Jade Hovine

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Jade Hovine
Born (2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 20)
Lille, France
Hometown Vaulx, Tournai, Belgium
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Discipline Women's singles
CoachCédric Tour
Rodolphe Maréchal

Jade Hovine (born 11 June 2004) is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2022 NRW Trophy champion and a four-time Belgian national silver medalist (2020, 2022-2024).

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Personal life

Hovine was born in Lille, France on June 11, 2004, and grew up in Vaulx, Tournai. She lives in Nice, where she studies law at Côte d'Azur University. [1] [2]

Career

Early career

Hovine began skating when she was six or seven in Tournai. She later trained in Wevelgem until the rink there closed and then in Ghent. Hovine then trained in Antwerp, where she lived alone during the week and her parents joined her on the weekends. She began taking online classes when she was twelve due to her training schedule. [1] [2]

2022–2023 season

Hovine considered finishing her skating career after she did not qualify to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics, but she decided to continue training. She later said, "I have made so many sacrifices throughout my life for this sport that it was foolish to stop everything when I was on the verge of success." [3]

In November, Hovine was the silver medalist at the Belgian Figure Skating Championships. [3] Later that month, she won her first international competition, the NRW Trophy, ahead of Stefanie Pesendorfer and Kristina Isaev. [4] In February, it was announced that she would receive a Wallonian sports scholarship in exchange for promoting her sport and the infrastructure she used to train. [5]

At the Junior World Championships in March, Hovine just qualified for the free program in 24th place. She rose to 23rd place overall despite two falls in her free skate. [6] Later in the month, she competed at the senior World Championships as part of Belgium's largest-ever delegation. [7] She skated cleanly and set a personal best in the short program, where she placed 26th, and did not advance to the free skate. [8]

In May, she moved to Cote d'Azur, where she joined her physical trainer, with whom she had been training remotely, and began university. She also changed coaches to Cédric Tour, who had previously accompanied her to competitions, and Rodolphe Maréchal. [1] [2]

2023–2024 season

In January 2024, Hovine competed at her first European Championships. She was seriously ill and unable to train for a week before the competition. [1] She placed 19th in the short program after making a mistake on her triple Lutz jump and double Axel, but she qualified for the free skate. [9] In her free skate, she popped a planned triple flip jump, and she ended the competition in 23rd place. She expressed disappointment in her performance, saying, "I can't figure out why it happened – I was super focused, aiming to deliver the best performance of my life," but she added, "But that's life, that's skating, and that's sports. I'm still happy. Overall, it was a beautiful competition, and I achieved my goal of qualifying for the free skate." [1]

2024–2025 season

Hovine planned to open her season at the Nebelhorn Trophy in September; however, she withdrew for medical reasons as she suffered from inflamation in her vertabrae. [10] [11] She instead debuted at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in October, where she finished in 17th place after falling twice in her free skate. [12]

In November, Hovine had a stronger performance at the Volvo Open Cup in November, where she won the bronze medal. She said that she was disappointed with her short program there but that winning a medal boosted her morale. Hovine next competed at the Tallinn Trophy, where she finished in fifth place. Afterward, she caught the flu but competed again at the Santa Claus Cup, her third competition that month, though she said afterward that she was not in a good physical state to compete and the competition left her exhausted. [11]

In January, Hovine competed at the 2025 European Championships. She finished the short program in 11th place after landing a new triple flip-triple loop jump combination, which she had wanted to try in competition after having success with it in practice for several months. [13] Hovine said that she was happy with her performance, especially as she had travel difficulties getting to the competition and had been crying due to stress in her last practice before the short program. [14] She was also skating with inflammation in her foot due to a boot issue. [11] In her free skate, although she had no falls, she made several mistakes on her jumps and fell to 16th place overall. [15]

Hovine competed at two further competitions in February, the International Challenge Cup and the Bellu Memorial, in an attempt to reach the minimum technical score to be eligible for the 2025 World Championships. However, she failed to do so by only 0.09 points. [16] [17]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025

[18]

2023–2024

[19] [1]

  • Histoire d'un amour

by Hélène Ségara
choreo. by Adam Solya

2022–2023

[20]

2021–2022

[21]

Competitive Highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [22]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
World Championships 26th
European Championships 23rd16th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 5th
CS Finlandia Trophy 17th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 8th12th
CS Tallinn Trophy 5th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd6th17th
Bellu Memorial6th4th
Challenge Cup 13th5th
Coupe du Printemps 5th
Dragon Trophy 7th6th
Egna Spring Trophy
IceLab Cup 4th
Latvia Trophy4th
NRW Trophy 1st
Santa Claus Cup 4th11th
Volvo Open Cup 3rd
International: Junior [22]
Junior Worlds 23rd
JGP Latvia 13th
Challenge Cup 21st
Egna Spring Trophy 8th
Ice Star 23rd1st
Santa Claus Cup 10th
Skate Helena 2nd
Sofia Trophy 6th
Winter Star1st
Volvo Open Cup 20th
National [22]
Belgian Championships 2nd2nd2nd2nd

