Nina Povey

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Nina Povey
Povey in 2019
Born (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 29)
Nottingham, England
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Great Britain
CoachHelen James-Green, Debbie Wright
Skating clubIce Sheffield
Began skating2003

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).

Career[edit]

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.

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2023-2024
2022–2023
[1]
2021–2022
[5]
2019–2020
[3]
  • Tango to Evora
  • Tanos
2016–2017
[2]

Competitive highlights[edit]

2014–15 to present[edit]

CS: Challenger Series

International[6][7]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds 25th
Europeans 17th
CS Autumn Classic 9th
CS Finlandia 14th
CS Ice Challenge 21st
CS Lombardia 27th 18th
CS Nepela 19th 5th 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 4th 9th
Bavarian Open 12th
Bellu Memorial 3rd
Britannia Cup 1st
Budapest Trophy 17th
Challenge Cup 5th 8th
Crystal Skate 4th
Cup of Nice 8th 16th
Denkova-Staviski Cup 3rd
EduSport Trophy 3rd
Golden Bear 6th
Skate Celje 2nd
Skate Helena WD
Tirnavia Cup 6th
Toruń Cup 9th 3rd 9th
Volvo Open Cup 11th 7th 4th 8th 4th
National[6][7]
British Champ. 4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 4th C 3rd 3rd 1st
WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled;

2009–10 to 2013–14[edit]

International: Junior[6][7]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Santa Claus Cup 11th
Tirnavia Cup 4th
International: Advanced Novice[6][7]
Dragon Trophy 8th
National[6][7]
British Champ. 3rd N 11th J 14th J 5th J 9th J
WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled;
Levels: N = Advanced Novice; J = Junior

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nina POVEY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Nina POVEY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ "Nina POVEY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Competition Results: Nina POVEY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Nina POVEY". rinkresults.com.

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