Sarah Hecken

Sarah Hecken

Hecken at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Personal information
Full name Sarah Hecken
Country represented  Germany
Born August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27) (age 18)
Mannheim, Germany
Home town Mannheim, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Peter Sczypa
Choreographer Edoardo de Bernardis,
Frank Dehne
Former choreographer Shanetta Folle
Skating club Mannheimer ERC
Began skating 1996
World standing 26 (As of 16 June 2011 (2011 -06-16))[1]
Season's bests 24 (2010–2011)[2]
29 (2009–2010)[3]
44 (2008–2009)[4]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 155.83
2011 World Championships
Short program 55.20
2010 World Championships
Free skate 103.10
2011 World Championships

Sarah Hecken (born August 27, 1993 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German figure skater. She is the 2008 and 2010 German national champion. Her win in 2008 was her fourth consecutive national title, and her first at the senior level. Her first international victory was at the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix event in Germany.

In 2006, at age 12, she skated her first senior competition, the Baden-Württembergische Championship, and won it. She defended this regional title in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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Career

Early years

Hecken got her first skates when she was only 18 months old. Her first moves on skates were done during summer training in Kaiserslautern. At four years old, she began training with her coach Peter Sczypa (former coach of Claudia Leistner). At the age of five, she landed her first single axel and at 9 years old, she landed her first double Axel and triple jump (toe loop).

At the age of 10, she skated at the German Novice Championships, which was held as an open competition, where she won the silver medal. Due to her young age, she skated at the Novice Competition again one year later at 11, where she won her first national title.

In the 2005-2006 season, Hecken skated in the youth category and won her second national title. During that season, she skated her first senior competition, the Baden-Württembergische Championship, and won that regional title at the senior level.

2006-2007 was her first national junior year, but she was still too young for international junior competitions. She won her third national title at the German Championships in the junior category. Again, she won the Baden-Württembergische Championship in the senior class.

2007-2008 season

After placing 13th at the Junior Grand Prix in Vienna, Austria, Hecken rebounded by winning the Junior Grand Prix in Chemnitz, Germany, becoming the first ever German lady to win a Junior Grand Prix event. At that event she landed her 3Toe-3Toe Combination for the first time.

After winning the first and second German Junior Worlds qualifier and the Eisemann Trophy in Stuttgart, Germany, Hecken went on to take her fourth consecutive national title by winning the senior competition at the German Figure Skating Championships in Dresden, becoming the youngest German lady to ever win that title.

Hecken defended her regional title at the Baden-Württembergische Champion for the third time. She also won the senior competition of the 2008 Bavarian Open before heading of to the 2008 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria where she placed 8th.

2008-2009 season

Hecken began the 2008-2009 season at the Junior Grand Prix in Merano Italy, where she placed third. Her next competitions were the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany and third the Junior Grand Prix in Cape Town, South Africa where she placed 9th and 5th respectively. Hecken claimed her first senior ISU medal at the 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia where she placed 3rd.

After placing fourth at the German Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany she returned to Oberstdorf in January 2009 to win the German Junior Worlds qualifier held there as part of the Bavarian Open only days after defending her regional championships title.

Hecken ended the season on a high note by placing 7th at the World Junior Championships in Sofia and winning both the 2009 DEU Pokal in Dortmund, Germany and the 2009 Triglav Trophy

2009-2010 season

The first competition of Hecken's Olympic season was the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany. She placed 7th overall and with a score of 130.73 point she met the German Olympic qualifying criteria for the first time.[5]

At her second competition, the Coupe Internationale de Nice, Hecken noticed during the warm-up that her skates didn't feel right and after inspection she noticed that the blade was broken and withdrew from the event.[6]

Hecken was invited to her first two Grand Prix events of her career. At Skate America she placed 8th and scored 131.10. With that score she met the qualifying criteria for the Olympics for the second time. At Skate Canada she placed 9th.

On 17 December 2009, one day before the short program at the German Championship, she was officially nominated for the Olympic Games by the German Olympic Sport Confederation.[7] She was the only lady who met the criteria for the Olympic Games, thus, her berth to the European Championships was confirmed before the German Championship.

She won the German Championships by more than 20 points over the second-place finisher.

