Hana Bath

Hana Bath is an Australian figure skater^[1]. She is the 2026 World Junior silver medalist, the 2025 JGP United Arab Emirates silver medalist and a two-time Australian national champion (2024–25).

Bath is the first Australian woman to land a triple Axel and also the first to land a triple Axel–triple toe loop combination. She is the first Australian woman since Stephanie Zhang in 2000 to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix medal ^[2] and the first Australian women to medal at the World Junior Championships.^[3]

Bath was born on 6 March 2010 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia to a Japanese mother and Australian father.^[4]. She also has a brother who is 3 years younger. Bath was raised in Perth and in December 2024, moved to Osaka, Japan, where her grandmother lives.^[4].

While Bath currently holds dual citizenship for Australia and Japan, she will be required by Japanese law to relinquish one of her citizenships before her twenty-second birthday.^[5][6]

Bath began learning how to skate in 2015 at Cockburn Ice Arena ^[7] in Perth, Australia. Throughout her early skating career, she was coached by Evgeni and Maria Borounov.^[8]. From the age of six, during visits to her grandparents in Japan, Bath would train with Taijin Hiraike and Yukako Sugita. During this time, she also observed and trained alongside Kazuki Tomono, an experience that had a significant influence on her^[9]

From a young age, Bath was inspired and influenced by two-time Olympian Australian figure skater Kailani Craine ^[10]. At the 2019–20 Australian Championships, Bath won the gold medal on the basic novice level.^[11]

Bath made her international debut at the 2022 South East Asian Open Trophy, winning the silver medal at the advanced novice level.^[11] She then competed at both the junior and senior level at the 2022–23 Australian Championships. At the junior level, Bath placed first in the short program and first in the free skate. During the free skate, she attempted a triple Axel in the free skate but fell.^[12] At the senior level, Bath placed third in the short program after falling on her planned jump combination and doubling her triple loop attempt.^[13] Bath then placed second in the free skate, once again falling on a triple Axel attempt.^[14] Overall, she won the silver medal.^[11]

Bath made her junior level international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in August at the 2023 JGP Thailand. There, Bath attempted a triple Axel during her free skate, although she fell on the attempt and the it was marked as underrotated.^[15] Bath placed thirteenth in the short program and free skate, finishing thirteenth overall. At the 2023 JGP Japan, Bath elected not to attempt a triple Axel. Bath placed seventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate to finish sixth overall.^[11]

In December, Bath competed at both the junior and senior levels at the 2023–24 Australian Championships. Bath placed first in both segments of the junior championships and won the junior national title for a second consecutive time. At the senior championships, Bath placed second in the short program and first in the free skate, finishing first overall to win her first senior national title.^[11]

Bath ended her season at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where she did not qualify for the free skate after placing twenty-sixth in the short program with a score of 52.48.^[11]

Bath started her season in Thailand at the 2024 JGP Thailand, where she placed seventh. She competed at her home rink at the 2024 Swan Trophy, winning the gold medal. At her second Junior Grand Prix event, the 2024 JGP China, Bath placed ninth.^[11]

In December, Bath competed at the junior and senior level at the 2024–25 Australian Championships, taking gold at both events.^[11] The following month, it was announced that Bath had left her longtime coaches, Evgeni and Maria Borounov, and had moved to her grandmother's hometown of Osaka, Japan to train full time under Taijin Hiraike and Yukako Sugita.^[16][4]

Bath ended her season at the 2025 World Junior Championships, where she placed seventeenth in the short program with a personal best score. During her free skate, Bath landed a triple Axel-double toe combination. This was the first time she cleanly landed a triple Axel in competition.^[17] She placed fourth in the free skate and tenth overall with personal best free skate and combined total scores.^[11]

Bath began her season at the 2025 JGP Thailand, where she placed ninth in the short program and third in the free skate, landing a clean triple Axel-double toe combination, and fourth overall. At the 2025 JGP United Arab Emirates, Bath skated a clean short program and earned a new personal best score. During the free skate, Bath became the first Australian woman to land two clean triple axels, landing a solo triple Axel and a triple Axel-triple toe combination.^[18] Bath placed second in the free skate behind Japanese skater Mao Shimada to win the silver medal overall.^[11]

In January, Bath transferred to the MF Figure Skating Academy in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, where her new coaches became Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, and Niina Takeno.^[19]

Two months later, Bath competed at the 2026 World Junior Championships, placing third in the short program. During her free skate, Bath skated a near perfect free skate, winning the segment to take the silver medal behind Mao Shimada. With this result, Bath made history as the first singles skater representing Australia to win a medal at any ISU Championship event, both junior and senior.^[20][11] “I am just really happy that I was able to skate my best today,” said Bath. “I wanted to enjoy this Junior World Championships, and I was able to do that last year as well. So, this year I wanted to perform for the crowd and show everything that I can do, and I am very happy with what I could do today.”^[21]

• Hana Bath at the International Skating Union
• Hana Bath at Skating Scores
• Hana Bath on Instagram