Nicholas Mark "Nicky" Slater (born 6 April 1958 in Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

) is a former competitive British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 ice dancer.

Skating career

With partner Kathryn Winter

Kathryn Winter

Kathryn Winter is a British ice dancer. She won the 1976 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in ice dancing with partner Nicholas Slater.-References:...

, he is the 1976 World Junior Champion

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

. Following that partnership, he teamed up with Karen Barber

Karen Barber

Karen Barber is a British ice dancer.-Skating career:With partner Kim Spreyer, she is the 1977 World Junior silver medalist. With partner Nicky Slater, she is the 1983 European bronze medalist...

. They are the 1983 European bronze medalists

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

. They represented Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medallists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay...

, placing 12th, and at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.-Medallists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay...

, where they placed 6th. They were British Ice Dance Champions in 1985.

Post-competitive career

Slater has produced ice events his first being Sport Aid at the NEC in 1986 in aid of the Band Aid Trust. He conceived and produced Skate-along a national skating fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, founded in 1964, is the United Kingdom’s only national charity dedicated to all aspects of cystic fibrosis . It funds research to treat and cure CF and aims to ensure appropriate clinical care and support for people with cystic fibrosis.-Objectives:Its objectives are:*To...

 launched on Blue Peter

Blue Peter

Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...

 and ran Ice Gala Tours in the UK to benefit Cystic Fibrosis and as independent productions. He has produced ice spectaculars in the US working in partnership with Robin Cousins

Robin Cousins

Robert "Robin" Cousins is a British retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1980 Olympic Champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist and four-time British national champion. He later starred in ice shows and also produced his own...

. Together the pair produced:

• Improv-Ice for USA Networks (3)
• The Starskates Series (8) for NBC
• Skaters Tribute to shows for ESPN (2)

In 2005 he produced and starred in The Finding a Wife Tour a UK theatre show, in 2008 he created and starred in Ice Times and toured UK theatres skating with Louise Owen and Charlotte Aitken.

Slater has also contributed to Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association

Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association

Sense is a national charity in the United Kingdom that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind.-History:Sense was founded in 1955 as a self-help and support group for the parents of children whose disabilities were neither recognised nor provided for, children born...

's City Ice Skate events.

Media work

Following his retirement from competitive skating, Slater has worked as an 'in vision' expert and commentator on ice skating for ITV and Channel 4, and as a commentator on Star, HDTV and on British Eurosport where he has also anchored. He has featured in television specials as a guest. He has been the Surprise on Surprise, Surprise, and guested as a skater on various UK shows. He appeared as a judge on TV skating show Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice (UK)

Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...

. He was axed from the 2011 series.

Competitive highlights

(with Barber)

Event	1978-79	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84	1984-85
Olympic Winter Games		12th				6th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	13th	10th	7th	7th	5th	5th	6th
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	11th	8th	5th	5th	3rd	4th	4th
British Championships British Figure Skating Championships The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...				2nd	2nd		1st
NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....			2nd	1st			1st
Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly...				3rd
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...			2nd	2nd

(with Winter)

Event	1975-1976
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...	1st

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