Fear was born on 11 June 1999 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, to Canadian parents. She was raised in London, England, and attended South Hampstead High School. She has a younger sister, Sasha, who competes in junior ice dancing for Great Britain with her partner George Waddell. She also has a second sister, Georgia, who is a cross country and track athlete for Dartmouth College in the United States. Fear is a dual Canadian-British citizen. In the fall of 2018, she began studying psychology and communications at McGill University in Montreal.
Career
Early career
Fear began learning to skate in 2004. In the 2013–14 season, she and Jacob Payne won the novice ice dancing title at the British Championships. In 2014–15, Fear/Payne received two Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed 15th at both. In November 2014, they were awarded the junior bronze medal at the British Championships. They were coached by Phillip Poole in Slough, England.
Beginning their second season together, Fear/Gibson placed sixth at the International Cup of Nice and won silver medals at the Open d'Andorra and the Ice Challenge. They competed in three Challenger events that season, placing ninth at both the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy and 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and fourth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. Competing at the British Championships, they won the silver medal, this time behind a returning Coomes/Buckland. They subsequently competed at the Santa Claus Cup again, placing fourth. At the end of the season, they were again sent as the United Kingdom's representation to the 2018 World Championships, placing 24th.
2018–2019 season
Wanting to challenge themselves, Fear/Gibson selected for their free dance a disco medley of songs by Donna Summer and Earth, Wind and Fire. Both professed as well to be fans of the genre. Gibson said, "A lot of the routines of recent times have been very slow and lyrical, but we wanted to do something fun and something that would stand out to help us make a name for ourselves." Fear/Gibson began their season with two Challenger assignments, placing fourth at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and fifth at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. In October 2018, the two finished fifth at the 2018 Skate America – their Grand Prix debut. A month later, they improved their placement by finishing fourth at the 2018 NHK Trophy, achieving new personal bests in the free dance and overall score, and ranking second in the free dance. After winning their second British national title, Fear/Gibson next competed at the 2019 European Championships, placing seventh in the rhythm dance and sixth in the free, for sixth place overall. They were pleased with the result, Gibson commenting that they "came in with the goal of a top-ten finish after we came 15th two years ago. Now we’ve managed to get two spots for Great Britain next year which is really exciting." At the 2019 World Championships they placed thirteenth, having made the free dance for the first time.
2019–2020 season
Fear/Gibson began the season on the Challenger series, winning the silver medal at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International after placing fifth in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance. At their second Challenger, the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, they placed sixth in the rhythm dance and third in the free, for fourth place overall. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they began at 2019 Skate Canada International, where they placed fourth in the rhythm dance and third in the free skate, taking the bronze medal. This was the team's first Grand Prix medal, and the first for a British team since 2014. Gibson remarked: "For us, this is huge. We didn’t expect it." Competing again at the NHK Trophy, they were fourth in the rhythm dance, earning a perfect score on the Finnstep pattern dance for the first time. They were third in the free dance, remaining in fourth place overall. At the 2020 British Championships, Fear/Gibson placed first in the rhythm dance even though Fear had fallen out of the twizzles, and placed first in the free winning their third national title by 73.37 points.
Programs
With Gibson
With Payne
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
