# Jade Hovine

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).

## 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.

## 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.

### 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."
In November, Hovine was the silver medalist at the Belgian Figure Skating Championships. Later that month, she won her first international competition, the NRW Trophy, ahead of Stefanie Pesendorfer and Kristina Isaev. 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.
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. Later in the month, she competed at the senior World Championships as part of Belgium's largest-ever delegation. She skated cleanly and set a personal best in the short program, where she placed 26th, and did not advance to the free skate.
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.

### 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. 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. 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."

### 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. 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.
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.
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. 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. She was also skating with inflammation in her foot due to a boot issue. In her free skate, although she had no falls, she made several mistakes on her jumps and fell to 16th place overall.
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.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddie Mercury choreo. by Thomas Rochelet | A Short Elevator Ride by The Newton Brothers At Last by The Newton Brothers Yellow Moon by Luca D’Alberto Angel By the Wings by Sia choreo. by Thomas Rochelet |
| 2023–2024 | Six Foot Under by Billie Eilish You Should See Me in a Crown by Billie Eilish choreo. by Romain Gazave | Histoire d'un amour by Hélène Ségara choreo. by Adam Solya |
| 2022–2023 | Black Hole Sun by Swann ft. Nouela A Distant Lament by Colossal Trailer Run by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Benoit Richaud | The Godfather: The Immigrant Song Speak Softly Love choreo. by Benoît Richaud |
| 2021–2022 | Toxic by Britney Spears, Maxime Rodriguez | Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell |

## Competitive Highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| World Championships | | | | 26th | | |
| European Championships | | | | | 23rd | 16th |
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | | | | | 5th | |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | | | 17th | | |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | | | 8th | 12th | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | | | | | 5th |
| CS Trophée Métropole Nice | | | | 2nd | 6th | 17th |
| Bellu Memorial | | | | | 6th | 4th |
| Challenge Cup | | | 13th | | | 5th |
| Coupe du Printemps | | | 5th | | | |
| Dragon Trophy | | | 7th | 6th | | |
| Egna Spring Trophy | | | | | | |
| IceLab Cup | | | 4th | | | |
| Latvia Trophy | | | | 4th | | |
| NRW Trophy | | | | 1st | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | 4th | | | 11th |
| Volvo Open Cup | | | | | | 3rd |
| International: Junior |||||||
| Junior Worlds | | | | 23rd | | |
| JGP Latvia | | | | 13th | | |
| Challenge Cup | 21st | | | | | |
| Egna Spring Trophy | | 8th | | | | |
| Ice Star | 23rd | 1st | | | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 10th | | | | | |
| Skate Helena | | 2nd | | | | |
| Sofia Trophy | | 6th | | | | |
| Winter Star | 1st | | | | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | 20th | | | | | |
| National |||||||
| Belgian Championships | 2nd | | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |