Hana Bath
Hana Bath is an Australian figure skater. She is a two-time Australian national champion and the 2025 JGP United Arab Emirates silver medalist. Bath is the first Australian woman to land a triple axel and the first Australian woman since Stephanie Zhang in 2000 to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix medal.
Personal life
Hana Bath was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Her father is Australian while her mother is Japanese. Bath was raised in Perth, where she trained at the Cockburn Ice Arena. In December 2024, Bath moved to Osaka, Japan, where her grandmother lives, in order to train under coach Hiraike Otona.Career
Early years
Bath began learning how to skate in 2010 in Perth, Australia. Throughout her early skating career, she was coached by Evgeni Borounov and Maria Borounov.Bath is the 2019–20 Australian national champion at the basic novice level and the 2022 South East Asian Open Trophy advanced novice silver medalist.
2022–23 season
Bath 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, finishing first overall by over 25 points. Bath attempted a triple axel in the free skate but fell. At the senior level, Bath placed third in the short program after falling on her planned jump combination and doubling her triple loop attempt. Bath placed second in the free skate, once again falling on a triple axel attempt. Bath placed second overall, winning the silver medal.2023–24 season
Bath made her junior level international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in August. At the 2023 JGP Thailand, Bath attempted a triple axel in the free skate, although she fell on the attempt and the jump was marked as underrotated. 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 with a score of 56.70 and fourth in the free skate with a score of 113.94, finishing sixth overall with a score of 170.64, a thirty-point improvement over her previous competition and a personal best score.At the 2023–24 Australian Championships, Bath once again competed at both the junior and senior level. Bath placed first in both segments of the junior championships and won the junior national title with a score of 149.80, 39 points above the second-place finisher. 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.
Bath ended her season at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where she earned failed to qualify for the free skate after placing 26th in the short program with a score of 52.48.
2024–25 season
Bath once again began her season in Thailand at the 2024 JGP Thailand, where she placed seventh. Next, she competed at her home rink at the 2024 Swan Trophy. Bath easily won the competition, placing first in both segments and first overall with a score of 164.16. At her second Junior Grand Prix event, the 2024 JGP China, Bath placed ninth.For the third year in a row, Bath competed at both the junior and senior level at the 2024-25 Australian Championships. Bath attempted a triple axel in the junior championship free skate, landing it but with a negative grade of execution. Bath won the junior title with a score of 189.49, her highest domestic score to date. At the senior championships, Bath attempted a triple axel in both her short program and free skate. In the short program, Bath fell on her attempt while in the free skate, she landed the jump with an negative grade of execution. Despite this, Bath won her second straight national title with a score of 181.10, over fifty points above the second-place finisher.
Bath ended her season at the 2025 World Junior Championships, where she placed seventeenth in the short program with a personal best score of 56.95. In the free skate, Bath landed a triple axel double toe combination. This was the first time she cleanly landed a triple axel in competition. She placed fourth in the free skate with a personal best score of 122.05 and an overall score of 179.00, another personal best.
2025-26 season
Bath began the 2025-26 figure skating season at the 2025 JGP Thailand, where she placed ninth in the short program with a personal best score of 57.07. Bath placed third in the free skate, once again landing a clean triple axel double axel combination, and fourth overall. At the 2025 JGP United Arab Emirates, Bath skated a clean short program and earned a personal best score of 62.98. In 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 loop combination. Bath placed second in the free skate behind Japanese skater Mao Shimada and second overall with a personal best score of 192.72.In January 2026, Bath switched coaching teams to the MF Figure Skating Academy, led by head coach Kensuke Nakaniwa.