Nathaniel William "Nat" Niles (July 5, 1886 – July 11, 1932) was an American

tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

and

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed in

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport conteste ...

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

between 1914 and 1932. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. Niles won the

U.S. Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, a ...

in men's single skating three times and nine national

titles with his partner Theresa Weld Blanchard. Blanchard and Niles also won a five national titles in

. 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. With

Edith Rotch Edith Eliot Rotch (August 11, 1874-December 11, 1969) was an American tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of ...

, he won the 1908 mixed doubles title, and in 1917, he reached the singles final, losing to 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 The 1932 World Figure Skating Championships were the annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters competed for the title of World Champion. The competitions took place from February 17 to ...

earlier the same year.

Figure skating results

Singles career

Pairs career

(with Theresa Weld Blanchard)

Tennis Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 title)

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Niles, Nathaniel 1886 births 1932 deaths Sportspeople from Brookline, Massachusetts American male single skaters American male pair skaters American male ice dancers Harvard Crimson men's tennis players Olympic figure skaters for 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 United States National champions (tennis) Figure skaters from Boston Tennis players from Boston 20th-century American sportsmen