Edward Appleby

Edward Appleby
	Edward Appleby at the 2024 World Championships
Personal information
Born	21 December 2004; Colchester, England,; United Kingdom
Home town	Wivenhoe, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Great Britain
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Christopher Boyadji ; Lloyd Jones ; Zoe Jones
Skating club	Romford Ice Arena
Began skating	2009
Medal record
British Championships

Edward Appleby (born 21 December 2004) is an English figure skater. He is a three-time British national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2021 JGP France II bronze medalist, 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup junior men's champion, and a two-time British junior national champion.

Appleby competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Edward Appleby was born in Colchester, Essex, England.^[1] He has an older sister, Alexandra, and brother, Elliot, who are also former competitive figure skaters.^[2] He attended the Colne Community School in Brightlingsea.^[3]

Career

Early years

Appleby began learning to skate in 2009.^[1] In October 2018, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, finishing eighteenth in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He placed thirty-sixth at the 2019 World Junior Championships and twenty-sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.^[4]

2021–22 season

In late August, Appleby won bronze in Courchevel, France, at the second event of the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. It was the first Junior Grand Prix medal won by a British skater in almost 20 years.^[5] In April, he qualified to the final segment at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Ranked eighteenth in the short program and twenty-first in the free skate, he finished twentieth overall.^[4]

2022–23 season

Appleby made his senior ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where he placed last overall. At the British Figure Skating Championships, he competed in the senior category for the first time and placed second behind Graham Newberry. He was selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships, where he placed seventeenth.^[4]

2023–24 season

Appleby performing his short program at the 2025 World Championships

Competing in the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Appleby placed sixth at the 2023 JGP Austria and fourth at the 2024 JGP Poland. In December, Appleby won his first senior national title at the 2024 British Championships. The week after, he competed at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he placed sixth and achieved the technical minimums to be eligible for the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships.^[6] At his first European Championships, he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.^[7]

Appleby was assigned to the 2024 World Junior Championships, and finished ninth, his highest-ever placement at the event.^[8] Weeks later, he competed at the 2024 World Championships, placing thirty-eighth in the short program and failing to advance to the free skate.^[7]

2024–25 season

Prior to the season, Appleby added Alina Mayer-Virtanen to his coaching team, making frequent trips to Laukaa, Finland to work with her, while also continuing to train in Romford with John Wicker.^[9] He ultimately began the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He would then go on to finish fifth at the 2024 Tayside Trophy. Continuing to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, he finished seventh at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial.^[7]

In December, Appleby won his second consecutive national title at the 2025 British Championships. The following month, he competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where he finished twentieth overall.^[4]

Shortly before the 2025 World Championships, Appleby left his longtime coach, John Wicker, and relocated to Swindon to train under Christopher Boyadji and Lloyd Jones. In addition, he continued working with Alina Mayer-Virtanen in Laukaa.^[10] At the World Championships, he placed thirty-second in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.^[7]

2025–26 season

Appleby opened the season by competing at the 2025 Skate to Milano, the final qualifying event for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where he finished in eighteenth place. He then went on to place sixth at the 2025 Swiss Open and fourth at the 2025 Cup of Innsbruck.^[4]

In December, Appleby won his third consecutive national title at the 2026 British Championships.^[4] Following the event, he was selected as Great Britain's men's singles representative for the team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[11]^[12] One month later, Appleby competed at the 2026 European Championships as the home crowd favourite, finishing in twenty-fourth place.^[4]

On February 7, Appleby placed 10th in the short program in the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event. “Obviously it wasn’t a clean skate, but it felt very solid and it was one that just let me enjoy the moment a little more,” he said. “I could just be proud of the hard work that we put in to get here.”^[13]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–2026 ^[14]	Another Love by Tom Odell Another Love (Remix) performed by Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	503 160 BPM Air (from Angels & Demons) by Hans Zimmer & Nick Glennie-Smith Lux Aeterna (from Requiem for a Dream) by Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2024–2025 ^[9]	Step Out for a While by Patrick Watson choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Sand Wick Excommunicado by Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richard John Wick Mode by Le Castle Vania, Tyler Bates, & Joel J. Richard choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Main Theme (from Johnny English) by Edward Shearmur Sandstorm by Darude
2023–2024 ^[15]	You Should Be Dancing by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson Disco Inferno (Glee Cast Version) by Glee Cast, Adam Anders, Peer Åström, & Ryan Murphy choreo. by Wendi Ross
2022–2023 ^[16]	Dawn of Faith by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Wendi Ross, John Kerr	Scars by Michael Malarkey Bad Things by Jace Everett choreo. by Wendi Ross, John Kerr	Disco Inferno by The Trammps performed by Amber Riley
2021–2022 ^[1]	Don't You Know by Kungs ft. Jamie N. Commons	Cry by Jon Batiste I Need You by Jon Batiste
2019–2020 ^[17]	I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons	Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer Discombobulate I Never Woke Up in Handcuffs Before Catatonic
2018–2019 ^[18]	Ice Type Beat by Jorge Quintero 300 Violin Orchestra by Jorge Quintero

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
TBD – Assigned
WD – Withdrew from competition
Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.

