Nina Bates

Nina Bates

Personal information
Full name	Nina Bates
Country represented	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born	May 26, 1985 (1985-05-26) (age 26) Sarajevo
Residence	Chicago
Height	165 cm
Coach	Alexander Ouriashev
Former coach	Oleg Vasiliev Alexander Fadeev Cydele Knobbs
Choreographer	Oleg Epstein
Skating club	KK Bosna
Retired	2007
ISU personal best scores
Short program	19.31 2005 Europeans

Nina Bates (born May 26, 1985 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian figure skater. She is the 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovinan national champion. She is the first single skater to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in an ISU Championship, which she achieved at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

She moved from Sarajevo to the United States at age nine because of the Bosnian Civil War.

Programs

Season	Short Program	Free Skating
2004-2005	Selections from the Children of Dune soundtrack by Brian Taylor	Cantilena Ave Maria Sviraj (Lullabye) by Paul Schwartz Inhaler (from As if to Nothing) by Craig Armstrong
2003-2004	Selections from the Children of Dune soundtrack by Brian Taylor	Cantilena Ave Maria Sviraj (Lullabye) by Paul Schwartz Inhaler (from As if to Nothing) by Craig Armstrong
2002-2003	Music selections by Pachelbel	Global Journey by Daniel Summers

Competitive highlights

Event	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005
World Championships		41st	WD
European Championships			37th
World Junior Championships	47th
National Championships			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Canada	18th

• WD = Withdrawn

References

• Nina Bates at the International Skating Union
• Bates Becomes First Skater for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Persondata
Name	Bates, Nina
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Short description
Date of birth	May 26, 1985
Place of birth	Sarajevo
Date of death
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