Loena Hendrickx

Loena Hendrickx (pronounced LOOH-nah; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 International Challenge Cup champion, the 2016 International Cup of Nice silver medalist, the 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalist, and a three-time Belgian national champion (2017–2019).

Loena Hendrickx
Hendrickx in 2018
Personal information
Country representedBelgium
Born (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999
Turnhout, Belgium
Home townArendonk
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
CoachCarine Herrygers
ChoreographerSandy Suy, Adam Solya
Skating clubN.O.T. Turnhout
Training locationsTurnhout
Eindhoven
Oberstdorf
Began skating2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total204.16
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program71.50
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate132.66
2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Hendrickx has finished within the top ten at two European Championships (2017, 2018) and one World Championship. She placed 16th 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 seventeenth in Dresden, Germany. She went on to win her second junior national title and then placed sixteenth 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 fourteenth in Riga, Latvia, and then eleventh in Logroño, Spain. Her senior international debut came in October 2015 at the International Cup of Nice; she finished seventh 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 seventh 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 eleventh in the short program and advanced to the free skate, in which she ranked seventh, resulting in a final placement of seventh.[9]

In February 2017, Hendrickx won gold at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands. In March, she placed seventeenth in the short, fourteenth in the free, and fifteenth 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 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, winning the bronze medal, her first Challenger medal. She achieved her goal of landing a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination cleanly in both her short and free programs.[13]

Her placement at the 2018 World Championships qualified her for two assignments on the 2018-19 Grand Prix. Making her first visit to the United States for 2018 Skate America, Hendrickx scored 54.13 in the short program, but withdrew before the free skate due to medical reasons.[13][14] She placed fifth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki, her second event.

Hendrickx withdrew from the European Championships due to a back injury, but was ready to compete at the World Championships in Saitama, where she placed twelfth. She had decided to attend the World Championships only a week prior.[15]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[16][17]
2018–2019
[1][13]
2017–2018
[18][19][20]
  • Frozen
    by Madonna
    choreo. by Adam Solya
  • Diferente
    by Gotan Project
    choreo. by Adam Solya
2016–2017
[21]
2015–2016
[22]
  • Adagio
    performed by Lara Fabian
    choreo. by Sandy Suy
2014–2015
[5]
2013–2014
  • Soapdish
    by Alan Silvestri

Competitive highlights

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

International[23]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Olympics16th
Worlds15th9th12th
Europeans7th5thWDWD
GP Finland5th
GP FranceWD
GP RostelecomWD
GP Skate AmericaWD
CS Finlandia7th
CS Nebelhorn7th3rd
CS Tallinn TrophyWD
Cup of Nice7th2nd
Challenge Cup1st
NRW Trophy2nd
Santa Claus Cup2nd
International: Junior[23][4]
JGP Austria9th
JGP Germany17th
JGP Latvia14th
JGP Spain11th
Coupe Printemps6th3rd
EYOF16th
Challenge Cup3rd
International: Advanced novice[4]
Coupe Printemps10th
NRW Trophy7th10th
Rooster Cup5th
National
Belgian Champ.1st J1st J1st1st1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
18-24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 13
62.60		 11
123.69		 12
186.29
16-17 November 2018 2019 Belgian Championships 1
61.48		 1
122.48		 1
183.96
2-4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 3
63.17		 4
128.05		 5
191.22
26-29 September 2018 2018 Nelebhorn Trophy 2
71.50		 3
132.66		 3
204.16
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
19-25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 10
64.07		 6
128.24		 9
192.31
14-25 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics 20
55.16		 14
116.72		 16
171.88
15-21 January 2018 2018 European Championships 8
55.13		 5
121.78		 5
176.91
4-10 December 2017 2017 Santa Claus Cup 3
54.18		 2
106.42		 2
160.60
1-2 December 2017 2018 Belgian Championships 1
56.59		 1
115.05		 1
171.62
2016–2017 season
Date Event SP FS Total
29 March - 2 April 2017 2017 World Championships 17
57.54		 14
115.28		 15
172.82
23-26 February 2017 2017 Challenge Cup 1
62.54		 1
115.40		 1
177.94
25-29 January 2017 2017 European Championships 11
55.41		 7
117.30		 7
172.71
30 November - 4 December 2016 2016 NRW Trophy 2
53.48		 2
106.60		 2
160.08
18-19 November 2016 2017 Belgian Championships 1
56.63		 1
120.56		 1
177.19
19-23 October 2016 2016 Cup Of Nice 2
57.88		 2
109.19		 2
167.07
6-10 October 2016 2016 Finlandia Trophy 8
48.81		 6
99.35		 7
148.16
22-24 September 2016 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy 10
45.36		 7
94.07		 7
139.43
2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
14-18 October 2015 2015 Cup of Nice 6
49.12		 9
80.98		 7
130.10

Junior results
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
30 August - 2 September 2017 2017 JGP Austria 8
51.77		 11
83.77		 9
135.54
2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
30 September - 4 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain 12
46.58		 10
91.81		 11
138.39
26-30 August 2015 2015 JGP Latvia 8
49.16		 15
75.27		 14
124.43
2014–2015 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13-15 March 2015 2015 Coupe du Printemps 2
41.20		 3
76.52		 3
117.72
19-22 February 2015 2015 International Challenge Cup 5
39.65		 3
79.66		 3
119.31
25-30 January 2015 2015 EYOF 16
33.97		 13
64.58		 16
98.55
21-22 November 2014 2015 Belgian Junior Championships 1
40.88		 1
65.82		 1
106.70
1-4 October 2014 2014 JGP Germany 20
32.36		 14
68.87		 17
101.23
2013–2014 season
Date Event SP FS Total
14-16 March 2014 2014 Coupe du Printemps 8
34.35		 5
67.13		 6
101.48

References
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  3. Geurts, Mireille; Tolsma, Joy; Tolsma, Titia (21 January 2012). "Following the journey of a young figure skater - Jorik Hendrickx: Part 2". Absolute Skating.
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  6. 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. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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  11. Kondakova, Anna (20 January 2018). "Zagitova edges out Medvedeva for European title in debut". Golden Skate.
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  14. @ISU_Figure (21 October 2018). "#LoenaHendrickx (BEL) has withdrawn from the Ladies Free Skating at #SkateAmerica citing illness. We wish a quick recovery. #GPFigure #figureskating" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  16. Hendrickx, Loena (8 July 2019). "Going to announce my new free program later this week! Are you excited? 🤩 .& I will keep my short program from last year, Celine Dion: it's all coming back to me now. ☺️" (Instagram).
  17. Hendrickx, Loena (12 July 2019). "Fever it is! I'm very excited to perform this program next season! Are u? 😄" (Instagram).
  18. Hendrickx, Loena (12 July 2017). "I proudly announce the music of my short program: "Frozen" by Madonna. Here you have a sneak peak!" (Instagram).
  19. Hendrickx, Loena (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).
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  21. "Loena HENDRICKX: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  22. "Loena HENDRICKX: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  23. "Competition Results: Loena HENDRICKX". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
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