Nina Povey

Last updated

Nina Povey
Nina Povey at the 2019 Autumn Classic International - SP.jpg
Born (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30)
Nottingham, England,
United Kingdom
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+12 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).

Contents

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
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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juulia Turkkila</span> Finnish figure skater

Juulia Turkkila is a Finnish figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with Matthias Versluis, she is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix of Espoo bronze medalist, 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy gold medalist, and a five-time Finnish national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole Schott</span> German figure skater

Nicole Schott is a retired German figure skater. She is the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup champion, the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, a two-time NRW Trophy champion, and a seven-time German national champion. She has finished within the top ten at two World and four European Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niki Wories</span> Dutch figure skater

Niki Angeneta Wories is a Dutch figure skater. A six-time Dutch national champion, she has won five senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Léa Serna</span> French figure skater

Léa Serna is a French figure skater. She is the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy silver medalist, a two-time International Cup of Nice champion, and a three-time French national champion (2021–23).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loena Hendrickx</span> Belgian figure skater (born 1999)

Loena Hendrickx is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time World medalist, the 2024 European champion, the 2023 European silver medalist, the 2022 European bronze medalist, a two-time ISU Grand Prix Final medalist, a two-time Grand Prix gold medalist, a two-time Challenger series gold medalist, a two-time International Challenge Cup champion, and a five-time Belgian national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya</span> Russian-Australian pair skater (2000–2020)

Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, the 2018 CS U.S. Classic bronze medallist, and a two-time Australian national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Spours</span> English figure skater

Kristen Spours is an English figure skater. She has won eight senior international medals, competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships, and has competed at two World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lilah Fear</span> British ice dancer (born 1999)

Lilah Fear is a British-Canadian ice dancer. Representing Great Britain with her skating partner, Lewis Gibson, she is a two-time European silver medalist (2023–24), an eight-time Grand Prix medalist, a six-time Challenger series gold medalist, the 2018 Bavarian Open champion, and a six-time British national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christina Carreira</span> Canadian-American ice dancer

Christina Carreira is a Canadian ice dancer who competes for the United States. With her skating partner, Anthony Ponomarenko, she is a two-time Four Continents bronze medalist, three-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, a ten-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series, and a three-time U.S. national medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carolane Soucisse</span> Canadian ice dancer

Carolane Soucisse is an ice dancer who represents Ireland and formerly Canada. With her skating partner, Shane Firus, she is a two-time Irish national champion (2023–24) and represented Ireland at the European and World Championships. Skating with Firus for Canada, she is the 2018 Four Continents silver medallist. They have finished third at the 2020 Canadian Championships and represented Canada on the Grand Prix circuit and at the World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefanie Pesendorfer</span> Austrian figure skater (born 2003)

Stefanie Pesendorfer is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2019 Tirnavia Ice Cup champion, the 2019 Prague Ice Cup champion, and the 2022 Austrian champion. She finished twelfth at the 2018 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2022 World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olga Mikutina</span> Ukrainian-born figure skater (born 2003)

Olga Romanovna Mikutina is a Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater who competes for Austria. She is a four-time Austrian national champion, as well as a two-time Austrian national junior champion (2019–2020). Internationally, she has represented the country at the European and World championships, and finished fourteenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva-Lotta Kiibus</span> Estonian Olympic figure skater

Eva-Lotta Kiibus is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, a two-time Estonian national champion (2020–21), and a three-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion. Kiibus has represented Estonia at the European and World championships and finished twenty-first at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holly Harris</span> Australian figure skater (born 2002)

Holly Harris is an Australian figure skater who currently competes in ice dance. With her skating partner, Jason Chan, she is the 2019 Australian national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason Chan (figure skater)</span> Canadian-Australian ice dancer

Jason Chan is a Canadian-Australian ice dancer who currently represents Australia. With partner Holly Harris, he is the 2019 Australian national senior champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katarina Wolfkostin</span> American ice dancer

Katarina Wolfkostin is an American ice dancer. Together with her partner Dimitry Tsarevski, she is the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2024 JGP Poland champion, the 2024 JGP Czech Republic silver medalist, and the champion of the 2024 U.S. senior ice dance finals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lorine Schild</span> French figure skater

Lorine Schild is a French figure skater. She is the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup bronze medalist and the 2024 French national champion. On the junior level, she is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nina Pinzarrone</span> Belgian figure skater

Nina Pinzarrone is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2024 European bronze medalist and a two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, one of only two Belgian women to have medaled at those events. She placed eleventh at both the 2023 World Championships and the 2022 World Junior Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarina Joos</span> Swiss figure skater (born 2006)

Sarina Joos is a Swiss-Italian figure skater who now represents Italy. Representing Italy, she is the 2024 Italian national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Livia Kaiser</span> Swiss figure skater

Livia Kaiser is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2023 Swiss national champion, a two-time Swiss national bronze medalist, and the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist. Kaiser has represented Switzerland at the European Championships, finishing fourth in 2024.

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.