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Brendan Kerry

Brendan Kerry (born 18 November 1994) is an Australian figure skater. He is the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Toruń Cup champion, the 2016 Egna Spring Trophy champion, and an eight-time Australian national champion (2011, 2013–2019).

Brendan Kerry
Brendan Kerry at the 2016 Four Continents Championships
Born (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 30)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Australia
DisciplineMen's singles
Began skating2004
Highest WS24th (2021–22)
Australian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brisbane Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Melbourne Singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Brisbane Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sydney Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Melbourne Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Brisbane Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sydney Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Brisbane Singles

Kerry has competed in the final segment at fifteen ISU Championships, achieving his highest placement, sixth, at the 2022 Four Continents. He placed 29th at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 20th at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 17th at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Kerry is currently subject to a lifetime ban issued by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct involving a minor.[1]

Personal life

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Brendan Kerry was born 18 November 1994 in Sydney.[2] His mother, Monica MacDonald, competed in ice dancing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and his sister, Chantelle Kerry is also a figure skater.[2]

Kerry attended Epping Boys High School before transferring to Sydney Distance Education High School to focus on skating.[3]

Career

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Early career

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Kerry started skating in 2004.[2] He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2008. He won the Australian national junior title in the 2009–2010 season. In 2011, Kerry made his senior international debut at the Four Continents Championships. He also competed at his first World Junior Championships.[4]

In the 2011–2012 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.[4]

2013–2014 season

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In September 2013, 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 that 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.[5] 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.[4]

2014–2015 season

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Kerry competed at two events of the newly inaugurated ISU Challenger Series, placing 9th at the 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy and 11th at the 2014 CS 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.[4]

2015–2016 season

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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.[6] 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).[4]

2016–2017 season

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Kerry was invited to two Grand Prix events, the 2016 Skate America and 2016 Trophée de France, and finished tenth at both. In December, he won his fifth national title. In February 2017, he finished 11th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, and fifth at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.[4]

In March, Kerry placed 13th in the short, 15th in the free, and 15th overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his result, Australia qualified a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[4]

2017–2018 season

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Kerry opened his season in mid-September, winning a bronze medal at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and becoming the first Australian men's skater to finish on a Challenger Series podium.[7] A week later, he received the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.[4]

After parting ways with long-time coach Tammy Gambill, Kerry confirmed his relocation to Moscow to train with Russian coach, Nikolai Morozov in mid-November.

Kerry was named to the Australian team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in November 2017 and won his fifth consecutive senior national title at the 2017 Australian National Championships in Brisbane in December. He attended his second Winter Olympics, placing twentieth in the men's event. He placed eighteenth at the 2018 World Championships.[4]

2018–2019 season

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After withdrawing from the Autumn Classic, Kerry placed eleventh and tenth at his two Grand Prix assignments, the 2018 Skate Canada International and 2018 Rostelecom Cup. Winning a sixth national title, he then placed ninth at the Four Continents Championships and twentieth at the World Championships.[4]

2019–2020 season

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Kerry won his second consecutive Halloween Cup, and then began the Grand Prix at the 2019 Skate Canada International, where he placed twelfth of twelve skaters.[8] Kerry was seventh at the 2019 Cup of China.[9]

Kerry placed twelfth at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.[10] He was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[11]

2020–2021 season

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With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, Kerry was assigned to compete at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was also cancelled.[12] He competed at French Masters as an invited international skater, winning the bronze. He was later named to the Australian team for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm but withdrew due to a foot injury.[13]

2021–2022 season

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Kerry returned to international competition at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed seventh, securing a berth for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[14] He fared less well at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, his second Challenger event of the season, coming in thirteenth.[4] Initially without a Grand Prix assignment, he was eventually named as a replacement for Maxim Naumov at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where he finished twelfth of twelve skaters. Kerry assessed his own performance as "terrible and very bad."[15] He finished the fall season at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he was sixth.[4]

Due to Australian federation rules with no national championships being held, Kerry was sent to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn to compete with James Min and Jordan Dodds for the men's berth on the Australian Olympic team.[16] Kerry finished in sixth at the event, over seventy points clear of Min, admitting afterwards that "it was really frustrating having to try to compete for the Olympic spot I earned again, a week and a half ahead of the Olympic Games."[17] Shortly afterwards, he was named to the Olympic team.[18]

Kerry was named Australia's co-flagbearer for the opening ceremonies at the 2022 Winter Olympics, alongside freestyle skier Laura Peel.[19] Kerry placed seventeenth in the short program of the men's event.[20] Sixteenth in the free skate, he finished seventeenth overall.[21]

2022–2023 season

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On July 22, Kerry was named to 2022 Skate America,[22] but a few days later, Ice Skating Australia removed him from their assignments list, indicating he had withdrawn.[23]

