Brendan Kerry
| Brendan Kerry | |
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Brendan Kerry in 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Australia |
| Born |
18 November 1994 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Coach | Tammy Gambill |
| Former coach | Galina Pachin, Monica MacDonald, Kylie Fennel |
| Choreographer | Mark Pillay |
| Former choreographer | Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart, Monica MacDonald |
| Skating club | Macquarie SC |
| Training locations | Riverside, California |
| Former training locations | Sydney |
| Began skating | 2004 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 236.24 2017 Worlds |
| Short program | 83.11 2017 Worlds |
| Free skate | 153.13 2017 Worlds |
Brendan Kerry (born 18 November 1994) is an Australian figure skater. He is a five-time Australian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at twelve ISU Championships – three World, two World Junior, and seven Four Continents Championships. Kerry qualified a men's entry for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics but did not reach the free skate.
Brendan Kerry was born 18 November 1994 in Sydney. His mother, Monica MacDonald, competed in ice dancing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and his sister, Chantelle Kerry, competes in ladies' singles.
Kerry attended Epping Boys High School before transferring to Sydney Distance Education High School to focus on skating.
Kerry started skating in 2004. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2008. He won the Australian national junior title in the 2009–10 season. In 2011, Kerry made his senior international debut at the Four Continents Championships. He also competed at his first World Junior Championships.
In the 2011–12 season, Kerry won the Australian national title on the senior level and was assigned to his first World Championships. He was cut after finishing 15th in the preliminary round at the event in Nice, France.
In September 2013, Kerry was sent to the Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics. As a result of his 8th place finish, Australia received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified a men's entry. He placed 5th in both of his JGP events. In January, he reached the free skate at the 2014 Four Continents Championships in Taipei and went on to finish 20th overall. In February, Kerry placed 29th in the short program at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, scoring 47.12 points. With only the top 24 advancing, it was not enough to progress to the final segment. He ended his season at the 2014 World Junior Championships, held in March in Sofia, Bulgaria. He placed 19th in the short, 20th in the free, and 21st overall.
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