Lydia Smart (born 16 July 1998) is an English

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. With her skating partner

Harry Mattick Harry Mattick (born 20 December 1993) is an English figure skater. He is the 2017 Sofia Trophy champion, the 2020 Tayside Trophy bronze medalist, the 2012 British Figure Skating Championships, British national silver medalist, and a three-time ...

, she is the 2022 Britannia Cup champion, the 2023 British Championship silver medalist, and the 2022 British Championship bronze medalist.

Career

Women's singles

Smart began learning to skate at the age of three with the goal of becoming an Olympic athlete. As well as skating lessons, she took on additional training including ballet, flexibility, and fitness. Smart competed in her first British Championship at the age of 12. She was selected in 2012 to be part of the British International Development Squad by the National Ice Skating Association (now

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). In 2016, Smart was invited to train in

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in the United States. She trained overseas for a period of six months before returning to the United Kingdom.

Pair skating

Since the

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, Smart has competed in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

with

. The pair train at both the Oxford and Swindon rinks. In 2022, Smart starred in the

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documentary series ''Freeze'' along with Harry Mattick and fellow Swindon skater Kristen Spours.

Coaching

Smart is a British Ice Skating Level 2 qualified coach and teaches at the

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when not competing.

Programs

Pair skating with Mattick

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Mattick

Women's singles

References

External links

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Lydia Smart
at Tracings {{DEFAULTSORT:Smart, Lydia British female pair skaters British female single skaters 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Blackpool