Kevin Van Der Perren

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**Kevin Van Der Perren**
Personal Info

Country:	Belgium
Residence:	Ninove, Belgium
Height:	176 cm
Weight:	65Kg
Coach:	Vera van de Caveyen
Skating Club:	KSC Heuvelkouter
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	200.02	2005 Worlds
Short Program:	68.79	2005 Sk Amer
Free Skate:	133.51	2005 Worlds

Kevin Van Der Perren is a Belgian figure skater. He has won the Belgian National Figure Skating Championships six times and is the only top-level figure skater from his country. Van Der Perren was born in Ninove, Belgium on August 6, 1982. His skating idols are Michelle Kwan and Alexei Yagudin. His Winter Olympics debut was at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he finished 12th. He finished 9th at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He is engaged to British skater Jenna McCorkell.

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 and was one of the first skaters to consistently land a three combination jump (triple salchow - triple toe - triple toe jump.

A hip injury he suffered after the 2006 Winter Olympics forced him to withdraw from the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships.

[edit] Competitive highlights

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