Luke Digby

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Luke Digby
File:Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby 2025 Worlds Free Skate 11.jpg
Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby after their free skate at the 2025 World Championships
Personal information
Born (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 25)
Sheffield, England,
United Kingdom
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFile:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
DisciplinePair skating (since 2021)
Men's singles (2016–19)
PartnerAnastasia Vaipan-Law
CoachSimon Briggs
Debi Briggs
Jason Briggs
Skating clubDundee Ice Skating Club
Began skating2007
Medal record
British Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sheffield Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sheffield Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sheffield Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2025 Sheffield Pairs

Luke Digby (born 5 February 2001) is a British figure skater. With pair partner, Anastasia Vaipan-Law, he is a five-time British national champion (2022–2025) and the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

Personal life

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Digby was born on February 5, 2001.[1] In February 2024, he became engaged to his girlfriend, former British ice dancer, Megan Morley.[2]

Career

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Early years and singles career

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Digby began skating in 2007 at iceSheffield as a single skater.[3]

Digby participated at 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where he finished eighth and then went on to place sixth at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup. He competed at the 2017 Junior Nationals, placing fifth.[4]

Digby also won side-to-side Junior Nationals in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, his best international result was second place at the 2018 Torun Cup. He also finished eighth at the 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star and fourth at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup. His only performance at the JGP in Egna was scored in eighteenth place. He also competed at two JGP in 2018, twelfth in Slovakia and eleventh in Lithuania.[4] His last international ISU competition in single skating was the World Junior Championships. He finished in forty-third place with 40.37 points and did not advance to free skating.[5]

Pair skating career

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2021–22 season: Pairs debut with Vaipan-Law

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Following the 2018–19 figure skating season, Digby moved to pair skating, teaming up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law with Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, and Jason Briggs becoming their coaching team.[6]

Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished twelfth overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events throughout the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth at both the 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice Côte d’Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively.[7]

At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team Jones/Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them.[7]

Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans but finished eighteenth in the segment and did not advance to the free skate.[7]

2022–23 season: World Championship debut

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File:Vaipain-Law and Digby at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy.jpg
Vaipan-Law and Digby at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

Vaipan-Law/Digby began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. On the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix, they were the host-picked pair team for the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[7]

Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the European and World Championships.[8] The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland.[9] They then went on to place tenth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.[7]

Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing seventeenth in the short program and went on to place sixteenth in the free skate, finishing in sixteenth place overall.[10][11]

2023–24 season

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File:Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby 2024 Worlds Short Program 7.jpg
Vaipan-Law and Digby during their short program at the 2024 World Championships

Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.[7] They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the Grand Prix when reigning world champions Miura/Kihara withdrew from the 2023 Skate America. They finished seventh at the event.[12] Vaipan-Law/Digby subsequently took gold at the 2024 British Championships for a third time.[7]

In January, the pair finished ninth at the 2024 European Championships.[13] At the 2024 World Championships in March, they attempted a more difficult jump in the short program than at the European Championships. Despite a mistake on it, they qualified for the free skate, and they ended in twentieth place.[14]

2024–25 season

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Vaipan-Law/Digby started the season by finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, the pair placed sixth at 2024 Skate America, earning personal best scores in the process.[15] “We feel like we are exactly at the right place we want to be at this point of the season,” said Digby. “We now want to keep the level, and of course, keep improving.”[15] They subsequently placed sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.[16][7]

In late November, the pair won their first ISU medal, a silver at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup before going on to win their fourth consecutive national title at the 2025 British Championships.[7]

Going on to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Vaipan-Law/Digby placed fourth in the short program.[16] On the day of the free skate, Vaipan-Law took a fall on a lift and paramedics were called onto the scene. Medically cleared to compete that day, Vaipan-Law/Digby placed sixth in the free skate segment and finished fifth overall. Delighted with the result, Vaipan-Law said in an interview following the event, "If someone would have told me that I would be top five at Europeans, I would have probably said, ‘yeah, that’s a good one.' Our goal was to make top 10."[17] The team also talked about their next goals and the steps needed to close the gap to the top teams next season.[18]

The following month, they competed at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where the placed twelfth overall after finishing thirteenth in the short program and eleventh in the free skate. With this placement, Vaipan-Law/Digby won Great Britain a quota for pair skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[19]

2025–26 season

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On 10 December 2025, Digby and Vaipan-Law were named in the Great Britain team for the 2026 Winter Olympics.[20][21]

