Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The Dutch Figure Skating Championships (Dutch: Nederlandse kampioenschappen kunstschaatsen) are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Dutch Ice Skating Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond) to crown the national champions of the Netherlands. While figure skating championships had been held previously, the first official Dutch Championships were held in 1950 in The Hague.

Dutch Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	Netherlands
Organized by	Dutch Ice Skating Association

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Since 2017, the Dutch Championships have been held as part of the International Challenge Cup, the marquee figure skating competition of the Netherlands.

Wouter Toledo holds the record for winning the most Dutch Championship titles in men's singles (with seven), while Karen Venhuizen holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba hold the record in pair skating (with three), and Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek and Xander Gijtenbeek hold the record in ice dance (with seven).

History

While figure skating championships were certainly held in the Netherlands prior to 1950 – Skating magazine, for example, reported on the results of the 1948 Dutch Championships (Lidy Stoppelman, Tressje Cool, and Lieneke van Dien won the gold, silver, and bronze medals in the women's event, respectively; while van Dien and her partner Paul Engelfriet won the ice dance event)^[1] – official national championships were not recognized until 1950.^[2]

Since 2017, the Dutch Championships have been contested as part of the International Challenge Cup. The top Dutch competitors at this international competition are recognized as the Dutch national champions.

Senior medalists

From left to right: Lindsay van Zundert, three-time Dutch champion in women's singles; Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba, two-time Dutch champions in pair skating; and Boyito Mulder, four-time Dutch champion in men's singles

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1950	The Hague	Paul Engelfriet	No other competitors		[2]
1951
1952–57		No men's competitors
1958		Wouter Toledo	No other competitors		[3]
1959					[2]
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964			Arnoud Hendriks	No other competitors
1965		Arnoud Hendriks[a]	No other competitors
1966		Arnoud Hendriks
1967
1968
1969	's-Hertogenbosch
1970	Heerenveen		Rob Ouwerkerk	No other competitors
1971	Eindhoven
1972	Groningen	Rob Ouwerkerk[b]	No other competitors
1973	Heerenveen	Rob Ouwerkerk	Richard Pennekamp	No other competitors
1974	Amsterdam		No other competitors
1975	The Hague	Rob Ouwerkerk[b]
1976–78	No men's competitors
1979	Amsterdam	Gerard van Hattem	No other competitors
1980	Groningen		Koos van Hattem	Arend Basile
1981				No other competitors
1982	Eindhoven	Ed van Campen	René van Campen
1983	Heerenveen	Ed van Campen[c]	No other competitors
1984	Zoetermeer	Ed van Campen	René van Campen	No other competitors
1985	's-Hertogenbosch		Alcuin Schulten
1986	Eindhoven	Alcuin Schulten	Ed van Campen	Johan van der Neut
1987	Zoetermeer		Johan van der Neut	No other competitors
1988	Groningen		Alex Vrancken	Johan van der Neut
1989	Geleen			No other competitors
1990	Groningen		Marcus Deen	Alex Vrancken
1991	Amsterdam	Marcus Deen	Alcuin Schulten	No other competitors
1992	The Hague	Alcuin Schulten	Marcus Deen
1993	Heerenveen	Marcus Deen	No other competitors
1994	Zoetermeer
1995	Tilburg		Thomas Hopman	No other competitors
1996	Zoetermeer				[4]
1997	Groningen				[5]
1998	Tilburg	Thomas Hopman	Marcus Deen		[6]
1999		Maurice Lim	Thomas Hopman		[7]
2000	Amsterdam		Michaël Lim	Thomas Hopman	[8]
2001	Eindhoven	Thomas Hopman	No other competitors		[9]
2002	Groningen	No men's competitors			[10]
2003	Amsterdam	Thomas Hopman	No other competitors		[11]
2004	Groningen	No men's competitors			[12]
2005	The Hague	Ruben Reus	No other competitors		[2]
2006	's-Hertogenbosch	Christian Gijtenbeek	Ruben Reus	No other competitors	[13]
2007	Utrecht		No other competitors		[14]
2008	Tilburg				[15]
2009	Heerenveen	Boyito Mulder	Christian Gijtenbeek	No other competitors	[16]
2010	Eindhoven		No other competitors		[17]
2011	Groningen		Christian Gijtenbeek	No other competitors	[18]
2012	Tilburg		Florian Gostelie	Christian Gijtenbeek	[19]
2013	Dordrecht	Florian Gostelie	Christian Gijtenbeek	No other competitors	[20]
2014	Amsterdam	Thomas Kennes	Florian Gostelie	Christian Gijtenbeek	[21]
2015	's-Hertogenbosch		Michel Tsiba	Florian Gostelie	[22]
2016	The Hague				[23]
2017			No other competitors		[24]
2018		Michel Tsiba			[25]
2019		Thomas Kennes			[26]
2020					[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tilburg	No men's competitors			[29]
2023		Iwan van Hulst	No other competitors		[30]
2024–25		No men's competitors

