Jenna McCorkell

Jenna McCorkell (born (1986-09-15)15 September 1986) is a 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).

Jenna McCorkell
McCorkell in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Great Britain
Born	(1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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

Personal 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
2013–14 [2]	Imagined Oceans by Karl Jenkins	Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2012–13 [13]	Imagined Oceans by Karl Jenkins	Where Have All The Flowers Gone
2011–12 [10]	Capone (from "Celtic Tiger") by Ronan Hardiman	Where Have All The Flowers Gone
2010–11 [14]	Totentanz by Franz Liszt arranged by Maksim Mrvica	Voice of Violin performed by Joshua Bell Allegro from Music for Strings by April G. Faure
2009–10 [15]	Totentanz by Franz Liszt arranged by Maksim Mrvica	Voice of Violin performed by Joshua Bell Allegro from Music for Strings by April G. Faure
2008–09 [8]	Harem by Sarah Brightman	Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man Selection
2007–08 [16]	Harem by Sarah Brightman	Frida by Elliot Goldenthal
2006–07 [7]	1001 Nights	Frida by Elliot Goldenthal
2004–05 [17]	Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet	Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2003–04 [18]	Poeme by Secret Garden	Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor (modern version) by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Vanessa-Mae Storm (from Four Seasons by Vivaldi) performed by Vanessa-Mae
2002–03 [6][19]	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by Richard Clayderman	Xotica (from Holiday on Ice) by Rene Dupere
2001–02 [5]	Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli	Legends of the Fall by James Horner Antz Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer The Mask of Zorro by James Horner

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2001–present

International[20]
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
Team events
Olympics													10th
WD = Withdrew

1996–2000

National[20]
Event	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00
British Championships	2nd N	9th J	20th	11th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

1. "Jenna McCorkell". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
2. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
3. "Ice skating champ ties the knot". newsletter.co.uk. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
4. Geurts, Mireille (2010). "Jenna McCorkell and Kevin Van Der Perren's bumpy ride through the season". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
5. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 August 2002.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
6. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
7. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
8. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
9. "McCorkell finally looking ahead". Sportsbeat / Eurosport. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
10. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
11. "Fit-again McCorkell wants strong Worlds finish". Sportsbeat. Eurosport. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
12. "Jenna McCorkell forced out of final competitive skate by injury". BBC News. 29 March 2014.
13. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
14. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
15. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
16. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
17. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
18. "Jenna MCCORKELL: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
19. Mittan, Barry (2 August 2003). "British Senior Ladies Champion Jenna McCorkell". Golden Skate.
20. "Competition Results: Jenna MCCORKELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

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