Nathaneil Niles with his partner, Theresa Weld Blanchard.
1920 Teresa Weld Blanchard and Nathanial Niles
Skating with partner Theresa Weld Blanchard in 1920.
Nathaniel William Niles was an American figure skater who competed in mens skating, Pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932. 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.
Niles died in 1932, at the age of 46. His last figure skating competition, with Blanchard, had been the pairs event at the 1932 earlier that same year.
Competitive highlights[]
Singles career[]
| Event | 1914 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 4th | 6th | 9th | |||||||||||
| World Championships | 7th | 6th | 8th | |||||||||||
| North American Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||||||||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
Ice Dancing[]
(with Theresa Weld Blanchard)
| Event | 1922 (waltz) | 1922 (14 step) | 1931 (original) |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st |