Loena Hendrickx

Loena Hendrickx
Hendrickx in 2018
Personal information
Country represented Belgium
Born (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999
Turnhout, Belgium
Home town Arendonk
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Carine Herrygers
Choreographer Sandy Suy, Adam Solya
Skating club N.O.T. Turnhout
Training locations Turnhout
Eindhoven
Oberstdorf
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 204.16
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program 71.50
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate 132.66
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Loena Hendrickx (pronounced LOOH-nah; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2017 International Challenge Cup champion, 2016 International Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time (2017 and 2018) Belgian national champion. She has finished within the top ten at two European Championships (2017, 2018) and one World Championship, and represented Belgium at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Loena Hendrickx was born in Turnhout, Belgium.[1] She is the younger sister of Belgian figure skater Jorik Hendrickx.[2][3]

Career

Early years

Hendrickx began learning to skate in 2004.[1] She appeared internationally on the advanced novice level from December 2012 through December 2013 and then moved up to the junior ranks.[4]

2014–2015 season

Coached by Carine Herrygers in Turnhout,[5] Hendrickx debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing 17th in Dresden, Germany. She went on to win her second junior national title and then placed 16th at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival. She closed her season with junior bronze medals at the International Challenge Cup and Coupe du Printemps.

2015–2016 season

Competing in the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Hendrickx placed 14th in Riga, Latvia, and then 11th in Logroño, Spain. Her senior international debut came in October 2015 at the International Cup of Nice; she finished 7th at the event. She missed the second half of the season due to a spinal fracture and resumed skating after six months.[6]

2016–2017 season

After the closure of Turnhout's ice rink, Hendrickx and her brother decided to train at a temporary rink.[6] Although still age-eligible to compete on the junior level, she focused on senior events. Starting her season on the ISU Challenger Series, she placed 7th at both the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy. In October 2016, she won her first senior international medal – silver at the International Cup of Nice.[7] In November, she was awarded silver at the NRW Trophy and gold at the Belgian Championships.[8] A lack of financial support led to her having to decline an invitation to an international event in Russia.[9]

In January 2017, Hendrickx competed at her first ISU Championship – the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She suffered from foot pain during the event, but nevertheless placed 11th in the short program and advanced to the free skate, in which she ranked 7th, resulting in a final placement of 7th.[9]

In February 2017, Hendrickx won gold at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands. In March, she placed 17th in the short, 14th in the free, and 15th overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to her result, Belgium qualified a spot in the ladies' event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Subsequent to this, she received some financial reimbursement from the Belgian figure skating federation for her expenses, having previously financed her career entirely by herself.[10]

2017–2018 season

A knee injury forced Hendrickx to withdraw from three events early in the season.[11] In December, she repeated as Belgian national champion. In January, she placed fifth–a new personal best ranking–at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. The following month, she represented Belgium at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she and her brother Jorik were the only siblings competing in the singles skating events. The journey to Pyeongchang, South Korea, was the longest Hendrickx had ever traveled before, and the first time their mother had attended a major international event to watch them compete in person.[10] She placed sixteenth overall.[12]

At the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, Hendrickx set new personal bests in both segments to finish in ninth place. Her result qualified Belgium to send two skaters to compete at the 2019 World Championships.

2018–2019 season

Hendrickx began her season at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. She has two Grand Prix assignments.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[13][14][15]
  • Diferente
    by Gotan Project
2016–2017
[16]
2015–2016
[17]
  • Adagio
    performed by Lara Fabian
    choreo. by Sandy Suy
2014–2015
[5]
2013–2014
  • Soapdish
    by Alan Silvestri

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[18]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics16th
Worlds15th9th
Europeans7th5th
GP FinlandTBD
GP Skate AmericaTBD
CS Finlandia7th
CS Nebelhorn7th3rd
Cup of Nice7th2nd
Int. Challenge Cup1st
NRW Trophy2nd
Santa Claus Cup2nd
International: Junior[18][4]
JGP Austria9th
JGP Germany17th
JGP Latvia14th
JGP Spain11th
Int. Challenge Cup3rd
EYOF16th
Coupe du Printemps6th3rd
International: Advanced novice[4]
NRW Trophy7th10th
Coupe du Printemps10th
Rooster Cup5th
National
Belgian Champ.1st J1st J1st1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Loena HENDRICKX: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Loena Hendrickx naar Olympische Winterspelen voor de Jeugd: 'Focussen op eigen prestatie'" [Loena Hendrickx at Olympic Winter Youth Games: "Focusing on my own performance"]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Geurts, Mireille; Tolsma, Joy; Tolsma, Titia (21 January 2012). "Following the journey of a young figure skater - Jorik Hendrickx: Part 2". Absolute Skating.
  4. 1 2 3 "Loena HENDRICKX". rinkresults.com.
  5. 1 2 "Loena HENDRICKX: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 Flade, Tatjana (8 February 2017). "Breakthrough for Belgium's "late bloomer" Jorik Hendrickx". Golden Skate.
  7. ↑ "Loena Hendrickx pakt eerste medaille bij seniors: "Ze beginnen me te kenen"" [Loena Hendrickx wins her first senior medal]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 26 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Familie Hendrickx domineert Belgisch kampioenschap kunstschaatsen" [Hendrickx family dominates Belgian Figure Skating Championships]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 20 November 2011.
  9. 1 2 Flade, Tatjana (27 January 2017). "Untouchable Medvedeva cruises to second European title". Golden Skate.
  10. 1 2 Yoshida, Hiro (20 February 2018). "JORIK AND LOENA HENDRICKX: SHARING AN OLYMPIC DREAM". Europe on Ice.
  11. ↑ Kondakova, Anna (20 January 2018). "Zagitova edges out Medvedeva for European title in debut". Golden Skate.
  12. ↑ "Athlete Profile - Loena HENDRICKX". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
  13. ↑ Hendrix, Leona (12 July 2017). "I proudly announce the music of my short program: "Frozen" by Madonna. Here you have a sneak peak!" (Instagram).
  14. ↑ Hendrix, Leona (19 July 2017). "Thank you for all the positive comments on my short program! It means a lot to me! I am excited to hear what you think of my long program? Music: "Differente" by Gotan Project" (Instagram).
  15. ↑ "Loena HENDRICKX: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Loena HENDRICKX: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Loena HENDRICKX: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Competition Results: Loena HENDRICKX". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
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