1. While Arnoud Hendriks did compete at the 1965 Dutch Championships, he did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Champion.
2. While Rob Ouwerkerk did compete at the 1972 and 1975 Dutch Championships, he did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Champion at either event.
3. While Ed van Campen did compete at the 1983 Dutch Championships, he did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Champion.

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1950	The Hague	Rietje van Erkel	Trees Cool	Lidy Stoppelman	[31]
1951		Lidy Stoppelman	Rietje van Erkel	Joan Haanappel
1952			Joyce Mathyi	Nellie Maas
1953			Nellie Maas	Joan Haanappel
1954		Nellie Maas	Joan Haanappel	Sjoukje Dijkstra
1955		Joan Haanappel	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Lenie Edelman
1956				Jeanine Ferir
1957				Lilian van der Graaf
1958				Jeanine Ferir	[3]
1959		Sjoukje Dijkstra	Joan Haanappel		[31]
1960				Willy ten Hoopen
1961			Truusje Geradts	Lilian van der Graaf
1962			No other competitors
1963			Truusje Geradts	Lily Verbeek
1964			Madeleine Hendriks
1965		Anneke Heijdt[a]	Magdaleen Fesevur[a]	Madeleine Hendriks[a]
1966		Anneke Heijdt	Astrid Feiertag	Madeleine Hendriks
1967			Rieneke Zendijk	Astrid Feiertag
1968				No other competitors
1969	's-Hertogenbosch	Lia Does	Yvonne Brink	Willie de Zoete
1970	Heerenveen		Wang-La Liu	Yvonne Brink
1971	Eindhoven	Dianne de Leeuw	Lia Does	Sophie Verlaan
1972	Groningen
1973	Heerenveen		Sophie Verlaan	Anne-Marie Verlaan
1974	Amsterdam
1975	The Hague		Anne-Marie Verlaan	Sophie Verlaan
1976
1977	Amsterdam	Anne-Marie Verlaan	Sophie Verlaan	Rudina Pasveer
1978	Tilburg	Astrid Jansen in de Wal	Rudina Pasveer	Bibiane Pruyn
1979	Amsterdam			Herma van der Horst
1980	Groningen			Li Scha Wang
1981		Rudina Pasveer	Li Scha Wang	Margo van Dijk
1982	Eindhoven	Ingrid Aalders		Roslund van Horn
1983	Heerenveen	Li Scha Wang	Rudina Pasveer	Margo van Dijk
1984	Zoetermeer		Tjin Li Wang
1985	's-Hertogenbosch	Tjin Li Wang	Barbara van den Hoogen	Li Scha Wang
1986	Eindhoven	Li Scha Wang	Magdi Stolcenbergen	Tjin Li Wang
1987	Zoetermeer		Jeltje Schulten	Astrid Winkelman
1988	Groningen	Astrid Winkelman		Marion Krijgsman
1989	Geleen	Jeltje Schulten	Marion Krijgsman	Daniëlla Roymans
1990	Groningen	Astrid Winkelman		Jeltje Schulten
1991	Amsterdam	Marion Krijgsman	Monique van der Velden
1992	The Hague		Connie Stuiver	Monique van der Velden
1993	Heerenveen	Monique van der Velden	Marion Krijgsman	Nanda van de Berg
1994	Zoetermeer			No other competitors
1995	Tilburg		Georgina de Wit	Haya Leenards
1996	Zoetermeer	Georgina de Wit	Selma Duijn		[4]
1997	Groningen	Selma Duijn	Georgina de Wit	Jessica Lim	[5]
1998	Tilburg	Marion Krijgsman	Jessica Lim	Selma Duijn	[6]
1999			Karin Janssens	Jessica Lim	[7]
2000	Amsterdam	Karen Venhuizen	Marion Krijgsman		[8]
2001	Eindhoven			Angelika Naaktgeboren	[9]
2002	Groningen		Martine Zuiderwijk	Sylvana Herrero	[10]
2003	Amsterdam			Joëlle Bastiaans	[11]
2004	Groningen		Joëlle Bastiaans	Martine Zuiderwijk	[12]
2005	The Hague		Martine Zuiderwijk	Sharon Resseler	[31]
2006	's-Hertogenbosch				[13]
2007	Utrecht		Jacqueline Voll		[14]
2008	Tilburg		Eva Lim	Jacqueline Voll	[15]
2009	Heerenveen	Manouk Gijsman			[16]
2010	Eindhoven			Nathalie Klaassen	[17]
2011	Groningen	Joyce den Hollander	Manouk Gijsman	Manon van Huijgevoort	[18]
2012	Tilburg	Manouk Gijsman	Eva Lim	Michelle Couwenberg	[19]
2013	Dordrecht	Michelle Couwenberg	Kim Bell	Joyce den Hollander	[20]
2014	Amsterdam	Eva Lim	Niki Wories	Mila Morelissen	[21]
2015	's-Hertogenbosch	Niki Wories	Mila Morelissen	Kim Bell	[22]
2016	The Hague			Nicolien van Beek	[23]
2017			No other competitors		[24]
2018			Kyarha van Tiel	No other competitors	[25]
2019					[26]
2020			Lenne van Gorp	Kyarha van Tiel	[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tilburg	Lindsay van Zundert	Niki Wories	No other competitors	[29]
2023			No other competitors		[30]
2024		No women's competitors			[32]
2025		Niki Wories	Saskia Oudejans	Jolanda Vos	[33]

