Brendan KERRY

Historical Results

Short Program: Leave A Light On by Tom Walker
Free Skating: Sevenlere Dair (To the Lovers) OP 12/3 by Fazil Say; 85 by Travis Lake; Emergence by 2WEI;
Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse

Time with friends, reading, listening to music. (isuresults.com)

Athlete

Was enrolled in online university studying business and economics until 2020, but stopped as it was too challenging to combine the group projects with his skating and travelling schedule. (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

Mother, Monica McDonald. Sister, Chantelle.

English

Macquarie ISC

Elena Buianova (RUS)
Maxim Zavozin (RUS/USA)
Alexander Uspenski (RUS)

Mother Monica McDonald (Figure skating): Finished 20th at the Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games in ice dance.

Sister Chantelle Kerry (Figure skating): Competed in single skating and now competes in ice dance at the international level.

2013 Skate DownUnder (Single skating - 1st)

Stress fractures in his left leg in the past few years, causing him to miss the 2021 World Championships. "To manage it I had to take three months off the ice, lots of physio and we try to limit the amount of toe loops I train." (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

Nikita Mikhailov (RUS)

2008

2004 in Sydney.

His mother, who is a former ice dancer and now figure skating and ice dance coach, introduced him to the sport.

To perform two clean programmes to the absolute best of his ability at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and 2022 World Championships.

To help the next generation of skaters from Australia so the country can continue to improve and grow. (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

He went for summer training to Moscow and fell in love with the city and some of his closest friends are living there as well. He started training full-time in Russia in 2019, but had to return to Australia in 2020 when COVID-19 hit. He returned to Moscow in spring 2021. (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

Skating a clean short programme at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games (16th in the short programme, 21st in the final result).

Qualifying for his second Olympic Winter Games (2018) directly at the World Championships 2017 (15th). "I did the best SP I could and then in the free, at the end, I kept singing in my head “I’m going to the Olympics, I’m going to the Olympics”.

Competing in his first national championship at age nine. "I won a medal and wore it under my school uniform shirt for a week."
(Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

"I find most inspiration from my closest family and friends. Everyone that’s close to me has a quality(ies) that I really admire and wish to obtain for myself. Whether it be work ethic, the way in which they view challenges or how supportive they can all be when I or others need them." (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

Always ties his left skate first. Always adjusts his necklace and wipes his nose right before his music starts. (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

"Learning to train our minds as well and as hard as we train our bodies." (Athlete, 4 Dec 2021)

Australia flagbearer at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. (IOC, 4 Feb 2022)