Jenna McCorkell
| Jenna McCorkell | |
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McCorkell in 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Great Britain |
| Born |
15 September 1986 Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| 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 |
Jenna McCorkell (born 15 September 1986) is a British figure skater. 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).
McCorkell was born on 15 September 1986 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She married Belgian skater Kevin van der Perren in May 2008. They live in his hometown, Ninove, Belgium.
McCorkell trained in Belfast, coached by Margaret McAllister and Yuri Bureiko, until the end of the 2001–02 season. In the 2002–03 season, she moved to Coventry where she was coached by Bureiko.
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.
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. Her best Worlds finish, 14th, came in 2010 and 2012.
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