# 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, the 2024 British national champion, and is a three-time British national bronze medalist (2016, 2022-2023).

## Career

Povey began learning to skate in 2003. She trained in Solihull before relocating to Sheffield.
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. 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. In March, she also competed at her first World Championships in Montreal. She placed 25th and narrowly missed qualifying to the free skate.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2023-2024 | Hold My Hand (from Top Gun: Maverick) by Lady Gaga choreo. by Mark Hanretty | Mother Me Stumbled Beginnings Swan Lake: Act IV: No.28 Scene ~ No.29 Finale Stumbled Beginnings A Swan is Born (from Black Swan) by Clint Mansell, Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Mark Hanretty |
| 2022–2023 | I Giorni by Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà Divenire by Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen choreo. by Mark Hanretty | Mother Me Stumbled Beginnings Swan Lake: Act IV: No.28 Scene ~ No.29 Finale Stumbled Beginnings A Swan is Born (from Black Swan) by Clint Mansell, Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Mark Hanretty |
| 2021–2022 | I Giorni by Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà Divenire by Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen choreo. by Mark Hanretty | Tango To Evora by Roby Lakatos Tango To Evora (from The Visit) by Loreena McKennitt Tanos (from Napoli velata) by Lino Cannavacciuolo choreo. by Mark Hanretty |
| 2019–2020 | True Colors performed by Tom Odell | Tango to Evora Tanos |
| 2016–2017 | The Windmills of Your Mind by Michel Legrand performed by Barbra Streisand | Wings by Birdy |

## Competitive highlights
### Senior level

International :
| 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 | | | | 27th | | | 18th | | | |
| CS Nepela Memorial | | | 19th | | | | | 5th | 10th | 7th |
| 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 | 4th |
| EduSport Trophy | | | | | | | | 3rd | | |
| Golden Bear | | | | | 6th | | | | | |
| Skate Celje | | | | | | | | 2nd | | 1st |
| Skate Helena | | | WD | | | | | | |
| Tayside Trophy | | | | | | | | | | 5th |
| Tirnavia Cup | | | | | | | 6th | | | |
| Toruń Cup | | | 9th | 3rd | 9th | | | | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | 11th | 7th | | 4th | 8th | | 4th | | |
| National |||||||||||
| British Champ. | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |

### Junior level

International: Junior :
| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | | 11th |
| Tirnavia Cup | | | 4th | |
| National |||||
| British Champ. | 11th J | 14th J | 5th J | 9th J |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 156.92 | 2022 CS Nepela Memorial |
| Short program | TSS | 54.78 | 2024 European Championships |
| Short program | TES | 29.56 | 2024 European Championships |
| Short program | PCS | 25.22 | 2024 European Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 104.40 | 2022 CS Nepela Memorial |
| Free skating | TES | 53.00 | 2022 CS Nepela Memorial |
| Free skating | PCS | 53.59 | 2024 European Championships |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Oct 12–13, 2024 | 2024 Tayside Trophy | 3 | 54.78 | 6 | 93.11 | 5 | 147.89 |
| Oct 24–26, 2024 | 2024 CS Nepela Memorial | 11 | 48.01 | 6 | 98.77 | 7 | 146.78 |
| Nov 5–10, 2024 | 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup | 4 | 57.37 | 3 | 107.12 | 4 | 164.49 |
| Nov 14–17, 2024 | 2024 Skate Celje | 2 | 50.60 | 3 | 107.12 | 4 | 164.49 |
| Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2024 | 2025 British Championships | 2 | 53.64 | 2 | 106.06 | 2 | 159.70 |