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Loena Hendrickx (Dutch: [ˈlunɑ ˈɦɛndrɪks]; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2022 World silver medalist, the 2022 Grand Prix de France champion, the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia bronze medalist, a two-time Challenger series gold medalist, a two-time International Challenge Cup champion (2017, 2021), and a four-time Belgian national champion (2017–2019, 2022).

Loena Hendrickx
Hendrickx at the 2018 Europeans
Personal information
Country represented	Belgium
Born	(1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 23) Turnhout, Belgium
Home town	Arendonk
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach	Jorik Hendrickx Adam Solya
Former coach	Carine Herrygers
Choreographer	Adam Solya
Former choreographer	Sandy Suy
Skating club	N.O.T. Turnhout
Training locations	Turnhout Eindhoven Oberstdorf
Began skating	2004
World standing	8 (2021-22) 25 (2020–21) 39 (2019–20) 26 (2018–19) 23 (2017–18) 23 (2016–17)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	219.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Short program	76.25 2022 Europeans
Free skate	145.53 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Medal record Women's figure skating Representing  Belgium World Championships 2022 Montpellier Singles

Hendrickx has finished within the top ten at three European Championships (2017, 2018 and 2022) and three World Championships (2018, 2021 and 2022). She represented Belgium at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing sixteenth and eighth, respectively. The most successful Belgian women's skater in history, she is the first-ever World and Grand Prix medalist from Belgium in that discipline.[1][2]

Personal life

Loena Hendrickx was born in Turnhout, Belgium.[3] She is the younger sister of Belgian figure skater Jorik Hendrickx.[4][5]

Career

Early years

Hendrickx began learning to skate in 2004.[3] She appeared internationally on the advanced novice level from December 2012 through December 2013 and then moved up to the junior ranks.[6]

2014–2015 season: International junior debut

Coached by Carine Herrygers in Turnhout,[7] 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.[8]

2016–2017 season: Worlds debut

After the closure of Turnhout's ice rink, Hendrickx and her brother decided to train at a temporary rink.[8] 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.[9] In November, she was awarded silver at the NRW Trophy and gold at the Belgian Championships.[10] A lack of financial support led to her having to decline an invitation to an international event in Russia.[11]

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.[11]

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.[12]

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

A knee injury forced Hendrickx to withdraw from three events early in the season.[13] 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.[12] She placed sixteenth overall.[14]

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: Challenger bronze, Grand Prix debut

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.[15]

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.[15][16] 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.[17]

2019–2020 season: Multiple injuries

In the summer of 2019, Hendrickx sprained and fractured her ankle and tore three ligaments while at a training camp in Turkey. She returned to the ice in September, but sustained another ankle injury on a triple flip attempt, necessitating another month off the ice. In December she injured her ankle a third time, forcing her to withdraw from the 2020 European Championships. At the end of January of 2020 she had a tendon injury in her left ankle, keeping her off the ice until past when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic closed rinks. Upon returning to the ice three months later she remarked "I was so happy, without pain and the motivation was there again."[18]

2020–2021 season: Comeback

Hendrickx was slated to make her return to competition at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. She was added to the roster after the withdrawal of another skater, but withdrew prior to the start of the competition. Hendrickx started her 2020-21 season at the inaugural CS Budapest Trophy, achieving a new personal best in the short program and winning the gold medal overall.[18] She was scheduled to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] She later won the International Challenge Cup for the second time in her career. She stated afterward that she was still managing her back pain and had refrained from certain moves in training for three months.[20]

At the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Hendrickx placed tenth in the short program after falling on her triple flip.[21] In the free skate Hendrickx skated cleanly to score a new personal best of 141.16, placing fourth in that segment and fifth overall. Her free skate score was only 0.44 points behind that of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's, who was third in that segment.[22] Hendrickx's fifth-place ordinal qualified two placements for Belgium at the 2022 World Championships, and the possibility of a second spot at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.[23] Looking ahead, she remarked "an Olympic medal is a childhood dream, but let me stay injury-free first and foremost."[24]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics and World silver

In the pre-season, Hendrickx spent time training with famed Russian coach Alexei Mishin.[25] In August, she announced that she was parting ways with longtime coach Carine Herrygers, and would henceforth be coached solely by her brother Jorik and choreographer Adam Solya.[26] Beginning her season at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, she placed fourth.[27]

