Graham Newberry
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| Born | 7 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | London, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Newberry (born June 7, 1998) is a retired British figure skater. He won eight senior international medals, including gold at the 2017 Merano Cup, and is a four-time British national champion. He reached the final segment at seven ISU Championships.[1]
Graham Newberry was born June 7, 1998, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[2] He has dual British and American citizenship.[3] He is the son of Christian Newberry, the 1989 British senior champion, and brother of Jack Newberry, the 2012 British junior bronze medalist.[4]
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 (JGP) assignments; he placed tenth in Mexico City and fifth in Ostrava. 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 until the end of the season.[5]
In mid-2014, Newberry began training in London, England, where he continued to be coached by his father.[6] In his second JGP season, he placed seventh in Ostrava and sixth in Zagreb. Making his senior international debut, he finished eighth at the Volvo Open Cup, an ISU Challenger Series 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.[7][8] He also won his third junior national title.
On March 10, 2024, Newberry announced his retirement from competitive skating.[9]
Programs
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| 2022–2023 [10] |
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| 2021–2022 [10] |
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| 2020–2021 [11] |
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| 2019–2020 [12] |
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| 2018–2019 [13] |
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| 2017–2018 [14] |
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| 2016–2017 [2] |
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| 2015–2016 [15] |
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| 2014–2015 [6] |
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| 2013–2014 [16] |
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Competitive highlights
- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- C – Event was cancelled
- WD – Withdrew from competition
| Season | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
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| World Championships | 31st | 20th | 32nd | ||||||
| European Championships | 16th | 21st | 26th | 23rd | |||||
| British Championships | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | C | 1st | 1st | ||
| GP Wilson Trophy | 11th | ||||||||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 5th | 11th | |||||||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | WD | 20th | |||||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 7th | 15th | 14th | ||||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 10th | 14th | |||||||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 10th | 6th | 11th | ||||||
| CS Volvo Open Cup | 8th | ||||||||
| Bellu Memorial | 7th | ||||||||
| Britannia Cup | 1st | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 4th | 10th | |||||||
| Denkova-Staviski Cup | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 7th | ||||||||
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | 2nd | ||||||||
| Halloween Cup | 2nd | 7th | |||||||
| Jégvirág Cup | 2nd | ||||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | |||||
| Merano Cup | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
| Tayside Trophy | 2nd | 5th | |||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 4th | 9th |
| Season | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
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| World Junior Championships | 19th | 21st | 15th | ||
| British Championships | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| JGP Croatia | 6th | ||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 5th | 7th | |||
| JGP Estonia | 8th | ||||
| JGP France | 12th | ||||
| JGP Mexico | 10th | ||||
| JGP Poland | 15th | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 13th | ||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 4th | ||||
| New Year's Cup | 3rd | ||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd |
