Hendricks, Yorick

Yorick Hendricks was born in May 1992 in the Belgian Flemish province of Antwerp. He started figure skating at the age of five. Since 2002, he has been training with Karina Herrigers.

Since September 2007, he began performing at international competitions in the category of juniors. At the championship of Belgium among juniors in 2008, he became the second. The next season, he has already won a gold medal among juniors. However, he did not go to Sofia for the junior world championship because of an injury. In the 2010 Olympic season before Calgary , he took part in the junior Grand Prix series and became the first champion of Belgium for the first time, it should be borne in mind that the strongest Belgian skater Kevin van der Perrin did not start in Liege .

This allowed Hendricks to take part in the European Championship in Tallinn , where he managed to become one of the twenty best. He also went to the Junior World Championships in neighboring The Hague , where he finished among the top fifteen. The following season, Yorik took part among juniors and adults. In Bern at the continental championship, he performed much better than last year. He traveled to South Korea for the Junior World Cup and went about the same way as last time. In May, the skater made his debut in Moscow at the world championship and managed to gain a foothold among the top twenty.

In the 2011/2012 season, Yorik became the vice-champion of his country for the second time. He could no longer act in the junior category. At the European Championship in the UK, he managed to enter the top ten. He did not go to the World Cup, because the Belgians had only one place and went champion of Belgium Van der Perren. In the pre-Olympic season, Kevin van der Perrin completed his performances and Hendricks became the leader in his country. Got the right to start in the Grand Prix series . However, he continued to pursue injuries. He managed to recover only for the World Cup in Canada , where he finished among the top twenty. This allowed Belgium to get a seat at the 2014 Olympics .

In the Olympic season, Hendricks played in category B tournaments, at the continental championship in Budapest he repeated his previous achievement. At the Olympic Games in Sochi, the Belgian skater finished 16th, and in Japan at the world championship he ended up in the same place.

In the post-Olympic season, Yorik continued his performances and managed to fully perform at one of the stages of the Grand Prix series ^[2] . However, before the next stage he was injured and withdrew from the competition. He did not start the season anymore. Many assumed that the athlete would end his career. However, in September 2015, he appeared at the Nebelhorn tournament in Obersdorf . In the city of Maaseik, he became a two-time champion of Belgium and successfully performed in Bratislava on the continental , where he again won a quota for two figure skaters from Belgium. At the world championship in Boston, his performance was as always, and he finished it in the middle of the table.

The Belgian skater began the pre-Olympic season in Germany at the Nebolhorn tournament, in a difficult fight he managed to take second place after a failure in the short program ^[3] . Two weeks later, Yorik performed at the Finlandia Trophy tournament , where he managed to take fifth place, while however, he slightly improved his previous achievement in the short program ^[4] . In mid-October, the Belgian skater spoke at the Grand Prix stage in Chicago , where he took the penultimate place at the America's Cup ^[5] . The Belgian performed much better in mid-November at the Grand Prix stage in Paris , where he finished in sixth place at the Trophée de France tournament and improved his previous achievement in the short program ^[6] . Immediately after this competition, he left for Lommel , where he won another gold medal at the national championship. At the end of January, the Belgian single played in Ostrava at the European Championship and took a place next to the podium ^[7] . At the same time, he improved all his previous sports achievements and won the highest place in his entire sports career. In late March, he performed at the world championships in Helsinki . With a not very successful performance, the skater managed to reach the final part and take a place in the third ten ^[8] . However, he failed to qualify for the upcoming Olympics in South Korea .

At the end of September, the Belgian skater began a new Olympic season. He took part in Obersdorf , where at the Nebelhorn qualification tournament , he finished with a gold medal, which allowed him to win a ticket for his country to the Winter Olympic Games ^[9] . At the same time, all his past sports achievements were improved. In mid-October 2017, he performed in Nice , where he won a silver medal in the City Cup ^[10] . A week later, the skater started in the Canadian Grand Prix series , where he finished in the middle of the standings ^[11] . In mid-January 2018, a Belgian athlete played in the continental championship in Moscow , where he finished in the top ten skaters of the Old World ^[12] . In mid-February, in Gangneung, at a personal tournament in the Olympic Games, a Belgian single played at his level. He finished in the middle of the top ten skaters.

After the 2015/2016 season

Until 2015/2016 season

WD - athlete did not finish the competition.
youth - the athlete acted in the category of juniors.

He graduated from the University of Johan Cruyff in Tilburg with a degree in sports marketing and management ^[13] . His younger sister, Luna Hendricks, also skates. ^[14]

• Jorik Hendrickx (English) on the official website of the International Skating Union .