Hendrickx's first Grand Prix assignment was initially the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation she was reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin.[28] On her birthday, Hendrickx unexpectedly placed first in the short program with a new personal best of 73.52, following an error by pre-event favourite and World champion Anna Shcherbakova. She was third in the free skate and dropped behind Shcherbakova and Maiia Khromykh to take the bronze medal.[29] This was both her first Grand Prix medal and the first ever for a Belgian woman, which she described as "a dream come true."[1] In the interval between international events, Hendrickx won the Belgian senior national title for the fourth time.[27] She then placed fifth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. In the free skate she attempted a triple loop, which she said had "always been a challenge for me. Last week, it was pretty consistent so we tried it today."[30] 

Hendrickx attended her first European Championships in four years in Tallinn, and placed second in the short program with a clean skate, winning a silver medal. She struggled in the free skate, falling twice and placing fifth in that segment, which dropped her to fourth place overall. She said afterward that given the strength of the Russian skaters in the free she had not expected to medal, but that "I would be happier being fourth with a better free program."[31]

Named to her second Belgian Olympic team, Hendrickx served as Belgium's co-flagbearer during the opening ceremonies, alongside alpine skier Armand Marchant.[32] Hendrickx began the 2022 Winter Olympics women's event placing seventh in the short program. She put a hand down on her double Axel and fought for other jump landings, admitting after "I think I had a little adrenaline and 70 points is still okay."[33] Ninth in the free skate, she finished eighth overall.[34]

The Belgian skating federation initially forgot to submit Hendrickx's name to compete at the 2022 World Championships, but upon publication of the entry list they were able to correct this via appeal to ISU president Jan Dijkema.[35] Due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine days after the Olympics concluded, all Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from participating at the World Championships.[36] With the Russian women who had dominated the sport for most of the preceding eight years absent, Hendrickx was perceived as a major podium contender.[37] She tore a groin muscle three weeks before the championships, and was unable to train before the competition began. Despite a rough landing on her combination, Hendrickx finished second in the short program, winning a silver small medal. With 75.00 points, she was 5.32 points behind segment leader Kaori Sakamoto and 2.45 points ahead of third-place Mariah Bell.[38] In the free skate, Hendrickx underrotated two triple jumps, but placed second in that segment as well to take the silver medal.[39] She became the first Belgian woman to win a World Championship medal, and the first Belgian figure skater to do so in any discipline since the pair team Lannoy/Baugniet in 1948. Reflecting on her struggle with injury, Hendrickx said "I'm proud I didn’t give up despite my injury, but I think today was a limit and now my body needs a rest."[2]

2022–2023 season

Hendrickx was assigned to the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start the season, entering as the pre-event favourite.[40] She won the gold medal by almost fifteen points, though narrowly finishing second in the free skate behind silver medalist Wi Seo-yeong.[27] She was then invited to be part of Team Europe at the Japan Open. She finished second in the women's free skate competition, behind Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, with a score of 132.53. Team Europe finished third overall.[41][42]

After being disappointed by the free skate scores at her first two events, Hendrickx and her choreographer, Adam Solya, made changes to program music and choreography. Hendrickx then competed at the 2022 Grand Prix de France Grand Prix event, where she won both the short program and free skate, the latter taking place on her 23rd birthday. Her gold medal was her first ISU Grand Prix gold medal and the first ISU Grand Prix gold medal for a Belgian skater in any discipline. She was presented with a birthday cake in the Kiss and cry after the free skate by French skater Maé-Bérénice Méité.[43]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [44][45]	Sí, Mamá by Inna Mi Gente by J Balvin & Willy William performed by Beyoncé choreo. by Adam Solya	Poeta by Roby Facchinetti Fallen Angel by Karl Hugo choreo. by Adam Solya Poeta by Roby Facchinetti choreo. by Adam Solya	Loneliness by LONI
2021–2022 [46]	Caruso by Lucio Dalla performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Adam Solya	The Mystic’s Dream by Loreena McKennitt Andromeda (Psytrance) by Dj Mistrionsx Spirits by Chronis Taxidis Lost Desert by Armand Franquelli & Ezequiel Asencio Mizmar vs Violin by Hamada Enani Arabian Night by Zwirek & Piotr Zwirko choreo. by Adam Solya	Circus by Britney Spears
2019–2021 [47][48]	It's All Coming Back to Me Now performed by Celine Dion choreo. by Adam Solya	Fever by Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell performed by Beyoncé choreo. by Adam Solya
2018–2019 [3][15]	It's All Coming Back to Me Now performed by Celine Dion choreo. by Adam Solya	Diferente by Gotan Project choreo. by Adam Solya	Into You by Ariana Grande
2017–2018 [49][50][51]	Frozen by Madonna choreo. by Adam Solya	Diferente by Gotan Project choreo. by Adam Solya	New Rules by Dua Lipa
2016–2017 [52]	The Prayer performed by Celine Dion, Josh Groban choreo. by Adam Solya	Adagio performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Sandy Suy
2015–2016 [53]	Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane' by Jacob Gade Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio Morricone Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane' by Jacob Gade choreo. by Sandy Suy	Adagio performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Sandy Suy
2014–2015 [7]	Soapdish by Alan Silvestri	The Prince of Egypt by Hans Zimmer
2013–2014	Soapdish by Alan Silvestri	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
2012–2013	He's a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer performed by David Garrett	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona He's a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer performed by David Garrett
2010–2011		Overture (from Irma la Douce) by André Previn

