Nathaniel Niles (figure skater)

Nathaniel Niles

Full name	Nathaniel William Niles
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1886-07-05)July 5, 1886 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	July 11, 1932(1932-07-11) (aged 46) Brookline, Massachusetts
Turned pro	1904 (amateur tour)
Retired	1921
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	F (1917)
Other tournaments
WHCC	2R (1920)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	W (1908)

Nathaniel Niles
Personal information
Former partner	Theresa Weld Blanchard
Skating club	SC of Boston
Medal record Representing United States Men's Figure skating North American Championships 1925 Boston Men's singles Pairs Figure skating North American Championships 1929 Boston Pairs 1927 Toronto Pairs 1925 Boston Pairs 1923 Ottawa Pairs

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

Pairs career

(with Theresa Weld Blanchard)

Tennis Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1917	U.S. Championships	Grass	Robert Lindley Murray	7–5, 6–8, 3–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1908	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edith Rotch	Louise Hammond Raymond Raymond Little	6–4, 4–6, 6–4

References

External links

• Nathaniel Niles at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nathaniel Niles at Sports Reference
• Tennis Archives
• "Past U.S. Champions – Senior" (PDF).  (123 KiB)
• "Historical Placements: US Olympic Figure Skating Team" (PDF).  (260 KiB)