Athlete Spotlight: Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorensen

Laurence Fournier Beaudry

Q: Who or what is your biggest motivation?
Laurence: The desire to learn.

Q: Who is your celebrity crush?
Laurence: Chris Hemsworth

Q: What fictional character would you like to meet in real life and why?
Laurence: Wonder Woman. I admire how strong she is.

Q: What song would be the theme song for your life?
Laurence: Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin

Q: What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Laurence: When people spend more time on their phone during dinner or brunch than they do interacting with the people present at the table. And when people are late or make me run late because I’m waiting for them.

Nikolaj Sorensen

Q: What is the best advice that you were given?
Nikolaj: “Patience is a virtue” or “Trust the process”

Q: What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Nikolaj: For people to tell me how to cook when I’m preparing dinner or when people point out something you should have done, but it’s already in the past.

Q: What fictional character would you like to meet in real life and why?
Nikolaj: Batman, obviously because he is the baddest of them all!

Q: What song would be the theme song for your life?
Nikolaj: Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon

Q: What skating club taught you to skate? (the club you took CanSkate at)?
Nikolaj: I learned how to skate in Copenhagen, Denmark as a young boy but I’m teaching the CanSkate at clubs in Montreal and it’s fantastic being able to help and develop young kids. It’s a great way to learn how to skate.