Nina Bates

Nina Bates
Full name	Nina Bates
Born	(1985-05-26) May 26, 1985 (age 40) Sarajevo
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coach	Alexander Ouriashev
Skating club	KK Bosna
Retired	2007

Nina Bates (pronounced BAH-tes) (born May 26, 1985, in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005 Bosnian and Herzegovinian national champion. She is the first single skater to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in an ISU Championship, which she achieved at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

She moved from Sarajevo to the United States at age nine because of the Bosnian War.

Programs

Season	Short Program	Free Skating
2003-2005	Selections from the Children of Dune soundtrack by Brian Tyler	Cantilena Ave Maria Sviraj (Lullabye) by Paul Schwartz Inhaler (from As if to Nothing) by Craig Armstrong
2002-2003	Music selections by Pachelbel	Global Journey by Daniel Summers

Competitive highlights

Event	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005
World Championships		41st	WD
European Championships			37th
World Junior Championships	47th
National Championships			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Canada	18th

• WD = Withdrawn

References

• Nina Bates at the International Skating Union
• Bates Becomes First Skater for Bosnia-Herzegovina