Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British

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. He is a three-time British National champion (2022-2024) in

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with Anastasia Vaipan-Law.

Career

Singles career

Luke Digby was born in Sheffield on 5 February 2001. He began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a

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. Digby participated at

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, 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. 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

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was scored in eighteenth place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, twelfth in Slovakia and eleventh in Lithuania. 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.

Pair skating with Vaipan-Law

Following the

2018–19 figure skating season The 2018–19 figure skating season began on July 1, 2018, and ended on June 30, 2019. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2019 2019 European Figure Skating Championships, European, 2019 Four Continents ...

, Digby moved to

, teaming up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law with Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, and Jason Briggs becoming their coaching team.

2021-22 season

Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the

2021 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 7–10, 2021 in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, pairs, and ...

. 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 The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inter ...

respectively. At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team

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/ Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the

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, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them. 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.

2022–23 season

Vaipan-Law/Digby began the

2022–23 figure skating season The 2022–23 figure skating season began on July 1, 2022 and will end on June 30, 2023. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2023 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. ...

with a tenth-place finish at the

2022 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 4–9, 2022 in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries The I ...

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

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in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the

2022 CS Warsaw Cup The 2022 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inte ...

. Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the

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and World Championships. The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland. They then went on to place tenth at the

2023 International Challenge Cup The 2023 International Challenge Cup was held from February 23–26, 2023, in Tilburg, Netherlands. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and women's singles at the senior, junior, advanced novice, and basic novice levels, and pa ...

. Making their World Championship debut in Saitama,

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, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing 17th in the short program and went on to place 16th in the free skate, finishing in 16th place overall.

2023–24 season

Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the

2023 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy Memorial Anna Grandolfi was held on September 8–10, 2023, in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

and fifth at the

2023 CS Autumn Classic International The 2023 CS Autumn Classic International was held on September 14–16, 2023, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

. They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the

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when reigning world champions Miura/ Kihara withdrew from the

2023 Skate America The 2023 Skate America was the first event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, from October 20� ...

. They finished seventh at the event. Vaipan-Law/Digby were ninth at the 2024 European Championships. 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 20th place.

Programs

With Vaipan-Law

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Vaipan-Law

''GP:

ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...

; CS:

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

Men's singles

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

With Vaipan-Law

References

External links

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