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mathieu, Solène (2024-01-13). "Interview Jade Hovine". Skate Info Glace. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    2. 1 2 3 Beauclercq, Guy (2025-01-20). "Jade Hovine à l'Euro de patinage: "J'espère atteindre mon meilleur niveau en 2026, soit l'année des JO"" [Jade Hovine at the European Skating Championships: "I hope to reach my best level in 2026, the year of the Olympic Games"]. L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    3. 1 2 Deplanque, Thibaut (21 March 2023). "Mondiaux de patinage artistique : derrière Loena Hendrickx, deux jeunes patineuses en quête d'expérience" [World Figure Skating Championships: Behind Loena Hendrickx, two young skaters in search of experience]. RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    4. ↑ "La patineuse artistique Jade Hovine décroche sa première victoire internationale" [Figure skater Jade Hovine claims first international victory]. RTL Info (in French). 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    5. ↑ "Wallonie Ambitions Or : Jade Hovine (patinage) et Alexandre Le Fevre (judo) sont les ambassadeurs de Wapi" [Wallonia Ambitions: Jade Hovine (skating) and Alexandre Le Fevre (judo) are Wapi ambassadors]. L'Avenir (in French). 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    6. ↑ "Jade Hovine finit 23e à Calgary" [Jade Hovine finishes in 23rd place in Calgary]. RTL Info (in French). 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    7. ↑ "Loena Hendrickx fer de lance d'une délégation record de cinq Belges à Saitama" [Loena Hendrickx spearheads record delegation of five Belgians to Saitama]. RTL Info (in French). 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    8. ↑ "Loena Hendrickx chute et se classe 5e du progamme libre, Pinzarrone 14e, Hovine 26e" [Loena Hendrickx falls and ranks 5th in the free program, Pinzarrone 14th, Hovine 26th]. RTL Info (in French). 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    9. ↑ Beauclercq, Guy (2025-01-20). "Patinage artistique : Jade Hovine qualifiée pour la finale à l'Euro !" [Figure skating: Jade Hovine qualifies for the Euros final!]. DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    10. ↑ "Jade Hovine se retire de la liste des participantes pour des raisons médicales" [Jade Hovine withdraws from the list of participants for medical reasons]. RTL Info (in French). 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    11. 1 2 3 Beauclercq, Guy (2025-02-24). "Jade Hovine à la veille de l'Euro : "J'ai autant d'amour pour le Droit que pour le patinage artistique"" [Jade Hovine on the eve of the European Championships: "I have as much love for law as for figure skating"]. DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
    12. ↑ "La patineuse artistique Jade Hovine prend la 17e place à Nice en ouverture de sa saison" [Figure skater Jade Hovine takes 17th place in Nice at the start of her season]. RTL Info (in French). 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
    13. ↑ Golden Skate [@goldsk8] (29 January 2025). "Jade: "I really wanted to go for the triple-triple, flip / loop combination because I've been landing it in practice for four months. I really wanted to try, and I'm happy with how it turned out."" – via Instagram.
    14. ↑ "Nina Pinzarrone voorlopig naast de medailles na korte kür op EK kunstschaatsen, Jade Hovine staat 11e" [Nina Pinzarrone provisionally out of the medals after the short program at the European Championships, Jade Hovine is 11th]. sporza.be (in Flemish). 29 January 2025. Archived from the original on 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
    15. ↑ "Nina Pinzarrone verovert opnieuw BRONS op EK kunstschaatsen, Estse pakt goud voor eigen volk" [Nina Pinzarrone wins BRONZE again at the European Figure Skating Championships, Estonian takes gold in front of home crowd]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
    16. ↑ Beauclercq, Guy (2025-02-24). "Jade Hovine vise la qualification pour le Mondial !" [Jade Hovine aims to qualify for the World Championships!]. DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
    17. ↑ Beauclercq, Guy (2025-02-24). "Jade Hovine privée de Mondial pour 0,09 point !" [Jade Hovine misses the World Championships by 0.09 points!]. DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
    18. ↑ "Jade HOVINE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on 20 January 2025.
    19. ↑ "Jade HOVINE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on 28 March 2024.
    20. ↑ "Jade HOVINE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
    21. ↑ "Jade HOVINE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on 22 April 2022.
    22. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Jade HOVINE". International Skating Union .
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