For the first time since Sochi 2014, Britain will field a full eight-strong team of figure skaters at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Led by Beijing 2022 Olympians Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear, get ready to strut to 90s classics, marvel in triple axels and get behind the team in Milan.

Without further ado, meet your figure skating team for Milano Cortina 2026.

Lilah Fear: Ice Dance

DOB: 11/06/1999

Hometown: London

Olympic record: Beijing 2022

Lilah Fear helped win Britain's first global ice skating medal in over 40 years with 2025 World Championship bronze.

Born in Connecticut to Canadian parents, she moved to London aged one and honed her skating passions with frequent lessons at Queens Ice Rink, near her primary school in Notting Hill.

A multilingual podcaster who has skated since she was two and lived in three countries, she teamed up with Lewis Gibson in 2016 and the duo have cultivated a reputation as fan favourites and great entertainers.

At the 2025 Worlds, Gibson and Fear ended a 40-year medal drought for British figure skating, with ice dance bronze in Boston. It marked the first global medal since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1984, before adding another Grand Prix Final bronze to their name.

Lewis Gibson: Ice Dance

DOB: 01/05/1994

Hometown: Prestwick

Olympic record: Beijing 2022

A prolific footballer as a child, after watching the first series of Dancing On Ice, an 11-year-old Lewis Gibson immediately wanted to take up skating.

The Scot donned a pair of ice skates for the first time at the Ayr Skate Rink shortly after and never looked back, rapidly rising through the ranks despite a relatively late introduction to the sport.

Gibson and ice dance partner Lilah Fear won the British title in their first campaign together and their maiden Grand Prix medal, a bronze at 2019 Skate Canada, was the first podium finish by a GB duo at that level since 2014.

Seventh place at the 2021 World Championships was a landmark result, while Gibson and Fear were selected for their Olympic debut at Beijing 2022, where they finished tenth.

Making history with world bronze in 2025, as well as back-to-back. Grand Prix Final bronzes, the duo will look to maintain that success at their second Olympic Games in 2026.

Phebe Bekker: Ice Dance

DOB: 27/07/2005

Hometown: Ashtead

Olympic record: Olympic debut

Phebe Bekker will be making her Olympic debut in Milano Cortina alongside partner James Hernandez in the ice dance.

The 20-year-old is a three-time British Figure Skating Championships silver medallist and twice won gold at the same event in the junior category.

Bekker has two World Championship appearances to her name, finishing 21st and 17th in 2024 and 2025 respectively, and in 2022 the duo became the first British ice dancers to win a medal at a junior Grand Prix.

James Hernandez: Ice Dance

DOB: 15/10/2001

Hometown: London

Olympic record: Olympic debut

James Hernandez took up skating aged four and credits his sister for first getting him into the sport.

Milano Cortina 2026 will be Hernandez’s first taste of a Winter Olympic Games when he partners Phebe Bekker in the ice dance, after the pair first teamed up in 2021, and have skated to both domestic and international success.

He skates for Guildford Figure Skating Club and previously partnered Emily Rose Brown until 2020.

Bekker and Hernandez are channelling Shakespeare this Olympic season, with their free dance set to a melody of Romeo and Juliet music, whilst their rhythm dance is to George Michael.

Anastasia Vaipan-Law: Pairs

DOB: 15/10/2001

Hometown: Blackpool

Olympic record: Olympic debut

Anastasia Vaipan-Law moved away from home aged 13 to pursue her figure skating ambitions and they have now been realised with an Olympic debut.

Vaipan-Law was born in Blackpool to a Ukrainian father and English mother, both of whom performed in the Lancashire town’s famous ice show – the longest running of its kind in the world.

Vaipan-Law followed in their footsteps aged six and later moved north of the border to hone her skills in Dundee, just a year after briefly giving up on the sport.

A knee injury in 2018 saw her switch from singles to pairs and she has flourished alongside Luke Digby. The pair recently won their fifth consecutive national title while a first ISU medal arrived in November 2024.

Luke Digby: Pairs

DOB: 05/02/2001

Hometown: Sheffield

Olympic record: Olympic debut

Luke Digby got his taste of the big stage as a flower boy at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships and 14 years on, will make his Olympic debut.

Digby first stepped foot on the skating rink aged six, inspired by an older sister who was obsessed with Dancing On Ice, and has not looked back since.

His subsequent role as a volunteer at the continental showpiece, in his home city of Sheffield, acted as further inspiration and Digby made a smooth transition into the senior ranks.

He began as a single skater and performed at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival before switching to pairs alongside Anastasia Vaipan-Law, who he has competed alongside ever since.

Digby is not the only elite sportsman in his family – his brother, Paul, has played for six English Football League clubs and currently represents Dundee.

Kristen Spours: Singles

D.O.B: 11/04/2000

Hometown: Woking

Olympic record: Olympic debut

Kristen Spours has fought past plenty of hurdles to reach her maiden Olympics at Milano Cortina 2026.

The figure skater took a break from the ice in September, citing mental and physical challenges following surgery for a disc herniation.

It was an issue that first appeared as an 18-year-old, when Spours was left with no feeling in her left leg below the knee.

However, the Woking skater fought back to retain her British title in November 2025, having already earned Team GB’s quota spot at Milano Cortina thanks to her performances at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, where she finished 22nd.

Edward Appleby: Team

D.O.B: 21/12/2004

Hometown: Wivenhoe

Olympic record: Olympic debut

Edward Appleby will continue his rapid rise with his Olympic debut in the team event at Milano Cortina 2026.

The men’s singles skater defended his British title in November 2025, having already competed at the World and European Championships that year, finishing 32nd and 20th respectively.

Appleby also competed at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where he finished ninth.

Away from the ice, Appleby boasts an impressive 16-second personal best time to complete a Rubik’s cube.

Figure Skating will be at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, with the team event kicking things of on 6 February.

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