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Name
  
Laurence Beaudry

Height
  
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Partner
  
Nikolaj Sorensen


Began skating
  
2002

Country represented
  
Denmark

Combined total
  
156.232015 World

Training locations
  
Montreal

Laurence Fournier Beaudry together with her male partner Nikolaj Sørensen captured while performing a short dance during the official training at Trophee Bompard ISU Grand Prix at Patinoire Meriadeck Arena in France. Laurence, smiling with an all tied up hair, light makeup, and silver stud earrings, holding Nikolaj’s left hand and her left hand on Nikolaj's shoulder while raising her left leg 90 degrees in between, with her figure skates shoes and she's wearing a black lace neck sleeveless dress with a shade of red below her dress. Nikolaj, blow mouth look with a beard, holding Laurence’s right hand and his right hand on Laurence’s waist while raising his left leg 90 degrees in between with his figure skates shoes and he's wearing a shade of red long sleeve shirt and black pants.

Born
  
July 18, 1992 (age 31) (
1992-07-18
)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Former partner
  
Yoan Breton, Anthony Quintal, Paul Bellantuono

Skating club
  
Rodovre Skating and Ice hockey Club

Coach
  
Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon

Choreographer
  
Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Michael Seibert

Former country(ies) represented
  
Canada

CTNSC19 Gala Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen


Laurence Fournier Beaudry (born July 18, 1992) is a Canadian ice dancer who competes for Denmark with partner Nikolaj Sørensen. Together, they have won five ISU Challenger Series medals and qualified for the free dance at six ISU Championships.

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Laurence Fournier-Beaudry & Anthony Quintal performing a free dance during the 2008 Autumn Skate. Laurence wearing a pink short dress, revealing her cleavage and dangling earrings while Anthony wearing a white long sleeve under a black and gray vest and gray pants

Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships - FD


Career

Laurence Fournier Beaudry smiling, wearing a blue blouse, pearl necklace, and pearl earrings

Fournier Beaudry began skating in 2001. Early in her career, she competed with Anthony Quintal. Together with Yoan Breton, she appeared on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011.

Partnership with Sørensen

Laurence Fournier Beaudry is on Nikolaj Sorensen shoulder, during a figure skate dance performance. Laurence wearing a long sleeve short red dress with her figure skate shoes while Nikolaj wearing a white long sleeve shirt and black pants

Fournier Beaudry had a tryout with Danish ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen in February 2012. He decided to team up with Vanessa Crone, but called Fournier Beaudry five months later, shortly after Crone's decision to quit.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry holding performing a dance on the ice rink with Nikolaj Sorensen. Laurence wearing a black short dress and white figure skate while Nikolaj wearing a black long sleeve, black pants, and black figure skate

Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen decided to represent Denmark while continuing to train in Canada. They are coached by Canadian champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon in Montreal.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nicolaj Sorensen performing a dance in the ice rink during the 2016 Rostelecom Cup in Russia. Laurence wearing a black and pink dress and white figure skate while Nicolaj wearing a pink shirt, black pants, and black figure skate

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.

The two placed 13th at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to their result, Denmark qualified a spot in the ice dancing event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Programs

(with Sørensen)

Competitive highlights

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

References

Laurence Fournier Beaudry Wikipedia
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