Competition placements at senior level ^[4]
Season	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Winter Olympics (Team event)					9th (10th)
World Championships			38th	32nd
European Championships			25th	20th	24th
British Championships		2nd	1st	1st	1st
GP Wilson Trophy		12th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb			6th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy				6th
CS Nepela Memorial		9th		7th
CS Warsaw Cup			9th
Cup of Innsbruck					4th
Skate to Milano					18th
Tayside Trophy	4th	2nd	5th	5th
Trophée Métropole Nice	8th

Competition placements at junior level ^[4]
Season	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
World Junior Championships		36th	26th	20th	17th	9th
British Championships	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
JGP Austria						6th
JGP Croatia			16th
JGP France				3rd
JGP Latvia			9th
JGP Poland				10th		4th
JGP Slovenia		18th
Bavarian Open		9th
Challenge Cup			3rd
European Youth Olympic Festival				4th
Mentor Toruń Cup		15th	1st
Reykjavik Games			1st	1st
Skate Helena		6th
Sofia Trophy		4th
Tayside Trophy			2nd
Volvo Open Cup					1st	6th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[4]
Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	216.48	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program	TSS	75.69	2024 World Junior Championships
	TES	42.11	2024 World Junior Championships
	PCS	34.56	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skating	TSS	142.46	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
	TES	75.57	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	PCS	71.27	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
20–24 Oct 2021	2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	5	69.21	12	108.36	8	177.57
6–7 Nov 2021	2021 Tayside Trophy	4	65.96	4	124.73	4	190.69

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
29 Sep – 1 Oct 2022	2022 CS Nepela Memorial	5	67.85	11	114.79	9	182.64
15–16 Oct 2022	2022 Tayside Trophy	2	67.72	2	117.27	2	184.99
11–13 Nov 2022	2022 MK John Wilson Trophy	11	62.52	11	117.61	12	180.13
1–4 Dec 2022	2023 British Championships	2	73.33	3	108.96	2	182.29

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
14–15 Oct 2023	2023 Tayside Trophy	4	65.31	5	120.67	5	185.98
15–17 Nov 2023	2023 CS Warsaw Cup	6	71.21	8	131.47	9	202.68
27 Nov – 3 Dec 2023	2024 British Championships	1	70.43	1	149.18	1	219.61
6–9 Dec 2023	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	10	61.18	5	138.34	6	199.52
8–14 Jan 2024	2024 European Championships	25	63.59	N/a	N/a	25	63.59
18–24 Mar 2024	2024 World Championships	38	59.51	N/a	N/a	38	59.51

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
18–21 Sep 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	5	74.02	7	142.46	6	216.48
12–13 Oct 2024	2024 Tayside Trophy	5	61.43	5	121.57	5	183.00
25–27 Oct 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	11	62.87	7	122.10	7	184.97
27 Nov – 1 Dec 2024	2025 British Championships	1	74.90	1	153.17	1	228.07
28 Jan – 2 Feb 2025	2025 European Championships	16	72.45	21	115.39	20	187.84
24–30 Mar 2025	2025 World Championships	32	66.70	N/a	N/a	32	66.70

Results in the 2025–26 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
18–21 Sep 2025	2025 ISU Skate to Milano	10	69.35	21	104.77	18	174.12
13–16 Nov 2025	2025 Cup of Innsbruck	4	63.66	4	113.66	4	177.32
26–30 Nov 2025	2026 British Championships	1	74.69	2	128.18	1	202.87
13–18 Jan 2026	2026 European Championships	22	64.95	23	116.77	24	181.72
Feb 6–8, 2026	2026 Winter Olympics – Team event	10	69.68	N/a	N/a	9	N/a

Junior level

Results in the 2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
28 Nov – 4 Dec 2017	2018 British Championships (Junior)	3	42.88	3	72.50	3	115.38

Results in the 2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
3–6 Oct 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	20	38.09	18	74.51	18	112.60
26 Nov – 1 Dec 2018	2019 British Championships (Junior)	4	34.77	2	82.33	3	117.10
8–13 Jan 2019	2019 Mentor Toruń Cup	16	41.23	14	77.48	15	118.71
16–19 Jan 2019	2019 Skate Helena	7	41.89	5	84.45	6	126.34
5–10 Feb 2019	2019 Sofia Trophy	6	45.07	4	92.99	4	138.06
5–10 Feb 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	8	49.16	11	81.49	9	130.65
4–10 Mar 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	36	44.80	–	–	36	44.80

