Pernille Sørensen (born 20 February 1998) is a Danish figure skater. She is the 2014 Denkova-Staviski Cup champion, and a two-time Danish national champion (2015, 2018). She has competed in the final segment at two European Championships (2018, 2019) and the 2014 World Junior Championships.
Personal life Pernille Sørensen was born on 20 February 1998 in Esbjerg, Denmark. She is the daughter of Gitte and Peter Sørensen and has a brother, Nicki, who is five years younger.
Career Sørensen began skating in 2001. In 2010, she relocated with her family from Esbjerg to Odense, following three years of commuting to Odense for her training. Coached by Pernille Gormsen, she debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011.
2012–2013 season Sørensen was coached in Odense by Andrzej Strzelec before switching to Alexei Fedoseev. She was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy but did not reach the free skate.
2013–2014 season Sørensen continued to train under Alexei Fedoseev in Odense. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she qualified for the free skate and finished 18th overall.
2014–2015 season Sørensen made her senior international debut, at the 2014 International Cup of Nice, and became the Danish senior national champion for the first time. As of January 2015, she is coached by Kalle Strid and Martin Johansson in Copenhagen. She did not reach the final at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, placing 27th in the short program. Sørensen placed 4th at the 2015 Nordic Championships in Stavanger, Norway. At the 2015 World Junior Championships she did not advance to the final.
2015–2016 season Sørensen reached her personal best score at the 2015 NRW Trophy, placing 4th. She was eliminated after the short program at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. On 12 February 2016, the Danish Skating Union announced that she had decided to stop her career.
2017–2018 season Sørensen returned to international competition in September 2017 at the Slovenia Open.
Programs Season Short program Free skating2018–2019 A Night Like This Pretty Woman It Must Have Been Love 2017–2018 Rock and Roll (Part 2) Sparkling Diamonds Life Must Have Its Mysteries Archangel 2015–2016 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Prince Igor 2014–2015 L'Enfant Pur - Crystal Symphony Angels & Demons 2013–2014 Dark Light Waltz Wrath of Sea 2012–2013 Ancient Egypt Dark Light
Rock Meets Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 2011–2012 House of Flying Daggers
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 17–18 18–19 Worlds 26th Europeans 27th 34th 21st 23rd Nebelhorn 22nd Tallinn Trophy 7th Volvo Cup 12th Cup of Nice 8th 17th Denkova-Staviski 1st Halloween Cup 6th Nordics 4th WD 7th NRW Trophy 4th Santa Claus Cup 11th Slovenia Open 10th Volvo Open Cup 9th International: Junior Junior Worlds 35th 18th 39th WD Belarus 17th Croatia 12th Japan 21st Latvia 14th Romania 13th U.S. 16th Merano Cup 13th New Year's Cup 2nd Nordics 6th 11th 5th Santa Claus Cup 2nd Warsaw Cup 3rd National Danish Champ. 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st WD 1st 1st J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
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