Paul Askham is a British

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 ice dancer. With partner Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones (figure skater)

Sharon Jones is a British ice dancer. With partner Paul Askham, she is the 1985-1988 British national champion. They represented Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where they placed 13th....

, he is the 1985-1988 British national champion

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...

. They represented Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, representing Great Britain, achieved international fame for what the BBC described as "his brave but laughable attempts at ski-jumping."-...

, where they placed 13th.
They later went to perform as principle skaters with Holiday on Ice, and also became the World Professional Ice dance Champions in Jaca

he works as a coach and is also the director of Theatre on Ice in Seattle.

Competitive highlights

(with Jones)
Skate Electric International London 2nd>

Event	1983-84	1984-85	1985-86	1986-87	1987-88	1988-89
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...					13th
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...		15th	13th	13th	12th	9th
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	9th	8th	8th	6th
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...	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	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...						4th
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....			3rd		5th
Grand Prix International de Paris Trophée Eric Bompard The Trophée Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The Trophée Eric Bompard was formerly known as the Trophée Lalique...						2nd