Nikolaj Sørensen

Nikolaj Sørensen (born February 18, 1989) is a Danish-Canadian ice dancer. Most recently competing for Canada with Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he is a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, an eight-time Grand Prix medallist (including gold at the 2022 NHK Trophy), a five-time Challenger medallist (including gold at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy), and the 2023 Canadian national champion. Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen previously competed for Denmark, winning six ISU Challenger Series medals and representing Denmark at the World and European championships. .

On 19 June 2025, the suspension was overturned by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada on jurisdictional grounds and Skate Canada lifted its sanctions. Sørensen argued that since he was neither a Canadian citizen nor a skater for Canada at the time of the incident, he did not consent to be retroactively bound by the Canadian code of conduct for sports. An arbiter ruled that the Director of Sanctions and Outcomes, the authority to impose sanctions on athletes, did not have the jurisdiction to investigate the alleged attack. The allegation has still not been tested in a formal court of law. In May 2026, Ashley Foy, a former ice dancer and current coach in the Netherlands, came out publicly as the victim stating, "I don't care care what professional retaliation I face anymore. I can't bear to face another person talking about this case to me not knowing I'm the victim." The decision is still being argued by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada as of May 2026