Jill Vernekohl (born 10 November 1980, in

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

) is a German former

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner

Dmitri Kurakin Dmitri Kurakin (born 5 June 1975 in Tallinn) is an Estonian former ice dancer who also competed internationally for Germany. He originally competed with Anna Mosenkova for Estonia. They were multiple medalists at the Estonian Figure Skating Cha ...

, she is the 2001 & 2002 German silver medalist. They competed for two seasons on the

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...

, with a highest placement of 8th at the 2001 Sparkassen Cup on Ice. Before teaming up with Kurakin, she competed with

Jan Luggenhoelscher Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

, winning medals on the

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

and competing twice at the

World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for ...

, placing 16th in 1997 and 11th in 1999.

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German female ice dancers 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Bochum {{germany-figure-skater-stub