Nathaniel Niles (figure skater)
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| Full name | Nathaniel William Niles |
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| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | July 5, 1886 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 11, 1932 (aged 46) Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Turned pro | 1904 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1921 |
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| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | F (1917) |
| Other tournaments | |
| WHCC | 2R (1920) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | W (1908) |
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Nathaniel William "Nat" Niles (July 5, 1886 – July 11, 1932) was an American tennis player and figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Niles won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in men's single skating 3 times, and 9 national pair skating titles with his partner Theresa Weld Blanchard. Blanchard and Niles also won a further 5 national titles in ice dancing.
Nathaniel W. Niles also excelled at tennis, and was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. While a student at Harvard, he was an NCAA champion for the sport. He competed in 23 successive U.S. National Championships.[1] Together with Edith Rotch he won the 1908 Mixed Doubles title and in 1917 he reached the singles final but was defeated by Robert Lindley Murray in four sets. He also reached the semifinals in 1913 and the quarterfinals in 1904, 1911 and 1918.
Niles died in 1932, at the age of 46. His last figure skating competition, with Blanchard, had been the pairs event at the 1932 World Figure Skating Championships earlier that same year.
Figure skating results
Singles career
| Event | 1914 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
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| Olympic Games | 6th | 6th | 15th | ||||||||
| World Championships | 10th | ||||||||||
| North American Championships | 2nd | ||||||||||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
Pairs career
(with Theresa Weld Blanchard)
| Event | 1914 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1932 |
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| Olympic Games | 4th | 6th | 9th | |||||||||||
| World Championships | 7th | 6th | 8th | |||||||||||
| North American Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
Tennis Grand Slam finals
Singles
Runners-up (1)
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score |
| 1917 | U.S. Championships |  Robert Lindley Murray |
7–5, 6–8, 3–6, 3–6 |
Mixed doubles
Titles (1)
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| 1908 | U.S. Championships |  Edith Rotch |
Louise Hammond Raymond Raymond Little |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
References
- ^ "Record Holders". USOpen. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
- 1886 births
- 1932 deaths
- Sportspeople from Boston, Massachusetts
- People from Brookline, Massachusetts
- American male single skaters
- American male pair skaters
- American male ice dancers
- Harvard Crimson athletes
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- American male tennis players