Kevin van der Perren

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**Kevin van der Perren**

Personal Info
Country:	Belgium
Date of birth:	August 6, 1982 (1982-08-06) (age 25)
Residence:	Ninove, Belgium
Height:	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight:	65 kg (140 lb)
Coach:	Vera van de Caveyen
Skating Club:	KSC Heuvelkouter
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	216.02	2008 World
Short Program:	72.83	2007 Grand Prix Final
Free Skate:	145.78	2008 World

Most Recent Results :
Event	Points	Finish	Year
European Championships	204.85	3rd	2007
World Championships	216.02	6th	2008

Kevin van der Perren (born August 6, 1982 in Ninove, Belgium) is a Belgian figure skater. He is the six time 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 Career
2 Trivia
3 Competitive highlights
4 External links

[edit] Career

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.

Van der Perren is a two-time silver medalist from the Junior World Figure Skating Championships. A hip injury he suffered after the 2006 Winter Olympics forced him to withdraw from the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships. He wondered whether he should take part in the 2007 European Championships because maybe his winning a medal wasn't meant to be, but decided to give it a go and won bronze. This made him the first Belgian to win a medal in figure skating since 1947.

[edit] Trivia

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. 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 is the first Belgian skater to land a quadruple jump (toe-loop) in competition.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Winter Olympic Games			12th				9th
World Championships	31st	33rd	14th	19th	14th	8th			6th
European Championships	28th	23rd	13th	10th	11th	6th	7th	3rd	5th
World Junior Championships	26th	16th	2nd
Belgian Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st			1st
Grand Prix Final					4th				6th
Trophee Eric Bompard					2nd				4th
Skate Canada International					5th	5th			2nd
Skate America							4th	4th
NHK Trophy							5th	6th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial		6th	9th		4th	2nd	2nd		1st
Finlandia Trophy				4th					3rd
Golden Spin of Zagreb			2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy		15th						WD
Junior Grand Prix Final			3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic			2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Norway		11th