Nina Bates

Personal information
Full name:	Nina Bates
Country represented:	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of birth:	May 26, 1985 (1985-05-26) (age 24)
Place of birth:	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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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• WD = Withdrawn

[edit] References

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

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