Niki Angeneta Wories (born 18 June 1996) is a Dutch figure skater. An eight-time Dutch national champion (2015-20, 2025-26), she has won twelve senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.
Niki Wories was born on 18 June 1996 in Almere, Netherlands. She is the second daughter of Annelies and Paul Wories. She studied at the Johan Cruyff Academy before moving to Quebec, Canada. Following her initial retirement in 2022, Wories moved back to the Netherlands.
Wories began skating in 2001 and her first coach was Astrid Tameling-Winkelman, who trained her in Dordrecht. Wories debuted internationally at the 2007 Merano Cup as a novice skater, where she finished nineteenth. She would go on to finish sixteenth at the 2009 International Challenge Cup the following season.
In March 2012, Wories debuted on the international junior level at the 2012 Coupe du Printemps, where she placed twenty-third. She subsequently finished eighteenth at the 2012 NRW Trophy.
2013–14 season: Junior Grand Prix debut
Prior to the season, Wories switched coaches and began training under Sylvia Holtes and András Száraz in Dordrecht and Zoetermeer.
She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2013, finishing twenty-fourth at 2013 JGP Latvia. She subsequently went on to compete on the junior level at the 2013 NRW Trophy and the 2014 Bavarian Open, placing fifteenth and fourteenth, respectively.
In March 2014, it was announced that Wories had returned to former coach, Astrid Tameling-Winkelman.
Wories would then close the season with a ninth-place finish on the junior level at the 2014 International Challenge Cup.
2014–2015 season: European and World Championship debut
Wories remained on the junior level in the first half of the 2014–15 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, she finished twenty-fourth at 2014 JGP Germany, before going on to finish sixth at the 2014 Open d'Andorra and ninth at the 2014 NRW Trophy.
In January 2015, she became the Dutch national senior champion. 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.
In February, Wories won senior bronze medals at the Bavarian Open and International Challenge Cup, where she also achieved the minimum technical score to compete at the senior World Championships. 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. Later that month, she competed at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China – the first Dutch competitor at Worlds since 2010. Ranked thirty-second in the short program, she did not make the cut for the free skate.
Wories started the season in September, finishing fifteenth at the 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. In October, it was announced that she had changed coaches, relocating to Montreal, Canada to train under Bruno Marcotte. Wories subsequently competed at the 2015 NRW Trophy and the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing seventh and ninth, respectively.
At the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wories advanced to the free skate segment and finished twentieth overall. She advanced to the free skate segment again at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, United States, where she placed twenty-second.
2016–2017 season: Struggles with injuries
In December 2016, Wories underwent two operations due to bursitis in her foot. Having sustained a concussion that same month, she decided not to compete at the 2017 European Championships. According to a February 2017 report, she has sustained five concussions.
Wories' sole competition appearance was at the 2017 International Challenge Cup, where she finished eighteenth.