Nina Povey

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Nina Povey
Nina Povey at the 2019 Autumn Classic International - SP.jpg
Nina Povey at the 2019 Autumn Classic International
Born (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30)
Nottingham, England,
United Kingdom
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Discipline Women's singles
CoachHelen James-Green
Debbie Wright
Skating clubIce Sheffield
Began skating2003
Medal record
British Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Sheffield Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Sheffield Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Sheffield Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Sheffield Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Sheffield Singles

Nina Povey (born 27 August 1994) is a British figure skater. She has won four senior international medals, including gold at the 2022 Britannia Cup, the 2024 British national champion, and is a three-time British national bronze medalist (2016, 2022-2023).

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Career

Povey began learning to skate in 2003. [1] She trained in Solihull before relocating to Sheffield. [2] [3]

Povey made her senior international debut at the Bavarian Open in February 2015. The 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial was her first ISU Challenger Series event. She placed fourth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup.

Her first senior international medal, bronze, came at the Mentor Toruń Cup in February 2018.

In February 2022, Povey was one of the featured skaters in BBC Three's Freeze: Skating on the Edge. [4] She won gold at the Britannia Cup in August and silver at Skate Celje in November. In January, she took bronze at the 2023 EduSport Trophy in Romania.

Povey won her first national title in December 2023. In January 2024, she competed at her first European Championships with the goal of qualifying for the free skate; she did so and placed 17th overall. [5] In March, she also competed at her first World Championships in Montreal. She placed 25th and narrowly missed qualifying to the free skate. [6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023-2024
2022–2023
[1]
2021–2022
[7]
2019–2020
[3]
  • Tango to Evora
  • Tanos
2016–2017
[2]

Competitive highlights

Senior level

International [8] [9]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 25th
Europeans 17th
CS Autumn Classic 9th
CS Finlandia 14th
CS Ice Challenge 21st
CS Lombardia 27th18th
CS Nepela Memorial 19th5th10th7th
CS Warsaw Cup 4th9th
Bavarian Open 12th
Black Sea Ice Cup3rd
Bellu Memorial 3rd
Britannia Cup 1st
Budapest Trophy 17th
Challenge Cup 5th8th
Crystal Skate 4th
Cup of Nice 8th16th
Denkova-Staviski Cup 3rd4th
EduSport Trophy 3rd
Golden Bear 6th
Skate Celje 2nd1st
Skate Helena WD
Tayside Trophy 5th
Tirnavia Cup 6th
Toruń Cup 9th3rd9th
Volvo Open Cup 11th7th4th8th4th
National [8] [9]
British Champ. 4th3rd4th5th5th4th3rd3rd1st2nd

Junior level

International: Junior [8] [9]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Santa Claus Cup 11th
Tirnavia Cup 4th
National [8] [9]
British Champ. 11th J14th J5th J9th J

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [10]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS156.92 2022 CS Nepela Memorial
Short program TSS54.78 2024 European Championships
TES29.562024 European Championships
PCS25.222024 European Championships
Free skating TSS104.402022 CS Nepela Memorial
TES53.002022 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS53.592024 European Championships
Results in the 2024–25 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 12–13, 2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2024 Tayside Trophy 354.78693.115147.89
Oct 24–26, 2024 Flag of Slovakia.svg 2024 CS Nepela Memorial 1148.01698.777146.78
Nov 5–10, 2024 Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup 457.373107.124164.49
Nov 14–17, 2024 Flag of Slovenia.svg 2024 Skate Celje 250.603107.124164.49
Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2025 British Championships 253.642106.062159.70
Apr 5-6, 2025 Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2025 Black Sea Ice Cup251.76389.603141.36

References

  1. 1 2 "Nina POVEY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Nina POVEY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Nina POVEY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Delgado, Kasia (5 February 2022). "Winter Olympic figure skaters: 'We might make it look easy but we're athletes with burning muscles'". inews.co.uk . Archived from the original on 20 February 2022.
  5. ↑ BritishIceSkating (24 January 2024). "One of the most successful European Championships with the biggest team in a decade". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ↑ BritishIceSkating (27 March 2024). "GB's Fear/Gibson Fourth in World: World Figure Skating Championships 2024". British Ice Skating. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nina POVEY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Nina POVEY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Nina POVEY". rinkresults.com.
  10. 1 2 "GBR–Nina Povey". SkatingScores.
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