Results in the 2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
4–7 Sep 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	12	58.77	9	111.02	9	169.79
25–28 Sep 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	15	52.24	16	92.09	16	144.33
12–13 Aug 2019	2019 Tayside Trophy	2	42.51	1	105.18	2	147.69
26 Nov – 1 Dec 2019	2020 British Championships (Junior)	1	56.62	1	114.38	1	171.00
7–12 Jan 2020	2020 Mentor Toruń Cup	3	53.83	1	117.07	1	170.90
24–26 Jan 2020	2020 Reykjavik International Games	1	45.71	1	99.69	1	145.40
20–23 Feb 2020	2020 International Challenge Cup	11	47.32	2	116.20	3	163.52
2–8 Mar 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	26	54.56	–	–	26	54.56

Results in the 2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
25–28 Aug 2021	2021 JGP France II	2	63.23	3	119.18	3	182.41
29 Sep – 2 Oct 2021	2021 JGP Poland	12	60.30	9	115.56	10	175.86
30 Nov – 5 Dec 2021	2022 British Championships (Junior)	1	63.87	1	107.59	1	171.46
4–6 Feb 2022	2022 Reykjavik International Games	1	63.69	1	98.88	1	162.57
20–25 Mar 2022	2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival	3	68.58	5	115.88	4	184.46
13–17 Apr 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	18	64.05	21	109.91	20	173.96

Results in the 2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
19–22 Jan 2023	2023 Volvo Open Cup	1	70.19	2	119.33	1	189.52
27 Feb – 5 Mar 2023	2023 World Junior Championships	17	62.49	18	111.38	17	173.87

Results in the 2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
30 Aug – 2 Sep 2023	2023 JGP Austria	5	66.16	7	120.03	6	186.19
27–30 Sept 2023	2023 JGP Poland	2	71.14	9	107.83	4	178.97
18–21 Jan 2024	2024 Volvo Open Cup	5	62.48	6	108.49	6	170.97
26 Feb – 3 Mar 2024	2024 World Junior Championships	6	75.69	11	129.86	9	205.55

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Edward Appleby: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.
^ Collitt, Andrea. "Family's figure skating shows no end to their commitment". Gazette News. Gazette News. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
^ "Family's figure skating shows no end to their commitment". The Gazette. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "GBR–Edward Appleby". SkatingScores.
^ BritishIceSkating (2 September 2021). "Junior Grand Prix Bronze Medal "A Bit of a Blur" For Ed Appleby". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ BritishIceSkating (12 December 2023). "Worlds Scores Achieved in Zagreb!". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Competition Results: Edward Appleby". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.
^ Slater, Paula (2 March 2024). "Minkyu Seo clinches men's title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Edward Appleby: 2024/2025 (1st Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2024/2025 (2nd Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025.
^ "Team GB Names Eight Figure Skaters for Milano Cortina 2026 in Biggest Squad Since 1988". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
^ "Ed Appleby hopes Rubix cube is key to success on Winter Olympic debut". Irvine Times. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
^ Slater, Paula (7 February 2026). "Yuma Kagiyama shakes up Olympic Team event; adds padding to Team Japan's standing". Golden Skate.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.
^ "Edward Appleby: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.

External links

Edward Appleby at the International Skating Union
Edward Appleby at Skating Scores
Edward Appleby at Team GB
Edward Appleby at Milano Cortina 2026
Edward Appleby at Olympics.com
Edward Appleby at Olympedia
Edward Appleby on Instagram

[ISU-2122-1] "Edward Appleby: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.

[2] Collitt, Andrea. "Family's figure skating shows no end to their commitment". Gazette News. Gazette News. Retrieved 4 January 2026.

[3] "Family's figure skating shows no end to their commitment". The Gazette. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2026.

[SS-EA-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "GBR–Edward Appleby". SkatingScores.

[5] BritishIceSkating (2 September 2021). "Junior Grand Prix Bronze Medal "A Bit of a Blur" For Ed Appleby". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[6] BritishIceSkating (12 December 2023). "Worlds Scores Achieved in Zagreb!". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[ISU-EA-7] "Competition Results: Edward Appleby". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.

[GS240302-8] Slater, Paula (2 March 2024). "Minkyu Seo clinches men's title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[ISU-2425a-9] "Edward Appleby: 2024/2025 (1st Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[ISU-2425b-10] "Edward Appleby: 2024/2025 (2nd Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025.

[11] "Team GB Names Eight Figure Skaters for Milano Cortina 2026 in Biggest Squad Since 1988". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 11 December 2025.

[12] "Ed Appleby hopes Rubix cube is key to success on Winter Olympic debut". Irvine Times. Retrieved 11 December 2025.

[GS020726M-13] Slater, Paula (7 February 2026). "Yuma Kagiyama shakes up Olympic Team event; adds padding to Team Japan's standing". Golden Skate.

[ISU-2526-14] "Edward Appleby: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025.

[ISU-2324-15] "Edward Appleby: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023.

[ISU-2223-16] "Edward Appleby: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.

[ISU-1920-17] "Edward Appleby: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.

[ISU-1819-18] "Edward Appleby: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.

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