Programs

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Pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2025–2026
[22][23][24]
2024–2025
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2023–2024
[1][26]
2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law

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Competition placements at senior level [16]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Winter Olympics TBD
Winter Olympics
(Team event) 		TBD
World Championships 16th 20th 12th
European Championships 18th 10th 9th 5th TBD
British Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Skate America 7th 6th
GP Skate Canada 6th
GP Wilson Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 5th
CS Finlandia Trophy 12th 10th
CS Lombardia Trophy 8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6th 11th
CS Warsaw Cup 17th 7th 2nd 2nd
Challenge Cup 10th
Tayside Trophy 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th
Trophée Métropole Nice 4th
Warsaw Cup 2nd

Single skating

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Competition placements at junior level [30]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
World Junior Championships 43rd
British Championships 5th 1st 1st
JGP Italy 18th
JGP Lithuania 11th
JGP Slovakia 12th
Ice Star 8th
Mentor Cup 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 6th 4th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [16]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 183.76 2025 European Championships
Short program TSS 66.54 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 37.15 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS 29.39 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS 119.09 2025 Skate Canada International
TES 63.72 2025 Skate Canada International
PCS 59.97 2025 European Championships

Pair skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law

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Results in the 2021–22 season [16]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 13 45.79 12 86.77 12 132.56
Oct 20–24, 2021 France 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 4 40.72 4 81.33 4 122.05
Nov 6–7, 2021 United Kingdom 2021 Tayside Trophy 1 57.56 1 101.37 1 158.93
Nov 30 – Dec 5, 2021 United Kingdom 2022 British Championships 1 50.49 2 91.42 1 141.91
Jan 10–16, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 18 51.11 - - 18 51.11
Results in the 2022–23 season [16]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–9, 2022 Finland 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 40.79 10 70.89 10 111.68
Oct 15–16, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 Tayside Trophy 2 52.31 2 93.19 2 145.50
Nov 11–13, 2022 Poland 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 7 50.29 6 93.52 7 143.81
Nov 17–20, 2022 Poland 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 8 48.30 7 99.56 7 147.86
Dec 1–4, 2023 United Kingdom 2023 British Championships 1 55.20 1 105.76 1 160.96
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 9 49.43 10 88.06 10 137.49
Feb 23–26, 2023 Netherlands 2023 International Challenge Cup 10 41.12 10 85.81 10 126.93
Mar 22–26, 2023 Error creating thumbnail: 2023 World Championships 17 55.42 16 97.96 16 153.38
Results in the 2023–24 season [16]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–10, 2023 Italy 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 6 55.32 10 87.65 8 142.97
Sep 14–17, 2023 Canada 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 6 52.64 4 107.18 5 159.82
Oct 14–15, 2023 United Kingdom 2023 Tayside Trophy 3 50.70 2 107.59 2 158.29
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 6 50.60 7 83.24 7 133.84
Nov 16–19, 2023 Poland 2023 Warsaw Cup 2 61.84 3 102.50 2 164.34
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 8 56.79 9 102.22 9 159.01
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 20 54.69 20 98.37 20 153.06
Results in the 2024–25 season [16]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–21, 2024 Germany 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 60.05 4 114.63 6 174.68
Oct 12–13, 2024 United Kingdom 2024 Tayside Trophy 2 61.96 2 109.80 2 171.76
Oct 18–20, 2024 United States 2024 Skate America 6 61.31 6 118.82 6 180.13
Nov 8–10, 2024 Error creating thumbnail: 2024 NHK Trophy 7 58.17 6 116.28 6 174.45
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 2 66.54 2 115.83 2 182.37
Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2024 United Kingdom 2025 British Championships 1 65.28 1 123.39 1 188.67
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 Estonia 2025 European Championships 4 64.83 6 118.93 5 183.76
Mar 25–30, 2025 United States 2025 World Championships 13 61.01 11 117.61 12 178.62
Results in the 2025–26 season [16]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 25–27, 2025 Germany 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 12 60.05 11 104.97 11 165.02
Oct 11–12, 2025 United Kingdom 2025 Tayside Trophy 4 63.68 5 108.63 5 172.31
Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2025 Canada 2025 Skate Canada International 8 48.85 4 119.09 6 167.94
Nov 19–23, 2025 Poland 2025 Warsaw Cup 2 61.31 2 101.19 2 162.50
Nov 26-30, 2025 United Kingdom 2026 British Championships 1 72.07 1 128.84 1 199.91

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