Sexual misconduct

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Kerry was the subject of two complaints of sexual misconduct, that allegedly took place when he was a registered coach with U.S. Figure Skating in the 2016-17 season, to the U.S. Center for SafeSport.[24] American skater Gracie Gold alleged that he had raped her at a party in 2016, while in addition a unnamed skater alleged that he had supplied her with alcohol and engaged in sexual relations, including at times forcibly, while she was a minor and Kerry was an adult. Kerry admitted to the latter relationship, but stated he had been unaware of her age. He also admitted to having engaged in sexual intercourse with Gold, but stated that it had been consensual. SafeSport ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove Gold's allegation, but substantiated the other skater's allegation. On May 14, 2024, it was announced that SafeSport had issued a lifetime ban on Kerry's involvement in any activities under the jurisdiction of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, due to his sexual misconduct with a minor.[1][24]

On May 15, 2024, The Australian Professional Skaters' Association announced its own investigation into Kerry's sexual misconduct allegations. The association's president – who is also Kerry's mother – Monica MacDonald, stepped down from her position pending the investigation.[25]

After the SafeSport ban was announced, Kerry withdrew from coaching at the Macquarie Ice Rink by mutual agreement with Australian figure skating authorities.[26] Kerry said that he has agreed to step away from coaching while he appeals the decision.[27] Kerry has denied any wrongdoing and announced his intent to appeal the suspension.[25]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[28][29]
2019–2020
[30]
2018–2019
[31]
2017–2018
[32][33]
2016–2017
[2]
2015–2016
[34]
2014–2015
[35]
2013–2014
[36]
2012–2013
[37]
2011–2012
[38]
  • Third Movement Vivace Presto
    by Jon Lord
2010–2011
[39]
2009–2010
[40]
  • 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

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Competition placements at senior level [4]
Season 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Winter Olympics 29th 20th 17th
World Championships 33rd 20th 17th 15th 18th 20th C WD WD
Four Continents Championships 18th 19th 21st 20th 17th 19th 11th 13th 9th 12th 6th
Australian Championships 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st C C
GP Cup of China 7th
GP France 10th C
GP NHK Trophy 12th
GP Rostelecom Cup 10th 12th
GP Skate America 8th 10th
GP Skate Canada 11th 11th 12th
CS Autumn Classic 11th WD
CS Finlandia Trophy 13th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5th 6th
CS Lombardia Trophy 9th 3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8th 7th
CS Nepela Memorial 3rd
CS U.S. Classic 4th
Asian Winter Games 5th
Gardena Spring Trophy 1st
Halloween Cup 1st 1st
Master's de Patinage 3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup 5th 1st 3rd
Nordic Championships 3rd
Shanghai Trophy 5th
Skate Down Under 1st
Competition placements at junior level [4]
Season 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013–14
World Junior Championships 33rd 22nd 21st
Australian Championships 2nd 1st 1st
JGP Australia 14th
JGP Estonia 5th
JGP Germany 21st 20th
JGP Great Britain 25th 14th
JGP Latvia 5th
JGP United States 15th
New Zealand Winter Games 3rd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 244.80 2022 Winter Olympics
Short program TSS 85.89 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 47.79 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 38.86 2022 Winter Olympics
Free skating TSS 160.01 2022 Winter Olympics
TES 83.51 2022 Winter Olympics
PCS 76.56 2019 Cup of China
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 236.24 2017 World Championships
Short program TSS 83.11 2017 World Championships
TES 47.61 2017 World Championships
PCS 37.57 2018 Winter Olympics
Free skating TSS 153.13 2017 World Championships
TES 80.15 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
PCS 77.42 2018 Winter Olympics

Senior level

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Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 3–5, 2019   2019 Shanghai Trophy 3 78.45 5 128.59 5 207.04
Oct 17–20, 2019   2019 Halloween Cup 1 79.00 1 134.80 1 213.80
Oct 25–27, 2019   2019 Skate Canada International 12 56.75 9 137.02 12 193.77
Nov 8–10, 2019   2019 Cup of China 9 73.96 7 146.35 7 220.31
Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020   2019–20 Australian Championships 1 79.28 1 136.83 1 216.11
Jan 7–12, 2020   2020 Mentor Toruń Cup 4 62.26 3 131.39 3 193.65
Feb 4–9, 2020   2020 Four Continents Championships 12 76.70 14 136.41 12 213.11
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 1–3, 2020   2020 Master's de Patinage 2 84.20 3 132.30 3 216.50
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–25, 2021   2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 85.89 7 133.06 7 218.95
Oct 7–10, 2021   2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 13 66.13 11 138.62 13 204.75
Nov 26–28, 2021   2021 Rostelecom Cup 8 80.48 12 123.71 12 204.19
Dec 7–11, 2021   2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 84.36 9 147.00 6 231.36
Jan 18–23, 2022   2022 Four Continents Championships 4 81.12 8 146.45 6 227.57
Feb 4–20, 2022   2022 Winter Olympics 17 84.79 16 160.01 17 244.80

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