Jill Vernekohl
Jill Vernekohl (born November 10, 1980 in Bochum ) is a German figure skater .
biography
Jill Vernekohl started ice skating when she was five years old. In 1998 she became German junior ice dance champion with Jan Luggenhölscher . The couple started for TSC Eintracht Dortmund . Shortly before the Junior World Championship in Oberstdorf in 2000 , the couple separated.
Her new partner was the Estonian Dimitri Kurakin . With him, Jill Vernekohl was twice German runner-up behind Kati Winkler and René Lohse . The first and last international title fight was the European Championship in 2002, when the couple had to give up injured after the original dance. Soon after, both runners ended their amateur careers .
Together with Kurakin she worked several times in "Musical on Ice" in Dinslaken . Today she trains the youngsters at ERG Iserlohn .
Successes / results
unless otherwise stated, with Dimitri Kurakin
Junior World Championships
- 1999 - 11th place (with Jan Luggenhölscher) - Zagreb
European championships
- 2002 - given up due to illness after the original dance - Lausanne
German championships
- 1998 - 1st place (juniors; with Jan Luggenhölscher)
- 2001 - 2nd place
- 2002 - 2nd place
Grand Prix competitions
- 2001 - 8th place - Sparkassen Cup , Gelsenkirchen
- 2001 - 9th place - Skate America , Colorado Springs
- 2002 - 10th place - Bofrost Cup , Gelsenkirchen
Web links
- Jill Vernekohl in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vernekohl, Jill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |