Nikolaj Sørensen

Nikolaj Sørensen
Sorensen with Fournier Beaudry in 2016
Personal information
Country represented	Denmark
Born	(1989-02-18) 18 February 1989 Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner	Laurence Fournier Beaudry
Former partner	Katelyn Good, Lili Lamar, Barbora Heroldová, Anna Thomsen
Coach	Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Former coach	David Blazek, Mathew Gates
Choreographer	Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Michael Seibert
Skating club	Rødovre Skating and Ice hockey Club Gadbois Centre
Training locations	Montreal
Began skating	1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	156.23 2015 World
Short dance	62.82 2016 Rostelecom Cup
Free dance	93.83 2015 World

Nikolaj Sørensen^[1] (born 18 February 1989) is a Danish ice dancer. With his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he has won five ISU Challenger Series medals and qualified for the free dance at five ISU Championships.^[2]

Early career

Sørensen began competing internationally with Anne Thomsen in 2003. They placed 24th at the 2006 World Junior Championships.

In 2007, Sørensen teamed up with Czech skater Barbora Heroldová to compete for Denmark. They competed one season together, placing 21st at the 2008 World Junior Championships.

In 2009, Sørensen began competing with Canadian skater Katelyn Good for Denmark. In their first season together, they won the Danish senior national title, placed 17th at 2010 World Junior Championships, 21st at the 2010 European Championships, and 24th at the 2010 World Championships. The following season, they were 29th at the 2011 World Championships and parted ways.

Sørensen briefly partnered with Canadian skater Vanessa Crone in May 2012.

Partnership with Fournier Beaudry

In August 2012, Sørensen teamed up with another Canadian, Laurence Fournier Beaudry of Quebec. They are coached by Canadian champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon in Montreal. Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen decided to represent Denmark while continuing to train in Canada. They won gold at the 2013 Pavel Roman Memorial and silver at the 2013 Ice Challenge.

Making their Grand Prix debut, Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen placed 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International.

Programs

With Fournier Beaudry

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2016–17 ^[3]	You're the Boss performed by Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret A Little Less Conversation performed by Elvis Presley	La Vie en rose by Edith Piaf
2015–16 ^[4]^[5]	Never Tear Us Apart by INXS	Woman by Shawn Philips
2014–15 ^[6]	Flamenco: Malagueña performed by Montana Skies Paso doble: Malagueña performed by Klaus Hallen Dance Orchestra	The Summer Knows by Frank Sinatra Summer of '42 (special composition) by Karl Hugo van Kerckhove Summer Me, Winter Me by Frank Sinatra
2013–14 ^[7]	Foxtrot: All Of Me by Frank Sinatra Quickstep: I Never Knew by Frank Sinatra Foxtrot: All Of Me by Frank Sinatra	Wall Flower by Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel

With Good

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2010–11 ^[8]	Padam Padam by Édith Piaf C'est si bon by Eartha Kitt	La Del Ruso by Gotan Project Amor Perteno by Gotan Project Peligro by Gotan Project Differente by Gotan Project
	Original dance
2009–10 ^[9]	Danish folk dance Waltz Polka	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg

With Heroldová

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2007–08 ^[10]	Danish folk dance Mikalas Vals (from Lige for Tiden 2) by Janet Vahl Dug-Kalo (from Lige for Tiden) by H. Haugaard, J. V. Petersen	St. Patrick (Angelus) by Ronan Hardiman The Vikings by Ronan Hardiman Celtic Kittens by Ronan Hardiman

With Thomsen

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2006–07 ^[11]	Felino (from Electrocutang) by Sverre Indris Jones Santa Maria (from Shall We Dance) by Gotan Project	The Addams Family by Mark Shaiman
2005–06 ^[12]^[13]	Cha cha: Sway (from Shall We Dance?) Rhumba: Perfidia (from Shall We Dance?) Cha cha: Mujer Latina (The Latin Challenge)	Harem by Frederico de Brito
2004–05 ^[14]	Slow foxtrot: Do Nothin' Till you Hear from Me by Duke Ellington, Bob Russel Charleston: The Muppet Show Theme	Dance with Me Eres Todo En Mi Echa Pa' Lante Tres Deseos

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Fournier Beaudry

International^[2]
Event	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Worlds	29th	11th	13th
Europeans	18th	9th	9th
GP Rostelecom Cup				7th
GP Skate Canada			7th	7th
CS Autumn Classic		3rd		3rd
CS Finlandia Trophy			3rd	4th
CS Ice Challenge		2nd
CS U.S. Classic			2nd
CS Volvo Open Cup		4th
Ice Challenge	2nd
MNNT Cup	3rd
Pavel Roman	1st
National^[2]
Danish Champ.	1st	1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Good

International^[15]
Event	2009–10	2010–11
World Champ.	24th	29th
European Champ.	21st
Finlandia Trophy		9th
Nebelhorn Trophy		14th
International: Junior^[15]
World Junior Champ.	17th
JGP Turkey	12th
JGP United States	9th
National^[15]
Danish Champ.	1st

With Heroldová

International^[16]
Event	2007–08
World Junior Champ.	21st
JGP Austria	14th
JGP United Kingdom	17th
Pavel Roman Memorial	11th J
National^[16]
Danish Champ.	1st J
J = Junior level

With Thomsen

International^[17]
Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Junior Worlds			24th
JGP Bulgaria			14th
JGP Czech Republic				13th
JGP Germany		15th
JGP Poland			15th
Nordics			1st J
Pavel Roman	2nd N	8th J	9th J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

↑ "Danmarksmesterskaber og Ungdomskonkurrence 2014: Senior Isdans" [2014 Danish Championships: Senior ice dancing] (in Danish). Danish Skating Union. 8 December 2013.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN". International Skating Union.
↑ "Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
↑ Thayer, Jacquelyn (June 22, 2015). "Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen Break New Ground". ice-dance.com.
↑ "Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Katelyn GOOD / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
↑ "Katelyn GOOD / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Barbora HEROLDOVA / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Anna THOMSEN / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Anna THOMSEN / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ Mittan, Barry (16 August 2006). "Dancing Danes". Skate Today.
↑ "Anna THOMSEN / Nikolaj SORENSEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Katelyn GOOD / Nikolaj SORENSEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013.
1 2 "Competition Results: Barbora HEROLDOVA / Nikolaj SORENSEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
↑ "Anna THOMSEN / Nikolaj SORENSEN". International Skating Union.

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