Loena Hendrickx | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Belgium |
Born |
Turnhout, Belgium |
5 November 1999
Home town | Arendonk |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Coach | Carine Herrygers |
Choreographer | Sandy Suy, Adam Solya |
Skating club | N.O.T. Turnhout |
Training locations |
Turnhout Eindhoven Oberstdorf |
Began skating | 2004 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 172.82 2017 Worlds |
Short program | 57.54 2017 Worlds |
Free skate | 117.30 2017 Europeans |
Loena Hendrickx (pronounced LOOH-nah; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2017 International Challenge Cup champion, 2016 International Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalist, and 2017 Belgian national champion. She finished in the top ten at the 2017 European Championships.
Loena Hendrickx was born in Turnhout, Belgium. She is the younger sister of Belgian figure skater Jorik Hendrickx.
Hendrickx began skating in 2004. She trains alongside her brother, both coached by Carine Herrygers. After the closure of Turnhout's ice rink, they decided to train at a temporary rink.
Hendrickx made her international debut at the 2013 NRW Trophy, placing 10th on the junior level, and then won her first Belgian national junior title. Concluding her season, she finished 6th on the junior level at the Coupe du Printemps.
Making her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, Hendrickx finishing 17th in Dresden, Germany. She went on to win her second junior national title and then placed 16th at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival. She closed her season with junior bronze medals at the International Challenge Cup and Coupe du Printemps.
Competing in the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Hendrickx placed 14th in Riga, Latvia, and then 11th in Logroño, Spain. Her senior international debut came in October 2015 at the International Cup of Nice; she finished 7th at the event. She missed the second half of the season due to a spinal fracture and resumed skating after six months.