At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games she was 23rd after the short program with a score of 49.04. In the free skate she scored 94.90 points and ranked 15th. Overall she placed 18th with a combined score of 143.94 points.

2011-present

In May 2011, Hecken underwent hand surgery and went to Italy the next month to work with her choreographer Eduardo de Bernadis.[8]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2010–2011 Tango de los Exilados
by Walter Taieb and Vanessa Mae
2009–2010 Romeo and Juliet
by		 Croatian Rhapsody
Wonderland
Lee Loos´Tune
by Maksim Mrvica
2008–2009 Summer of '42
by Michel Legrand		 Spanish Caravan
2007–2008 Dark Eyes Red Hot
by Vanessa Mae		 Because of You
by Kelly Clarkson
2006–2007 Selections
by Felix Mendelssohn		 Zorro Because of You
by Kelly Clarkson
2005–2006 The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi		 Zorro

Competitive highlights

Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Winter Olympic Games 18th
World Championships 12th 11th
European Championships 16th 11th
World Junior Championships 8th 7th
German Championships 2nd N (*) 1st N 1st Y 1st J 1st 4th 1st 1st
Skate America 8th
Skate Canada International 9th 8th
Trophée Eric Bompard 10th WD
Coupe Internationale de Nice WD
Ice Challenge 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 7th WD 6th
NRW Trophy 2nd
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 3rd
Triglav Trophy 1st
Junior Grand Prix, South Africa 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Italy 3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Austria 13th
Bavarian Open 1st Y. 1st
Heiko Fischer Pokal 1st N. 1st N. 1st Y. 2nd 1st
N. = Novice level; Y. = Youth level; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
(*) The 2003 - 2004 German Novice Nationals were held as an Open German Nationals competition

Detailed results

2010–2011 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Points
November 26–28, 2010 2010 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard Senior 9
46.73		 10
83.44		 10
130.17
2009–2010 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Points
March 22 – 28, 2010 2010 World Figure Skating Championships Senior 13
55.20		 13
98.78		 12
153.94
February 14 – 27, 2010 2010 Winter Olympic Games Senior 23
49.04		 15
94.90		 18
143.94
January 18–24, 2009 2010 European Figure Skating Championships Senior 16
46.43		 16
75.45		 16
121.79
December 17–20, 2009 2010 German Figure Skating Championships Senior 1
56.64		 1
100.82		 1
157.46
November 12–15, 2008 ISU Senior Grand Prix, Skate Canada Senior 10
45.50		 7
78.90		 9
124.40
November 12–15, 2008 ISU Senior Grand Prix, Skate America Senior 12
43.86		 8
87.24		 8
131.10
September 23–26, 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy Senior 7
47.58		 7
83.15		 7
130.73
2008–2009 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Points
February 23 – March 1, 2009 ISU 2009 World Junior Championships Junior 9
48.14		 5
87.69		 7
135.83
December 18–22, 2009 2009 German Figure Skating Championships Senior 2
50.12		 6
79.69		 4
129.81
October 8–11, 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, South Africa Junior 5
44.06		 3
83.08		 5
127.14
September 3 - 06, 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Italy Junior 4
45.94		 7
72.71		 3
118.65
2007–2008 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Points
February 25 – March 2, 2009 ISU 2008 World Junior Championships Junior 11
46.12		 8
82.33		 8
128.45
January 3 - 06, 2009 2008 German Figure Skating Championships Senior 7
41.42		 1
92.86		 1
134.28
October 10–13, 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Germany Junior 5
45.45		 1
88.60		 1
134.05
September 12–15, 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria Junior 13
37.96		 13
64.96		 13
102.92

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. June 16, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsladies.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011 2011. 
  2. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 27, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.eislauf-union.de/download/Nominierungskriterien-OWS2010.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.sarah-hecken.de/pages/news.php
  7. ^ http://www.dosb.de/de/olympia/detail/news/dosb_nominiert_die_ersten_44_aktiven_fuer_vancouver/8605/cHash/a4780c0579/
  8. ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (July 13, 2011). "European News: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy and More: Summer Updates". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/582-european-news-aliona-savchenko-and-robin-szolkowy-and-more. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 

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