Edward Appleby (born 21 December 2004) is an English

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. He is a two-time British national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2021 JGP France II bronze medalist, 2020

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junior men's champion, and a two-time British junior national champion.

Personal life

Edward Appleby was born in

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. His older brother, Elliot, is also a figure skater and competes in men's singles and pairs skating.

Career

Early years

Appleby began learning to skate in 2009. In October 2018, he debuted on the

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(JGP) circuit, finishing eighteenth in

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. He placed thirty-sixth at the 2019 World Junior Championships and twenty-sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2021–22 season

In late August, Appleby won bronze in

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, at the second event of the

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season. It was the first Junior Grand Prix medal won by a British skater in almost 20 years. In April, he qualified to the final segment at the 2022 World Junior Championships in

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. Ranked eighteenth in the short program and twenty-first in the free skate, he finished twentieth overall.

2022–23 season

Appleby made his senior

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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

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. He was selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships, where he placed seventeenth.

2023–24 season

Edward Appleby 2025 Worlds Short Program 05

Competing in the

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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

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, where he placed sixth and achieved the technical minimums to be eligible for the

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. At his first

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, he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate. Appleby was assigned to the 2024 World Junior Championships, and finished ninth, his highest-ever placement at the event. Weeks later, he competed at the 2024 World Championships, placing thirty-eighth in the short program and failing to advance to the free skate.

2024–25 season

Prior to the season, Appleby added Alina Mayer-Virtanen to his coaching team, making frequent trips to

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, Finland to work with her, while also continuing to train in

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with John Wicker. He ultimately began the season with a sixth-place finish at the

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. He would then go on to finish fifth at the 2024 Tayside Trophy. Continuing to compete on the

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, he finished seventh at the

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. 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

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, Estonia, where he finished twentieth overall. Shortly before the 2025 World Championships, Appleby left his longtime coach, John Wicker, and relocated to

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to train under

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and

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. In addition, he continued working with Alina Mayer-Virtanen in Laukaa. At the World Championships, he placed thirty-second in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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