Loena Hendrickx

Loena Hendrickx
Hendrickx at the 2024 World Championships
Born (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 25)
Turnhout, Belgium
HometownArendonk, Belgium
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Belgium
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachJorik Hendrickx
Skating clubN.O.T. Turnhout
Began skating2004
Highest WS8th (2021–22)
Medal record
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
World Championships 0 1 1
European Championships 1 1 1
Grand Prix Final 0 1 1
Belgian Championships 5 0 0
Medal list
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montpellier Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Saitama Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kaunas Singles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Espoo Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tallinn Singles
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2023–24 Beijing Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022–23 Turin Singles
Belgian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lommel Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Liedekerke Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Leuven Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Leuven Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mechelen Singles

Loena Hendrickx (Dutch: [ˈlunaː ˈɦɛndrɪks]; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time World medalist (2022, 2023), the 2024 European champion, the 2023 European silver medalist, the 2022 European bronze medalist, a two-time ISU Grand Prix Final medalist (2022–23, 2023–24), a two-time Grand Prix gold medalist, a two-time Challenger series gold medalist, a two-time International Challenge Cup champion (2017, 2021), and a five-time Belgian national champion (2017–2019, 2022–2023).

Hendrickx has finished within the top ten at five European Championships (2017–2018, 2022–2023) and five World Championships (2018, 2021–2024). She represented Belgium at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing sixteenth and eighth, respectively. The most successful Belgian women's skater in history, she is the first-ever World, European, and Grand Prix medalist from Belgium in that discipline.[1][2][3]

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