Brendan Kerry

Brendan Kerry
Brendan Kerry in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Australia
Born	(1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 Sydney, Australia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Coach	Tammy Gambill
Former coach	Galina Pachin, Monica MacDonald, Kylie Fennel
Choreographer	Mark Pillay
Former choreographer	Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart, Monica MacDonald
Skating club	Macquarie SC
Training locations	Riverside, California
Former training locations	Sydney
Began skating	2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	212.94 Gardena Spring Trophy 2016
Short program	74.45 Gardena Spring Trophy 2016
Free skate	139.52 2016 Worlds

Brendan Kerry (born 18 November 1994) is an Australian figure skater. He is a four-time Australian national champion. He has qualified for the free skate at eight ISU Championships – two World, two World Junior, and six Four Continents Championships. Kerry qualified a men's entry for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics but did not reach the free skate.

Personal life

Brendan Kerry was born 18 November 1994 in Sydney. His mother, Monica MacDonald, competed in ice dancing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and his sister, Chantelle Kerry, competes in ladies' singles.

Kerry attended Epping Boys High School before transferring to Sydney Distance Education High School to focus on skating.

Career

Kerry began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2008. He won the Australian national junior title in the 2009–10 season. In 2011, Kerry made his senior international debut at the Four Continents Championships. He also competed at his first World Junior Championships.

In the 2011–12 season, Kerry won the Australian national title on the senior level and was assigned to his first World Championships. He was cut after finishing 15th in the preliminary round at the event in Nice, France.

In 2013–14, Kerry was sent to the Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics. As a result of his 8th place finish, Australia received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified a men's entry. He placed 5th in both of his JGP events. In January, he reached the free skate at the 2014 Four Continents Championships in Taipei and went on to finish 20th overall. In February, Kerry placed 29th in the short program at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, scoring 47.12 points. With only the top 24 advancing, it was not enough to progress to the final segment. He ended his season at the 2014 World Junior Championships, held in March in Sofia, Bulgaria. He placed 19th in the short, 20th in the free, and 21st overall.

In 2014–15, Kerry competed at two events of the newly inaugurated ISU Challenger Series, placing 9th at the Lombardia Trophy and 11th at the 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic. He finished 17th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea. At his second World Championships, he qualified to the free skate for the first time by placing 17th in the short program. He finished 20th overall in Shanghai, China.

In the 2015–16 season, Kerry was invited to his first-ever Grand Prix event, the 2015 Skate America. He placed 11th in the short program, 7th in the free skate, and 8th overall. On 23 November, he was added to the 2015 NHK Trophy. He finished 12th in Japan and 19th at the 2016 Four Continents in Taipei, Taiwan. In March, he placed 17th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston after ranking 17th in both segments. Soon after, Kerry placed second in the short and first in the free to win the gold medal at Gardena Spring Trophy 2016, in Egna, Italy, setting two ISU personal bests (short program and total combined score.)

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–2016	Blue Drag by Allen Toussaint Boilemaker Jazz Band by Allen Toussaint	Beethoven's Five Secrets by OneRepublic
2014–2015	Blue Drag by Allen Toussaint Boilemaker Jazz Band by Allen Toussaint	Amélie by Yann Tiersen Micmacs by Raphaël Beau Iris by Danny Elfman
2013–2014	Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by David Garrett	Gangster Squad by Steve Jablonsky
2012–2013	Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by David Garrett	Angelica by Hans Zimmer performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela Angry and Dead Again by Hans Zimmer performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela
2011–2012	Third Movement Vivace Presto by Jon Lord	Dark Angel by Edvin Marton Horizon by Paul Schwartz Dark Angel by Edvin Marton
2010–2011	Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer Psychological Recovery Catatonic	Dark Angel by Edvin Marton Horizon by Paul Schwartz Dark Angel by Edvin Marton
2009–2010	Final Flight by Toman Dandy Faster by L Jules X	Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson Thriller by Michael Jackson Beat It by Michael Jackson

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Olympics						29th
Worlds				33rd			20th	17th
Four Continents			18th	19th	21st	20th	17th	19th
GP NHK Trophy								12th
GP Skate America								8th
CS Autumn Classic							11th
CS Lombardia							9th
Gardena								1st
MNNT Cup							5th
Nebelhorn Trophy						8th
Nordics								3rd
Skate Down Under						1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			17th PR	22nd		21st
JGP Australia				14th
JGP Estonia						5th
JGP Germany		21st	20th
JGP Latvia						5th
JGP UK	25th		14th
JGP USA		15th
NZ Winter Games				3rd J.
National
Australian	2nd J.	1st J.	1st J.	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st
J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Brendan Kerry at the International Skating Union