 Kevin van der Perren in 2009. |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name: | Kevin van der Perren |
| Country represented: |  Belgium |
| Date of birth: | August 6, 1982 |
| Place of birth: | Ninove |
| Height: | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) |
| Coach: | Juri Bureiko |
| Former coach: | Silvie De Rijcke Vera Vandecaveye Nikolai Morozov L. van Troyen H. Beelaert |
| Choreographer: | Juri Bureiko |
| Skating club: | KSC Heuvelkouter, Liedekerke |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total: | 219.36 2009 Europeans |
| Short program: | 75.80 2009 Europeans |
| Free skate: | 145.78 2008 Worlds |
Kevin van der Perren (born August 6, 1982 in Ninove, Belgium) is a Belgian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2009 European bronze medalist and a six time (2000-2004, 2007) Belgian national champion. Van der Perren was the flag bearer for Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is married to British skater Jenna McCorkell.[1] As of December 2009, van der Perren was ranked fifth in the world[2].
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van der Perren first dreamed of being a figure skater after a traveling ice show came to his town to perform. Although his parents wanted him to play soccer and he was teased by his classmates at school, he refused to give up his dream of being an elite figure skater.
At the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, in which van der Perren won the silver medal, he was the first skater to land a three jump combination consisting of triple salchow-triple toe loop-triple loop. He included this combination in his free program until the end of the 2003-2004 season.
A hip injury he suffered after the 2006 Winter Olympics forced him to withdraw from the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships. Van der Perren considered not going to the 2007 European Championships, but in the end he participated and finished on the podium, after edging Sergei Davydov by 0.07 for the bronze. This made him the first Belgian singles skater to win a medal at Europeans since 1947. [3]
Van der Perren is the first Belgian skater to land a quadruple jump (toe-loop) in competition.
At the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, he completed a triple flip-triple toe loop-triple loop combination in his free program, although he touched down with his hand on the final jump. Van der Perren landed this combination again at the 2008 Worlds, this time cleanly.[4].
In the 2007-2008 season, Van der Perren was assigned to the 2007 Skate Canada and the 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard as his Grand Prix events. He finished second at Skate Canada, where he won the free skate, and fourth at Trophee Eric Bompard, qualifying him for the Grand Prix Final. He then finished 6th at the Grand Prix Final and 5th at Europeans. At the 2008 Worlds, Van der Perren finished 9th in the SP and 3rd in the LP for 6th place overall.
He underwent hip surgery shortly afterwards but returned to competition at the start of the 2008-2009 season. After being forced to withdraw from two events, he finished 5th at the 2008 Cup of Russia. Despite skating with a painful hip injury, van der Perren won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships, his second medal at Europeans.[5]
| Season | Short Program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky |
Heroes by Safri Duo |
Heroes by Safri Duo |
| 2007-2008 | Heartbeat by Safri Duo Xotica by Rene Dupere |
Heroes by Safri Duo Lawrence of Arabia Soundtrack by Maurice Jarre |
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| 2006-2007 | Adagio
in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni |
Reflections of Earth by Gavin Greenaway Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer |
El Tango de
Roxanne from Moulin Rouge! by Mariano Mores performed by Ewan McGregor |
| 2005-2006 | Computer Game:Samba-Adagio by Safri Duo |
Pirattes of the
Caribbean by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer |
Fever & Sway by Michael Bublé |
| Event | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 9th | |||||
| World Championships | 8th | 6th | 14th | |||
| European Championships | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | |
| Belgian Championships | 1st | |||||
| Grand Prix Final | 6th | |||||
| Cup of Russia | 6th | 5th | ||||
| Skate Canada International | 5th | 2nd | 11th | |||
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 4th | |||||
| Skate America | 4th | 4th | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 5th | 6th | ||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 3rd | WD | 12th | |||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | WD | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 1st | 3rd |
| Event | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 12th | |||||
| World Championships | 31st | 33rd | 14th | 19th | 14th | |
| European Championships | 28th | 23rd | 13th | 10th | 11th | |
| World Junior Championships | 26th | 16th | 2nd | |||
| Belgian Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | 4th | |||||
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 2nd | |||||
| Skate Canada International | 5th | |||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 6th | 9th | 4th | |||
| Finlandia Trophy | 4th | |||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2nd | |||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 15th | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands | 13th | 1st | ||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic | 2nd | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 11th | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 14th | |||||
| Gardena Spring Trophy | 9th J. |
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