Laurence Fournier Beaudry | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Denmark |
Former country(ies) represented | Canada |
Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
July 18, 1992
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Partner | Nikolaj Sørensen |
Former partner | Yoan Breton, Anthony Quintal, Paul Bellantuono |
Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer |
Choreographer | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Ginette Cournoyer |
Skating club | Rødovre Skating and Ice hockey Club Gadbois Centre |
Training locations | Montreal |
Began skating | 2001 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 160.68 2017 Europeans |
Short dance | 66.05 2017 Worlds |
Free dance | 94.66 2017 Europeans |
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.
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.
In August 2012, Fournier Beaudry teamed up with Danish ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen. They are coached by Canadian champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon in Montreal. Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen decided to represent Denmark while continuing to train in Canada. 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.
(with Sørensen)
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix