Hamish Gaman (born 20 April 1983) is an English former competitive

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. With partner

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, he is the 2015

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silver medalist and 2015

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champion. Since 2018, he has appeared on the

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series ''

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''.

Career

Gaman competed with Rebecca Collett in the 2003–04 season. They appeared at one

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event, placing 11th, and at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where they finished 14th. In 2007, he teamed up with

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but she ended the partnership in January 2008 to skate for France. He then worked as a coach in the U.K. In May 2013, Gaman formed a partnership with American skater

, coached by Johnny Johns and Marina Zueva in

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. Representing the United Kingdom, they earned minimum technical scores at the 2013

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. The pair went on to take the bronze medal at the 2014 British Championships. In mid-February 2014, they moved to Boston and began training under Bobby Martin and Carrie Wall at the Skating Club of Boston. After spending part of June 2014 in

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, coached by

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and Richard Gauthier, the pair decided to move there in July. At the 2015 European Championships in

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, Yankowskas/Gaman placed seventh in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and ninth overall. On September 10, 2015, Yankowskas and Gaman announced their retirements from competitive figure skating due to lack of funding.

''Dancing on Ice''

In 2018, Gaman joined the cast of the

competition series ''

'' as a professional skater. In

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, his celebrity partner was Olympic athlete

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. They were eliminated on 28 January 2018, after a skate-off with

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and

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. In the eleventh series, he was partnered with singer

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. They finished in third place after making it into the final. For the twelfth series, Gaman was partnered with model and actress

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. After their first performance,

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replaced Gaman as her partner but Gaman continued to appear in group performances on the show. Deciding to withdraw in mid-February, Gaman stated, "The past three and a half months have been the worst of my life, and I'm struggling." He said that "untrue stories are continually being fed to the press by a 'source'."

Personal life

Gaman became engaged to Amelia Humfress in March 2020. Both Gaman and Humfress are

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Programs

With Yankowskas

With Collett

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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With Yankowskas

With Collett

References

External links

Official site of Yankowskas/Gaman
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaman, Hamish 1983 births English male pair skaters Living people Sportspeople from Chertsey