1. While Anneke Heijdt, Magdaleen Fesevur, and Madeleine Hendriks did compete at the 1965 Dutch Championships, none achieved the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Champion.

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1950–93	No pairs competitors prior to 1994				[34]
1994	Zoetermeer	Jeltje Schulten Alcuin Schulten	No other competitors
1995	Tilburg
1996	Zoetermeer				[4]
1997–2018	No pairs competitors
2019	The Hague	Liubov Efimenko Dmitry Epstein	No other competitors		[26]
2020		Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba			[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tilburg	Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba	Nika Osipova Dmitry Epstein	No other competitors	[29]
2023		Nika Osipova Dmitry Epstein	Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba		[30]
2024		No pairs competitors			[32]
2025		Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba	No other competitors		[33]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1950–55	No ice dance competitors prior to 1956				[35]
1956	The Hague	Catharina Odink Jacobus Odink	Kitty Muysenberg Philip van der Mast	No other competitors
1957			Corrie van Rossum Anton Knaap
1958					[3]
1959				Agatha Ruygrok Kees Stolze	[35]
1960			Jopie Wolff Nico Wolff	No other competitors
1961				Truusje Geradts Wouter Toledo
1962		Jopie Wolff Nico Wolff	Catharina Odink Jacobus Odink	No other competitors
1963			Truusje Geradts Ronald du Burck
1964
1965		Truusje Geradts Ronald du Burck	No other competitors
1966
1967
1968–87	No ice dance competitors
1988	Groningen	Joanne van Leeuwen Eerde van Leeuwen	Wil Visser Feike Neef	No other competitors
1989	Geleen		No other competitors
1990	Groningen
1991	Amsterdam		Marjo 't Hart Hans 't Hart	No other competitors
1992	The Hague
1993	Heerenveen	Chouw Lan Chan Arthur Kosten
1994	Zoetermeer	Anita Chaudhuri Hans 't Hart	No other competitors
1995	Tilburg
1996–99	No ice dance competitors
2000	Amsterdam	Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek Xander Gijtenbeek	No other competitors		[8]
2001	Eindhoven				[9]
2002	Groningen				[10]
2003	Amsterdam				[11]
2004	Groningen				[12]
2005	The Hague				[35]
2006	's-Hertogenbosch				[13]
2007–19	No ice dance competitors
2020	The Hague	Chelsea Verhaegh Sherim van Geffen	No other competitors		[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tilburg	Hanna Jakucs Alessio Galli	No other competitors		[29]
2023		Chelsea Verhaegh Sherim van Geffen	Hanna Jakucs Alessio Galli	No other competitors	[30]
2024		Hanna Jakucs Alessio Galli	Chelsea Verhaegh Sherim van Geffen		[32]
2025					[33]

