Ben Koenderink is a Dutch pair skater

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

. His current partner is Marylie Jorg. They are the 2009 Dutch Junior pair champions

2009 Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The 2009 Dutch Figure Skating Championships were the Dutch Figure Skating Championships of the 2008-2009 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and synchronized skating across the levels of Senior, Junior, Novice, and the...

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Biography

Koenderink previously competed in both pairs & singles but now only competes in pairs. He and former partner Michelle Egli (Canada) were the 2006 Canadian Juvenile pair champions and the 2007 Canadian Pre-Novice pair silver medalists

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

. Koenderink and Egli were coached by Lee Barkell

Lee Barkell

Lee Barkell is a Canadian retired pair skater who now works as a figure skating coach. During his competitive career, he was a pair skater and competed with Melanie Gaylor. He coaches all levels at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, where he is the director of pair skating...

 and Jacinthe Larivière. In November 2007 Koenderink & Egli had the Juvenile and Pre-Novice record for Canada until it was surpassed by Tara Hancherow / Paul-Remi Poulin (Juvenile) and Zoey Brown / Ian Beharry(Pre-Novice) later that year. In spring of 2008 Koenderink and Egli ended their partnership and by summer 2008 Ben had moved to Montreal, Quebec

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 to skate with partner Marylie Jorg. Koenderink and Jorg competed at their first JGP this season in Lake Placid

Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....

 and their first Junior Worlds in 2009

2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2008–2009 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of...

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Singles

Event	2008-2009
Dutch Championships Dutch Figure Skating Championships The Dutch Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Netherlands. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...	1st J.

Pairs

(With Jorg)

Event	2008-2009	2009-2010
Dutch Championships Dutch Figure Skating Championships The Dutch Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Netherlands. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...	1st J.
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...	18th
JGP Lake Placid ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...		10th
NRW Trophy NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union....	3rd J.
JGP Belarus ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...		12th

(With Egli)

Event	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...	1st Ju.	2nd PN	6th N.
Western Challenge(Nos)		2nd PN	2nd N.