Joseph Buckland (born 27 October 1992) is an English

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. With former partner

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, he is a three-time

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junior champion (2012–14) and competed at three World Junior Championships, reaching the top ten in

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Personal life

Joseph Buckland was born in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

, England. He is the younger brother of

Nicholas Buckland Nicholas "Nick" Buckland (born 9 June 1989) is a former England, English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships, 2014 European bronze medalist and has ...

, who also competes in ice dancing.

Career

Early years

Buckland teamed up with his first partner, Georgia Robinson, at age 15. In 2008, he was diagnosed with two

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s in his spine, keeping him off the ice for six months. He skated with Danielle Bennett in the 2009–10 season. The two placed 15th at their sole

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

event, in Turkey, and became the British national silver medalists on the junior level.

Partnership with Smart

Buckland began skating with

in 2010. They made their JGP debut in autumn 2011, ranking 13th in Austria and 12th in Estonia. They came in 17th at their first World Junior Championships, held in

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in March 2012. In the 2012–13 season, the duo missed the JGP series and finished 22nd at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan. In 2013–14, Smart/Buckland placed seventh at both of their JGP assignments, Poland and the Czech Republic, and finished 10th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria. Smart/Buckland moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season. In October 2014, they placed fourth at the

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, an

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event. In November, they won silver medals at the

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and

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before taking the British national title in the absence of

Penny Coomes Penny Coomes (born 6 April 1989) is a former English competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating ...

. Smart/Buckland withdrew from the 2015 European Championships before the short dance, Buckland having fallen ill with

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. The duo then went on to place 27th at the 2015 World Championships in

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, China. They split in June 2015.

Later partnerships

Buckland teamed up with Molly Lanaghan in October 2015. As of October 2016, his skating partner is Robynne Tweedale.

Programs

With Tweedale

With Smart

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Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Tweedale

With Smart

With Bennett

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckland, Joseph English male ice dancers 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Nottingham