Maia Sørensen
Danish figure skater
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Maia Sørensen (born 11 August 2004) is a Danish retired figure skater. She is a two-time Danish national champion. She represented Denmark at three ISU Championships — the 2022 European Championships, 2019 World Junior Championships and 2020 World Junior Championships.
DenmarkSørensen at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 August 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Home town | Herlev, Denmark |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coach | Michael Huth, Anni Petersen |
| Skating club | Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf |
| Began skating | 2009 |
| Retired | 30 December 2023 |
Early life
Career
2018–19 season
Sørensen made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in Slovakia and finished 15th.[2] She improved her result to 13th place at the JGP Czech Republic.[3] She competed at the Danish Championships with an injury but then still won the junior national title.[4] She then competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships and finished 45th in the short program after falling twice.[5]
2019–20 season
Sørensen withdrew from the Junior Grand Prix series due to an injury.[6] She returned to competition and won the gold medal at the Junior Danish Championships.[7] She finished second in the short program at the Nordic Open, but multiple falls in the free skate caused her to drop to 18th overall.[8] She competed at the 2020 World Junior Championships and finished 39th in the short program with a score of 40.72 and failed to advance to the free skate.[9]
2020–21 season
In the summer of 2020, she changed training locations, moving from Denmark to Oberstdorf, Germany, where Michael Huth became her coach.[10] She made her senior debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and finished 14th.[11] She then finished ninth at the NRW Trophy and tenth at the International Challenge Cup.[12][13] She did not achieve the minimum technical elements score requirement to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[10]
2021–22 season
Sørensen finished 27th at both the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup.[14][15] She then won her first senior national title at the 2022 Danish Championships.[16] At the 2022 European Championships, she finished 35th in the short program with a score of 40.93.[17]
2022–23 season
Sørensen began the season with a 21st place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.[18] She then placed 18th at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy.[19] Then at the NRW Trophy, she finished eighth.[20] She then successfully defended her senior national title.[21] She was selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships but had to withdraw due to an ankle injury.[22]
Sørensen announced her retirement in December 2023 on her Instagram page, citing a hip injury.[23][24]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2022–2023 [1] |
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| 2021–2022 [25] |
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| 2020–2021 [26] |
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| 2019–2020 |
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| 2018–2019 |
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Results
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[27] | |||||
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| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| Europeans | C | 35th | WD | ||
| CS Budapest | 18th | ||||
| CS Finlandia | 21st | ||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 14th | 27th | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 27th | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 10th | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 9th | 8th | |||
| International: Junior[27] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 45th | 39th | |||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 13th | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 15th | ||||
| Nordic Open | 17th | ||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 3rd | ||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 3rd | ||||
| National[27] | |||||
| Danish Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | C | 1st | 1st |
| TBD = Assigned; C = Cancelled; WD = Withdrew | |||||
