skaters
Living people
People from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania