Maia Sørensen (born 11 August 2004) is a Danish retired figure skater. She is a two-time Danish national champion. She represented Denmark at three ISU Championships — the 2022 European Championships, 2019 World Junior Championships and 2020 World Junior Championships.
Early life Sørensen was born on 11 August 2004 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She began skating in 2009 in her hometown of Herlev, Denmark.
Career 2018–19 season Sørensen made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in Slovakia 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 Oberstdorf, 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 NRW Trophy and tenth at the International Challenge Cup. 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 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. She then won her first senior national title at the 2022 Danish Championships. At the 2022 European Championships, 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 NRW Trophy, 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 Season Short program Free skating 2022–2023 Hit the Road Jack Méditation 2021–2022 Cinema Paradiso 2020–2021 You Have to Be There 2019–2020 How Can I Not Love You? Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps 2018–2019 La Vie en rose
Results CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Europeans C 35th WD Budapest 18th Finlandia 21st Nebelhorn 14th 27th Warsaw Cup 27th Challenge Cup 10th NRW Trophy 9th 8th International: Junior Junior Worlds 45th 39th Czech Rep. 13th Slovakia 15th Nordic Open 17th Tallink Hotels Cup 3rd Tallinn Trophy 3rd National Danish Champ. 1st J 1st J C 1st 1st TBD = Assigned; C = Cancelled; WD = Withdrew
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