Jenna McCorkell
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Country represented | Great Britain |
Born | Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | 15 September 1986
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
Coach | Simon Briggs, Debbie Briggs, Yuri Bureiko, Silvie De Rijcke, Vera Vandecaveye, Marina Serova, Margaret O'Neill |
Choreographer | Mark Hanretty, Lorna Brown, Yuri Bureiko |
Skating club | Liedekerke |
Training locations | Ninove, Belgium Dundee |
Began skating | 1994 |
Retired | 29 March 2014 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 150.90 2010 Worlds |
Short program | 53.80 2010 Europeans |
Free skate | 98.78 2010 Worlds |
Jenna McCorkell (born figure skater from Northern Ireland. She is an eleven-time British national champion (2003–05; 2007–14) and won seven senior international medals, including gold at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial and Ice Challenge. She placed as high as eighth at the European Championships (2008) and 14th at the World Championships (2010, 2012), and competed at two Winter Olympics (2010, 2014).
15 September 1986) is a formerPersonal life[]
McCorkell was born on 15 September 1986 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.[2] She married Belgian skater Kevin van der Perren in May 2008.[3][4] They live in his hometown, Ninove, Belgium.
Career[]
McCorkell trained in Belfast, coached by Margaret McAllister and Yuri Bureiko, until the end of the 2001–02 season.[5] In the 2002–03 season, she moved to Coventry where she was coached by Bureiko.[6]
McCorkell competed three times, from 2002 to 2004, at the World Junior Championships, placing as high as 11th in 2003. She made her senior World and European Championships debut also in 2003.
Following the 2005–06 season, McCorkell moved to Liedekerke, Belgium where she was coached by Vera Vandecaveye.[7]
McCorkell achieved her career-best European Championships result, 8th, in 2008. After the 2007–08 season, she rejoined Juri Bureiko and was also coached by Silvie De Rijcke.[8] Her best Worlds finish, 14th, came in 2010 and 2012.
McCorkell changed coaches in April 2011.[9] She decided to train with coach Simon Briggs in Ninove and Dundee.[10] McCorkell had a torn abductor muscle at the end of 2012.[11]
In February 2014, McCorkell competed at her second Winter Olympics. Ranked 25th in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate in Sochi, Russia. At the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, McCorkell qualified for the free skate but withdrew due to a hamstring injury.[12]
Programs[]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2013–14 [2] |
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2012–13 [13] |
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2011–12 [10] |
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2010–11 [14] |
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2009–10 [15] |
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2008–09 [8] |
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2007–08 [16] |
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2006–07 [7] |
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2004–05 [17] |
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2003–04 [18] |
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2002–03 [6][19] |
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2001–02 [5] |
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Competitive highlights[]
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
2001–present[]
International[20] | |||||||||||||
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Event | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
Olympics | 29th | 25th | |||||||||||
Worlds | 21st | 24th | 22nd | 25th | 20th | 14th | 24th | 14th | 20th | WD | |||
Europeans | 19th | 14th | 16th | 15th | 8th | 9th | 14th | 14th | 18th | 21st | 24th | ||
GP Cup of China | 6th | ||||||||||||
GP Rostelecom Cup | 8th | ||||||||||||
GP France | 8th | 8th | |||||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 11th | 11th | |||||||||||
GP Skate America | 10th | ||||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 8th | 7th | 10th | ||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 8th | 6th | |||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 10th | 10th | 9th | 6th | 5th | ||||||||
Golden Spin | 12th | 13th | 3rd | 4th | |||||||||
Ice Challenge | 1st | ||||||||||||
Karl Schäfer | 21st | ||||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 6th | 5th | 5th | |||||||||
NRW Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Ondrej Nepela | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 15th | ||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||
International: Junior[20] | |||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 12th | 11th | 13th | ||||||||||
JGP Germany | 3rd | ||||||||||||
JGP Italy | 5th | 8th | |||||||||||
JGP Sweden | 6th | ||||||||||||
National[20] | |||||||||||||
British Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
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Olympics | 10th T 10th P | ||||||||||||
WD = Withdrew |
1996–2000[]
National[20] | ||||
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Event | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 |
British Championships | 2nd N | 9th J | 20th | 11th |
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior |
References[]
- ^ "Jenna McCorkell". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Ice skating champ ties the knot". newsletter.co.uk. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ Geurts, Mireille (2010). "Jenna McCorkell and Kevin Van Der Perren's bumpy ride through the season". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 August 2002.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "McCorkell finally looking ahead". Sportsbeat / Eurosport. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Fit-again McCorkell wants strong Worlds finish". Sportsbeat. Eurosport. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Jenna McCorkell forced out of final competitive skate by injury". BBC News. 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Mittan, Barry (2 August 2003). "British Senior Ladies Champion Jenna McCorkell". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Jenna MCCORKELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
External links[]
Media related to Jenna McCorkell at Wikimedia Commons
- British female single skaters
- People from Coleraine, County Londonderry
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters from Northern Ireland