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Tabitha Clare "Tabby" Stoecker was born on November 24, 2000, in Highgate, London, according to Wikipedia. A British schools gymnastics champion, she spent six years from about age 11 training in trapeze, clowning and juggling at the National Centre for Circus Arts, and later went to university in Cardiff.
She joined British Skeleton in 2019 through UK Sport's Discover Your Gold talent program, even though she didn't know what skeleton was when she was picked. She trained at the push-start track in Bath, won Junior World Championship silver in 2022 and 2023, and became junior European champion in 2023.
In her second World Cup start, at La Plagne in the 2023-24 season, she became the first British woman in eight years to win a World Cup race. She won mixed team silver with Matt Weston at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. In 2025-26 she took European Championship silver and finished third overall in the World Cup.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina she placed fifth in the women's race, then won gold with Weston in the first-ever Olympic mixed team skeleton event.
She is competing on Strictly Come Dancing with Mark Karmalita, and they scored 29 in Icons Week. She will also join Gladiators for its fourth series in 2027. Follow along in Strictly Come Dancing 2026: who's left and how to vote.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Tabby Stoecker story, from October 19, 2026, is "Strictly Come Dancing 2026: Who's Left, How to Vote, and the Returning Star Who Topped Week 3": Twelve couples are still chasing the Glitterball, the show is back on BBC One on Saturday, Oct. 24, and one early front-runner is returning after an injury bye. Here's your complete guide.
Gold in the first mixed team skeleton event, with Matt Weston (Wikipedia).
Mark Karmalita (our Strictly guide).
Yes, for the show's fourth series in 2027 (Wikipedia).
