Niki Wories

A six-time Dutch national champion, she has won five senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.

[6] In March 2012, Wories debuted on the international junior level at the 2012 Coupe du Printemps, where she placed twenty-third.

[6] Prior to the season, Wories switched coaches and began training under Sylvia Holtes and András Száraz in Dordrecht and Zoetermeer.

[7] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2013, finishing twenty-fourth at 2013 JGP Latvia.

She then made her senior international debut at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, but failed to advance to the free skate segment after placing thirty-first in the short program.

[10] In March, she qualified for the free skate at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia by placing fifteenth in the short program; she finished twenty-third overall.

[11][1] Wories subsequently competed at the 2015 NRW Trophy and the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing seventh and ninth, respectively.

[9][6] Selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, Wories would place thirty-fifth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment.

[6] Although Wories was scheduled to make her World Championship return post-injury in 2020 in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

She was subsequently appointed the figure skating discipline manager for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (Royal Dutch Ice Skaters Association).

[19] In August 2024, at the age of twenty-eight, Wories announced her plans of returning to competitive figure skating after two and a half years of not competing.

[20][21][22][23] She started the season by competing at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy in early October, where she placed ninth, earning a personal best free skate and combined total scores.

[4] Two weeks later, Wories would deliver even stronger performances and score higher at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial, where she finished in fourth place.

Wories at the 2018 Challenge Cup