Nina Povey

Povey was born on 27 August 1994 in Nottingham, England.^[1] In addition to figure skating, she also works as a figure skating costume designer.^[2]

In December 2023, she married her boyfriend, Nathan Wright.^[3]

Povey began learning to skate in 2003.^[4] She trained in Solihull before eventually relocating to Sheffield.^[1][5] Povey made her senior international debut at the Bavarian Open in February 2015, where she finished in twelfth place. That same year, Povey won her first medal, bronze, at the 2016 British Championships. She subsequently won her first senior international medal, bronze, at the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup.^[6]

After winning her first senior international gold medal at the 2022 Britannia Cup, Povey was featured in BBC Three's Freeze: Skating on the Edge.^[7]

Povey began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial. She followed this up by winning bronze at the 2023 Denkova-Staviski Cup and finishing ninth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup.^[6]

In December 2023, Povey won her first national title. In January 2024, she competed at her first European Championships with the goal of qualifying for the free skate; she did so and placed seventeenth overall.^[8] The following month, she won the bronze medal at the 2024 Bellu Memorial.^[6]

In March, she also competed at her first World Championships in Montreal. She placed 25th and narrowly missed qualifying to the free skate.^[9]

Povey opened the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Tayside Trophy and seventh at the 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup. She then went on to win gold at the 2024 Skate Celje.^[6]

In December, Povey won the silver medal at the 2025 British Championships behind Kristen Spours.^[10] She subsequently finished the season by winning bronze at the 2025 Black Sea Cup.^[6]

Povey started the season by competing at the 2025 Robin Cousins Cup, although she was forced to withdraw on the day of the free skate due to suffering a migraine.^[11] She went on to compete at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial, where she finished in nineteenth place. In October, she won bronze at the 2025 Tayside Trophy and at the 2025 Tirnavia Ice Cup. The following month, she finished seventh at the 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup and won bronze at the 2025 NRW Trophy, before winning silver at the 2026 British Championships behind Kristen Spours.^[6][12]

Selected to compete at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Povey placed thirty-first in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment. She followed this up by winning silver at the 2026 EDGE Cup.^[6]