Dutch Figure Skater Niki Wories was born on 18 June 1996 in Almere, Netherlands.
Biography & Skating Style:
While most skaters in the Netherlands go for speed, Niki does also go for style and expression. The young lady who started skating at the age of two because of her sister Katja doing it, is no longer an unknown figure to the skating world. Especially her expression and feel for the music, adds a lot to her programs. Said programs, she kind of choreographed already when she was just a few years old, while accompanying her sister. Back then, Niki felt like being in a big game, adding her own jumps, steps or dance moves to the music of other skaters. Today however, Wories, is choreographed by Julie Marcotte.
Since her 9th year, until she was 19 years old, Niki practiced at the "Kunstrijvereniging De Drechtsteden" in Dordrecht. Since then she has trained in Montreal, Canada, first with Bruno Marcotte and his sister, Julie, and in 2019-20, with Nicholas Young and Ian Conolly.
In general, Niki is quite a fighter and wants to go big with everything she does. At eight years old, she wanted to practice all the jumps as doubles, and even today, she is still adding more difficulty to her programs all the time, which granted her the "award" Crash Pilot at Nebelhorn 2015, which is by no means meant to be rude, but more a compliment as she just never gives up.
Niki´s international career started in 2012, when she debuted on the international junior level at the Coupe du Printemps, followed by an assignment to her first ISU Junior Grand Prix event, the Volvo Cup in 2013. In January 2015, she became the Dutch national senior champion and was awarded with a ticket to Stockholm 2015, where she came 31 in the short. Followed by a small recovery, she came back and won the bronze medal at the Bavarian Open and International Challenge Cup, followed by the 23th place at the Junior Worlds in Tallinn.
In 2019-20, she is a six-time Dutch national champion, and has won five senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.
Lekker kunstrijden has a name, it´s Niki Wories.
An interview with her from 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEsLp4sKCi8
Her ISU Profile
Her Rinkresults
Wikipedia
Her Website:
Her Facebook
Twitter
SP: Ode To A Sleeping Cito by Nikolai Clavier
FS: Les Miserable by Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Alain Boublil
2020-2021
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS:
2020 Winter Star
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkHObydZlE
2019-2020
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla performed by Ensemble Romulo Larrea & Veronica Larc; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2020 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nWyDZqRYDc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9EdLzGzeiI
2020 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCKy8fXuKn8
2019 Autumn Classic
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXQD_dX3TM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6veI1QxgCM
2019 Finlandia Trophy
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkFPHPZ84mI
2018-2019
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" performed by Joss Stone; choreo by Julie Marcotte
2019 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4CqldU5vo
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osoE0jcdk74
2019 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBJO3ym8aI
2018 Mentor Toruǹ Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KraRq1i_bsA
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWyf2YZ2vI
2017-2018
SP: "California Dreaming;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: "It's A Man's World;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
2018 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWaaC11G3w
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsyF7uMjLEw
2016-2017
SP: "California Dreaming;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2017 Challenge Cup
Gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJiIYTfPTjo[/SIZE]
2015–2016
SP: The Lady Is a Tramp performed by Ginette Reno ft. Oliver Jones; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
FS: Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2016 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVP1fjxA2Fc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8CmWm-zp4
2016 European Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-C1vIFyK5M
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ4qzmkii4Q
2015 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFNIzNBETQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S9EriW0po
2014–2015
SP: Sand and Torn; choreo. by Susan Mason
FS: Children of Dune by Bryan Tyler; choreo. by Susan Mason
2015 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUOguIYKPLo
2014 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyFc01JY_c8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awty4EXDH4E
2014 JGP Dresden, Germany
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROjtXAn888k
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3C4NwrfNnE[/SIZE]
2013–2014
SP: Angels & Demons by Hans Zimmer; choreo. by Susan Mason
FS: Fantasy; choreo. by Susan Mason
2013 JGP Riga Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVXaimw_ng
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUhUc08UX0
2012–2013
2013 Dutch Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhFgjTDRG8&t=14s
2012 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmzHJ8G5C94
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0tameuhak[/SIZE]
Competition Results:
Her Latest Blog Entry:
Source
March 7th, 2016 (Dutch Champion)
September 22, 2015
Videos & Pictures:
Pictures from her Website
Articles:
From her website
Biography & Skating Style:
While most skaters in the Netherlands go for speed, Niki does also go for style and expression. The young lady who started skating at the age of two because of her sister Katja doing it, is no longer an unknown figure to the skating world. Especially her expression and feel for the music, adds a lot to her programs. Said programs, she kind of choreographed already when she was just a few years old, while accompanying her sister. Back then, Niki felt like being in a big game, adding her own jumps, steps or dance moves to the music of other skaters. Today however, Wories, is choreographed by Julie Marcotte.
