Nina Bates

Nina Bates
Full nameNina Bates
Born (1985-05-26) May 26, 1985
Sarajevo
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
CoachAlexander Ouriashev
Skating clubKK Bosna
Retired2007

Nina Bates (pronounced BAH-tes) (born May 26, 1985, in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005 Bosnian and Herzegovinian 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 War.

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