James Hernandez (figure skater)
Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez following their rhythm dance at the 2025 World Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 October 2001 London, England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Home town | Amersham, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||||
| Partner | Phebe Bekker (since 2021) Emily Rose Brown (2016–20) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Nicholas Buckland Penny Coomes Zhanna Palagina | |||||||||||
| Skating club | Guildford Figure Skating Club | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | |||||||||||
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James Hernandez (born 15 October 2001) is an English ice dancer who represents Great Britain. With his current skating partner, Phebe Bekker, he is the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a three-time British national silver medalist (2024–2026). Bekker/Hernandez represented Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
At the junior level with Bekker, he is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix silver medalist, two-time British junior national champion (2021–2022), and placed 4th at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Bekker/Hernandez are the first British ice dance team to win a medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit.
With his previous partner Emily Rose Brown, Hernandez was the 2020 British junior national champion.