Kevin van der Perren (born August 6, 1982 in Ninove, Belgium) is a Belgian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2009 European bronze medalist and a six time (2000-2004, 2007) Belgian national champion. Van der Perren was the flag bearer for Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is married 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 paren...
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Kevin van der Perren (born August 6, 1982 in Ninove, Belgium) is a Belgian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2009 European bronze medalist and a six time (2000-2004, 2007) Belgian national champion. Van der Perren was the flag bearer for Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is married 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.
At the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, in which van der Perren won the silver medal, he was the first skater to land a three jump combination consisting of triple salchow-triple toe loop-triple loop. He included this combination in his free program until the end of the 2003-2004 season.
A hip injury he suffered after the 2006 Winter Olympics forced him to withdraw from the 2006 World...
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