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Natasha McKay
Scottish figure skater

Natasha McKay

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Scottish figure skater
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age
29 years
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Biography

Natasha McKay (born 14 January 1995) is a Scottish figure skater who competes in ladies' singles for the United Kingdom. She is the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, the 2017 Skate Helena champion, the 2017 Open d'Andorra champion, and a four-time British national champion (2017–2020). She has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

McKay was born on 14 January 1995 in Dundee, Scotland. She attended St John's School in Dundee before moving, around 2008, to Coventry, England. She returned to Dundee by 2012.

Career

McKay began learning to skate in 2002. In a 2018 interview, she recalled, "I begged my mum for skates for a whole year [...] until she gave in."

McKay won the junior bronze medal at the British Championships in the 2009–10 season. In February 2011, she placed 22nd at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Liberec, Czech Republic. She was coached by Yuri Bureiko in Coventry, England.

In the 2012–13 season, McKay made her only appearance on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 24th in Bled, Slovenia, and won her second junior national bronze medal. She was coached by Debi and Simon Briggs in Dundee, Scotland.

She won the senior bronze medal at the British Championships in the 2014–15 season and finished 5th the next year.

McKay won gold at the Open d'Andorra in November 2016 and became the British national champion the following month. In January 2017, she took gold at Skate Helena. She was named in the British team to the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava. In the Czech Republic, she ranked 24th in the short program, giving her the final qualifying spot, and then rose to 18th overall by placing 16th in the free skate.

In December 2018, McKay won her third consecutive national title.

At the 2019 World Championships, McKay qualified for the free skate for the first time, and placed twenty-first overall.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2019–2020
  • 5 Years
    by Daniel Pemberton
  • Best Friend
    by Soffi Tucker
  • Moog Necklace
    by Daniel Pemberton
  • Game On
2018–2019
  • Rondo Capriccioso
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
2017–2018
  • El Tango de Roxanne
    (from Moulin Rouge!)
2016–2017
2012–2013
  • The Sleeping Beauty
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event06–0709–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–20
Worlds32nd32nd21st
Europeans18th27th20th23rd
CS Alpen Trophy9th
CS Finlandia18th20th
CS Lombardia12th
CS Nebelhorn18th
Challenge Cup6th4th
Cup of Nice6th
Cup of Tyrol5th10th
Denkova-Staviski3rd2nd
Golden Bear1st3rd
Merano Cup2nd
Open d'Andorra1st
Skate Helena1st
Tayside Trophy1st
Volvo Open Cup6th
International: Junior
JGP Slovenia24th
Cup of Nice14th15th
EYOF22nd
NRW Trophy18th
National
British Champ.8th N3rd J4th J4th J3rd J4th J3rd5th1st1st1st1st
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