Competitive highlights

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

International[27]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics						16th				8th
Worlds					15th	9th	12th	C	5th	2nd
Europeans					7th	5th	WD	WD		4th
GP Cup of China										C
GP Finland							5th				TBD
GP France								WD	C		1st
GP Italy										3rd
GP Rostelecom Cup								WD		5th
GP Skate America							WD
CS Budapest Trophy									1st
CS Finlandia Trophy					7th					4th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy					7th		3rd		WD		1st
CS Tallinn Trophy							WD
Cup of Nice				7th	2nd
Int. Challenge Cup					1st				1st
NRW Trophy					2nd
Santa Claus Cup						2nd
International: Junior[27][6]
JGP Austria						9th
JGP Germany			17th
JGP Latvia				14th
JGP Spain				11th
EYOF			16th
Coupe du Printemps		6th	3rd
Int. Challenge Cup			3rd
International: Advanced novice[6]
Coupe du Printemps	10th
NRW Trophy	7th	10th
Rooster Cup	5th
National
Belgian Champ.		1st J	1st J		1st	1st	1st		C	1st
Team events
Japan Open											3rd T 2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result; Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results

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

Senior results

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 25–27, 2022	2022 Grand Prix of Espoo	TBD
November 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France	1 72.75	1 143.59	1 216.34
October 8, 2022	2022 Japan Open	—	2 132.53	3T
September 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1 76.19	2 131.86	1 208.05
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	2 75.00	2 142.70	2 217.70
February 15–17, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	7 70.09	9 136.70	8 206.79
January 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	2 76.25	5 131.72	4 207.97
November 26–28, 2021	2021 Rostelecom Cup	6 64.44	5 139.25	5 203.69
November 19–20, 2021	2022 Belgian Championships	1 71.49	1 149.55	1 221.04
November 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	1 73.52	3 145.53	3 219.05
October 7–10, 2021	2021 CS Finlandia Trophy	5 68.82	3 143.25	4 212.07
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
22–28 March 2021	2021 World Championships	10 67.28	4 141.16	5 208.44
25–28 February 2021	2021 Challenge Cup	1 69.77	1 134.91	1 204.68
15–17 October 2020	2020 CS Budapest Trophy	1 72.18	1 126.69	1 198.87
2018–19 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 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2 71.50	3 132.66	3 204.16
2017–18 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
2016–17 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 Nov. – 4 Dec. 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 CS Finlandia Trophy	8 48.81	6 99.35	7 148.16
22–24 September 2016	2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	10 45.36	7 94.07	7 139.43
2015–16 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

2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
30 Aug. – 2 Sept. 2017	2017 JGP Austria	8 51.77	11 83.77	9 135.54
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
30 Sept. – 4 Oct. 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
2014–15 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
2013–14 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
14–16 March 2014	2014 Coupe du Printemps	8 34.35	5 67.13	6 101.48

References

External links

• Official website
• Loena Hendrickx at the International Skating Union
• Loena Hendrickx on Instagram
• Loena Hendrickx at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Loena Hendrickx

Loena Hendrickx (* 5. November 1999 in Turnhout) ist eine belgische Eiskunstläuferin, die in Wettbewerben im Einzellauf antritt. Sie war Teilnehmerin der Olympischen Winterspiele 2018 und 2022.

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- [en] Loena Hendrickx

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[ru] Хендрикс, Луна

Лу́на Хе́ндрикс (нидерл. Loena Hendrickx; род. 5 ноября 1999, Тюрнхаут) — бельгийская фигуристка, выступающая в одиночном катании. Серебряный призёр чемпионата мира (2022), победитель этапа Гран-при Grand Prix de France 2022, бронзовый призёр этапа Гран-при Gran Premio d'Italia 2021. Четырёхкратная чемпионка Бельгии (2017—2019, 2022) и участница Олимпийских игр (2018, 2022).

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