Background
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Harvard University.
Nathaniel West. Niles also excelled at tennis, and was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. He competed in 23 successive United States. National Championships. 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. career Pairs career (with Theresa Weld Blanchard) = Runners-up (1) Mixed doubles = Titles (1) =.
Niles won the United States. 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. While a student at Harvard, he was an National Collegiate Athletic Association champion for the sport. 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.