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1975	The Hague	Gerard van Hattem[a]	No other competitors		[2]
1976		Gerard van Hattem
1977	Amsterdam	Eddy Hendrix	Gerard van Hattem	Koos van Hattem
1978	Tilburg
1979	Amsterdam	Koos van Hattem	No other competitors
1980–82	No junior men's competitors
1983	Heerenveen	Alex Vrancken[b]	No other competitors
1984	Zoetermeer	Alcuin Schulten	Johan van der Neut	Alex Vrancken
1985	's-Hertogenbosch	Johan van der Neut	Alex Vrancken	No other competitors
1986	Eindhoven	No junior men's competitors
1987	Zoetermeer	Alex Vrancken	No other competitors
1988	Groningen	No junior men's competitors
1989	Geleen	Marcus Deen	Martijn Nas	No other competitors
1990	Groningen	Martijn Nas	No other competitors
1991	Amsterdam	Lauren Geurts
1992	The Hague	Edwin Visser	Lauren Geurts	No other competitors
1993	Heerenveen	No junior men's competitors
1994	Zoetermeer	Thomas Hopman	No other competitors
1995	Tilburg	Maurice Lim
1996	Zoetermeer
1997	Gronigen		Michael Lim	No other competitors	[5]
1998	Tilburg				[6]
1999–2001	No junior men's competitors
2002	Groningen	No junior men's competitors			[10]
2003	Amsterdam	Ruben Reus	No other competitors		[11]
2004	Groningen				[12]
2005–07	No junior men's competitors
2008	Tilburg	Boyito Mulder	No other competitors		[15]
2009	Heerenveen	Ben Koenderink	Florian Gostelie	No other competitors	[16]
2010	Eindhoven	Thomas Kennes		Toby Connock	[17]
2011	Groningen	No junior men's competitors			[18]
2012	Tilburg	Thomas Kennes	No other competitors		[19]
2013	Dordrecht		Sebastian Mellab	Michel Tsiba	[20]
2014	Amsterdam	Michel Tsiba		No other competitors	[21]
2015	's-Hertogenbosch	Erik Hruszowy	Marco van den Hoed		[22]
2016	The Hague				[23]
2017		Michel Tsiba	No other competitors		[24]
2018–19		No junior men's competitors
2020		Didier Dijkstra	No other competitors		[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022–25	No junior men's competitors since 2020

1. While Gerard van Hattem did compete at the 1975 Dutch Junior Championships, he did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Junior Champion.
2. While Alex Vrancken did compete at the 1983 Dutch Junior Championships, he did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the Dutch Junior Champion.

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1973	Heerenveen	Corrie Verlaan	Ilona Blokpoel	Bibiane Pruyn	[31]
1974	Amsterdam	Herma van der Horst	Monique Verlaan	Marieke Mortier
1975	The Hague	Monique Verlaan	Rudina Pasveer	Petra Verburgt
1976		Karen Zandvoort	Petra Verburgt	Marieke Mortier
1977	Amsterdam	Sylvia Holtes	Li Scha Wang	Monique Wever
1978	Tilburg	Li Scha Wang	Ingrid Aalders	Janna Bazuin
1979	Amsterdam	Margo van Dijk	Marie-Louise van de Kruk	Veronie Boumans
1980	Groningen	Micaëla Schilperoord	Tjin Li Wang
1981		Tjin Li Wang	Barbara van den Hoogen
1982	Eindhoven	Barbara van den Hoogen	Liselotte Schreppers	Hermi Otteman
1983	Heerenveen	Liselotte Schreppers	Angelique Heyers	Renate Bakker
1984	Zoetermeer	Angelique Heyers	Monique Schippers	Hermi Otteman
1985	's-Hertogenbosch	Mireille van Bogget	Claudia Vincken	Jeltje Schulten
1986	Eindhoven	Astrid Winkelman		Daniëlla Roymans
1987	Zoetermeer	Daniëlla Roymans	Heidi Mennen	Monique van der Velden
1988	Groningen	Linda van Andel	Monique van der Velden	Angelique Visser
1989	Geleen	Connie Stuiver		Chou-Lan Can
1990	Groningen	Nancy Broeders	Chantal van Son	Nanda van de Berg
1991	Amsterdam	Charmaine Marechal	Lieke van de Ark	Katja Kossmayer
1992	The Hague	Katja Kossmayer		Wendy Ammerlaan
1993	Heerenveen	Haya Leenards	Debby Roem	Liliana Tom
1994	Zoetermeer	Melanie Carrington	Jessica Lim	Selma Duijn
1995	Tilburg	Sylvana Herrero	Kim Rolloos	Sibel Ertekin
1996	Zoetermeer	Martine Zuiderwijk	Sibel Ertekin	Ariënne van Heusden
1997	Gronigen	Karin Janssens	Claire Erkelens	Martine Zuiderwijk	[5]
1998	Tilburg	Karen Venhuizen			[6]
1999		Martine Zuiderwijk	Angelika Naaktgeboren	Claire Erkelens	[7]
2000	Amsterdam	Angelika Naaktgeboren	Claire Muyselaar	Joëlle Bastiaans	[8]
2001	Eindhoven	Joëlle Bastiaans	Emmie de Rooy	Claire Muyselaar	[9]
2002	Groningen	Emmie de Rooy	Marijn Stok	Elisabeth van der Elst	[10]
2003	Amsterdam	Kim van Bergenhenegouwen	Kyra Vancrayelynghe	Chamera Chan Jong Chu	[11]
2004	Groningen		Sharon Resseler	Jacqueline Voll	[12]
2005	The Hague	Nathalie van Uffelen	Sanne in ’t Hof	Isabelle van Beek	[31]
2006	's-Hertogenbosch	Christel de Haan	Eva Lim	Nathalie van Uffelen	[13]
2007	Utrecht	Eva Lim	Jamie van Besouw		[14]
2008	Tilburg	Manouk Gijsman	Michelle Couwenberg	Jamie van Besouw	[15]
2009	Heerenveen	Manouk van Huijgevoort	Marylie Jong	Kim Bell	[16]
2010	Eindhoven	Joyce den Hollander	Michelle Couwenberg	Mila Morelissen	[17]
2011	Groningen	Laura Ponzio		Kim Bell	[18]
2012	Tilburg	Kim Bell	Mila Morelissen	Anne-Sophie Goossens	[19]
2013	Dordrecht	Niki Wories	Anne-Sophie Goossens	Janne van den Biggelaar	[20]
2014	Amsterdam	Anne-Sophie Goossens	Rozemarijn Goossens	Chanel den Olden	[21]
2015	's-Hertogenbosch	Janne van den Biggelaar	Daisy Vreenegoor	Lena Slagter	[22]
2016	The Hague	Kyarha van Tiel	Linden van Bemmel	Daya Aerts	[23]
2017		Daisy Vreenegoor	Caya Scheepens	Linden van Bemmel	[24]
2018		Caya Scheepens	Lenne van Gorp	Sophie Bijkerk	[25]
2019		Lindsay van Zundert		Caya Scheepens	[26]
2020			Mikai van Ommeren	Dani Loonstra	[27]
2021		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022		Dani Loonstra	Julia van Dijk	Isabella Smit	[29]
2023	Tilburg	Jolanda Vos	Emilia Soloukhin	Nazomi van Bergen Bravenboer	[30]
2024		Emilia Soloukhin	Jolanda Vos	Naomi Wessels	[32]
2025		Lucca Dijkhuizen	Roos Harkema	Kahlan Gooijer	[33]

