Nina Povey

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, and is a three-time British national bronze medalist.

Nina Povey
Povey in 2019
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994
Nottingham, England
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
CoachHelen James-Green, Debbie Wright
Skating clubIce Sheffield
Former skating clubSolihull FSC
Training locationsSheffield, England
Former training locationsSolihull
Began skating2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total156.92
2022 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Short program52.52
2022 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Free skate104.40
2022 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial

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.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2022–2023
[1]
2021–2022
[5]
  • I Giorni
    by Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà
  • Divenire
    by Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen
    choreo. by Mark Hanretty
2019–2020
[3]
  • Tango to Evora
  • Tanos
2016–2017
[2]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

International[6][7]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
CS Autumn Classic9th
CS Finlandia14th
CS Ice Challenge21st
CS Lombardia27th18th
CS Nepela19th5th
CS Warsaw Cup4th
Bavarian Open12th
Britannia Cup1st
Budapest Trophy17th
Challenge Cup5th8th
Crystal Skate4th
Cup of Nice8th16th
EduSport Trophy3rd
Golden Bear6th
Skate Celje2nd
Skate HelenaWD
Tirnavia Cup6th
Toruń Cup9th3rd9th
Volvo Open Cup11th7th4th8th4th
International: Junior[6][7]
Santa Claus Cup11th
Tirnavia Cup4th
International: Advanced Novice[6][7]
Dragon Trophy8th
National[6][7]
British Champ.3rd N11th J14th J5th J9th J4th3rd4th5th5th4thC3rd3rd
WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled;
Levels: N = Advanced Novice; J = Junior

References
  1. "Nina POVEY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
  2. "Nina POVEY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  3. "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. "Competition Results: Nina POVEY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  7. "Nina POVEY". rinkresults.com.
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