Niki Wories
Wories at the 2016 European Championships
Full nameNiki Angeneta Wories
Born (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 27)
Almere, Netherlands
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryNetherlands
CoachNicholas Young, Ian Conolly
Skating clubDDD Dordrecht
Began skating2001
Retired2022

Niki Angeneta Wories (born 18 June 1996) is a retired Dutch figure skater. A six-time Dutch national champion, she has won five senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

Niki Wories was born on 18 June 1996 in Almere, Netherlands.[1] She is the second daughter of Annelies and Paul Wories.[2] She studied at the Johan Cruyff Academy before moving to Quebec, Canada.[2]

Career

Wories began skating in 2001.[1] She debuted on the international junior level in spring 2012 at the Coupe du Printemps.

Wories competed in her first ISU Junior Grand Prix event in August 2013. She was coached by Sylvia Holtes and András Száraz in Dordrecht and Zoetermeer at the start of the season, before switching to Astrid Tameling-Winkelman in Dordrecht.[3]

Wories remained on the junior level in the first half of the 2014–15 season. In January 2015, she became the Dutch national senior champion. She then made her senior international debut at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, but was eliminated after placing 31st in the short program. In February, Wories won senior bronze medals at the Bavarian Open and International Challenge Cup, where she also achieved the minimum technical score to compete at the senior World Championships.[4] In March, she qualified for the free skate at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia by placing 15th in the short program; she finished 23rd overall. Later that month, she competed at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China – the first Dutch competitor at Worlds since 2010.[5] Ranked 32nd in the short, she did not make the cut for the free skate.

Wories changed coaches in October 2015,[5] joining Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Canada.[1] She reached the free skate at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, where she finished 20th, and at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, where she placed 22nd.

Wories underwent two operations due to bursitis in her foot.[6] Having sustained a concussion in December 2016, she decided not to compete at the 2017 European Championships.[7][8] According to a February 2017 report, she has sustained five concussions.[9]

Wories was scheduled to make her World Championship return post-injury in 2020 in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[10]

Wories' retirement from competition was announced on May 17, 2022. She was appointed the figure skating discipline manager for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (Royal Dutch Ice Skaters Association) active June 1, 2022.[11]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[12]
  • Lylatov
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2018–2019
  • Lylatov
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2017–2018
[13]
  • It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2016–2017
[14]
  • California Dreamin'
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2015–2016
[1]
  • Les Misérables
    by Claude-Michel Schönberg
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2014–2015
[15]
  • Sand and Torn
    choreo. by Susan Mason
2013–2014
[3]
  • Fantasy
    choreo. by Susan Mason

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[16]
Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds 32nd 22nd WD C
Europeans 31st 20th WD 35th
CS Autumn Classic 14th 13th
CS Denis Ten MC WD
CS Finlandia 17th
CS Golden Spin 9th 16th 12th 20th
CS Nebelhorn 15th 26th
CS Warsaw Cup 16th
Bavarian Open 3rd 12th 3rd
Challenge Cup 3rd 18th 11th 7th 7th WD 12th
Crystal Skate 9th
Istanbul Cup 3rd
NRW Trophy 7th WD 9th
Tallinn Trophy 12th
Toruń Cup 1st 10th
Winter Star WD
International: Junior[16]
Junior Worlds 23rd
JGP Germany 24th
JGP Latvia 24th
Bavarian Open 14th
Coupe du Printemps 23rd
Int. Challenge Cup 9th
NRW Trophy 18th 15th 9th
Open d'Andorra 6th
International: Novice[17]
Int. Challenge Cup 16th
NRW Trophy 7th
Merano Cup 19th
National[16]
Dutch Champ. 8th J 4th J 1st J 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior. WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Niki WORIES: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Hissink, Lisa (9 January 2017). "Niki Wories: 'Ik mis de stamppot'". schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Niki WORIES: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Challenge Cup 2015: Ladies Senior - Free Skating". Dutch Ice Skating Association. 22 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Kunstrijdster Wories wordt snel stabieler in Canada" [Figure skater Wories will become more stable in Canada]. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Niki Wories kijkt terug op zwaar jaar". Omroep Flevoland (in Dutch). 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Kunstschaatster Niki Wories niet naar EK" [Figure skater Niki Wories won't compete at European Championships]. Omroep Flevoland (in Dutch). 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Wories mist EK kunstrijden door val". Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Kunstrijdster Wories blijft positief ondanks vijf hersenschuddingen" [Figure skater Wories remains positive despite five concussions]. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017.
  10. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  11. ^ "Niki Wories wordt disciplinemanager kunstrijden en stopt met schaatsen" [Niki Wories becomes discipline manager figure skating and stops skating] (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. May 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Niki WORIES: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Niki WORIES: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Niki WORIES: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Niki WORIES: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015.
  16. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Niki WORIES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Niki WORIES". rinkresults.com.

External links

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