Maia Sørensen (born 11 August 2004) is a Danish retired

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. She is a two-time Danish national champion. She represented Denmark at three ISU Championships — the

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, 2019 World Junior Championships and 2020 World Junior Championships.

Early life

Sørensen was born on 11 August 2004 in

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, British Columbia, Canada. She began skating in 2009 in her hometown of

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, Denmark.

Career

2018–19 season

Sørensen made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in

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and finished 15th. She improved her result to 13th place at the JGP Czech Republic. She competed at the Danish Championships with an injury but then still won the junior national title. She then competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships and finished 45th in the short program after falling twice.

2019–20 season

Sørensen withdrew from the Junior Grand Prix series due to an injury. She returned to competition and won the gold medal at the Junior Danish Championships. She finished second in the short program at the Nordic Open, but multiple falls in the free skate caused her to drop to 18th overall. She competed at the 2020 World Junior Championships and finished 39th in the short program with a score of 40.72 and failed to advance to the free skate.

2020–21 season

In the summer of 2020, she changed training locations, moving from Denmark to

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, Germany, where Michael Huth became her coach. She made her senior debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and finished 14th. She then finished ninth at the

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and tenth at the

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. She did not achieve the minimum technical elements score requirement to compete at the 2021 World Championships.

2021–22 season

Sørensen finished 27th at both the

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and the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Int ...

. She then won her first senior national title at the 2022 Danish Championships. At the

, she finished 35th in the short program with a score of 40.93.

2022–23 season

Sørensen began the season with a 21st place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. She then placed 18th at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy. Then at the

, she finished eighth. She then successfully defended her senior national title. She was selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships but had to withdraw due to an ankle injury. Sørensen announced her retirement in December 2023 on her Instagram page, citing a hip injury.

Programs

Results

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Maia 2004 births Living people Danish female single skaters Figure skaters from Vancouver Danish people of Canadian descent Canadian female single skaters Canadian people of Danish descent 21st-century Canadian sportswomen 21st-century Danish sportswomen