Since her 9th year, until she was 19 years old, Niki practiced at the "Kunstrijvereniging De Drechtsteden" in Dordrecht. Since then she has trained in Montreal, Canada, first with Bruno Marcotte and his sister, Julie, and in 2019-20, with Nicholas Young and Ian Conolly.
In general, Niki is quite a fighter and wants to go big with everything she does. At eight years old, she wanted to practice all the jumps as doubles, and even today, she is still adding more difficulty to her programs all the time, which granted her the "award" Crash Pilot at Nebelhorn 2015, which is by no means meant to be rude, but more a compliment as she just never gives up.
Niki´s international career started in 2012, when she debuted on the international junior level at the Coupe du Printemps, followed by an assignment to her first ISU Junior Grand Prix event, the Volvo Cup in 2013. In January 2015, she became the Dutch national senior champion and was awarded with a ticket to Stockholm 2015, where she came 31 in the short. Followed by a small recovery, she came back and won the bronze medal at the Bavarian Open and International Challenge Cup, followed by the 23th place at the Junior Worlds in Tallinn.
In 2019-20, she is a six-time Dutch national champion, and has won five senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.
Lekker kunstrijden has a name, it´s Niki Wories.
An interview with her from 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEsLp4sKCi8
Biographical Information:
Her ISU Profile
Her Rinkresults
Wikipedia
Social Media:
Her Website:
Her Facebook
Type | Score | Competition |
Personal Best Total Score | 147.69 | ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2019 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 55.12 | ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2019 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 93.41 | ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2018 |
ISU Historical Personal Bests (prior to season 2018-19)
Type | Score | Competition |
Personal Best Total Score | 140.87 | ISU World Championships 2016 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 51.29 | ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2015 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 91.01 | ISU World Championships 2016 |
Programs
2021-2022
SP: Ode To A Sleeping Cito by Nikolai Clavier
FS: Les Miserable by Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Alain Boublil
2020-2021
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS:
2020 Winter Star
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkHObydZlE
2019-2020
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla performed by Ensemble Romulo Larrea & Veronica Larc; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2020 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nWyDZqRYDc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9EdLzGzeiI
2020 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCKy8fXuKn8
2019 Autumn Classic
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXQD_dX3TM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6veI1QxgCM
2019 Finlandia Trophy
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkFPHPZ84mI
2018-2019
SP: "Lylatov (Piano and String Quartet) by Alain Lefèvre; choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" performed by Joss Stone; choreo by Julie Marcotte
2019 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4CqldU5vo
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osoE0jcdk74
2019 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBJO3ym8aI
2018 Mentor Toruǹ Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KraRq1i_bsA
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWyf2YZ2vI
2017-2018
SP: "California Dreaming;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: "It's A Man's World;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
2018 Challenge Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWaaC11G3w
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsyF7uMjLEw
2016-2017
SP: "California Dreaming;" choreo by Julie Marcotte
FS: Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2017 Challenge Cup
Gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJiIYTfPTjo[/SIZE]
2015–2016
SP: The Lady Is a Tramp performed by Ginette Reno ft. Oliver Jones; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
FS: Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2016 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVP1fjxA2Fc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8CmWm-zp4
2016 European Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-C1vIFyK5M
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ4qzmkii4Q
2015 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFNIzNBETQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S9EriW0po
2014–2015
SP: Sand and Torn; choreo. by Susan Mason
FS: Children of Dune by Bryan Tyler; choreo. by Susan Mason
2015 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUOguIYKPLo
2014 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyFc01JY_c8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awty4EXDH4E
2014 JGP Dresden, Germany
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROjtXAn888k
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3C4NwrfNnE[/SIZE]
2013–2014
SP: Angels & Demons by Hans Zimmer; choreo. by Susan Mason
FS: Fantasy; choreo. by Susan Mason
2013 JGP Riga Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVXaimw_ng
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUhUc08UX0
2012–2013
2013 Dutch Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhFgjTDRG8&t=14s
2012 NRW Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmzHJ8G5C94
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0tameuhak[/SIZE]
Competition Results:
Her Latest Blog Entry:
Source
March 7th, 2016 (Dutch Champion)
I want to thank everyone for the wonderful weekend, I am so grateful for all that support... Today I will fly back to Canada to prepare for Boston ...
September 22, 2015
Yesterday evening, Niki, Willy and Greonne left with the night train towards Oberstdorf. To their surprise, the originally reserved seat´s were changed into beds! These beds were so good, that the ladies overslept their stop at Ulm and therefore had to travel all the way to Munich and change trains there.
Videos & Pictures:
Pictures from her Website
Articles:
From her website
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