Pairs

Junior pairs event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1994	Zoetermeer	Jessica Lim Maurice Lim	No other competitors		[34]
1995	Tilburg
1996	Zoetermeer
1997–2008	No junior pairs competitors
2009	Heerenveen	Marylie de Jong Ben Koenderink	No other competitors		[16]
2010	Eindhoven	Rachel Epstein Dmitry Epstein			[17]
2011	Groningen				[18]
2012	Tilburg				[19]
2013	Dordrecht				[20]
2014–18	No junior pairs competitors
2019	The Hague	Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba	No other competitors		[26]
2020–25	No junior pairs competitors since 2019

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1989	Geleen	Marjo 't Hart Hans 't Hart	No other competitors		[35]
1990	Groningen
1991	Amsterdam	No junior ice dance competitors
1992	The Hague	Anita Chaudhuri Robert Duyverman	Chouw Lan Chan Arthur Kosten	No other competitors
1993	Heerenveen		No other competitors
1994–95	No junior ice dance competitors
1996	Zoetermeer	Kim Rolloos Edwin Visser	No other competitors
1997	Gronigen				[5]
1998	Tilburg		Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek Xander Gijtenbeek	No other competitors	[6]
1999		Lisette Denkers Maurice Hamerslag	No other competitors		[7]
2000–05	No junior ice dance competitors
2006	's-Hertogenbosch	Jill Bakker Jan Hubner	No other competitors		[35]
2007	Utrecht				[14]
2008–11	No junior ice dance competitors
2012	Tilburg	Auvikki de Boon Tanner White	No other competitors		[19]
2013–25	No junior ice dance competitors since 2012

Records

From left to right: Karen Venhuizen has won nine Dutch Championship titles in women's singles; while Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba have won three Dutch Championship titles in pair skating.

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles
	Skater(s)	No.	Years	Ref.
Men's singles	Wouter Toledo	7	1958–64	[36]
Women's singles	Karen Venhuizen	9	2000–08	[37]
Pairs	Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba	3	2020; 2022; 2025	[38]
Ice dance	Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek Xander Gijtenbeek	7	2000–06	[39]

See also

• International Challenge Cup