Monique_van_der_Velden

Monique van der Velden

Monique van der Velden

Dutch figure skater

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Velden, not Velden.

Monique van der Velden (born 1973)[2][3] is a Dutch former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Dutch national champion (1993–95)[4] and reached the free skate at the 1995 European Championships in Dortmund, Germany.

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Van der Velden is from Badhoevedorp.[2] She began skating at age nine.[5] She was coached by Corrie Broweleit.[6]

In 2006, she was paired with a Belgian TV presenter, Staf Coppens, on Dancing on Ice (Netherlands and Belgium). The two were named as the champions.[7] She married Coppens on 20 September 2014.[8] They have two children, Beau (born in February 2008) and Nora (born in December 2009).[7]

Competitive highlights

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References

  1. [1]
    KNSB (23 February 2020). "Basic Novice Pairs". CHALLENGE CUP 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Zes Nederlanders naar EK kunstrijden" [Six Dutch competitors at the European Figure Skating Championships]. Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. 16 January 1995. p. 21.
  3. [3]
    Van der Velden at hollandmeetserb.nl
  4. [4]
    "Historie" (PDF). Schaatsen.nl. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "De coaches". ketnet.be. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Bonaly verlengt abonnement op Europese titel". de Volkskrant. 6 February 1995.
  7. [7]
    Vanhooren, Eric (18 March 2010). "Staf Coppens & Monique van der Velden zijn superblije ouders uitkijkend naar "Energia"!". mediawatchers.be. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Staf Coppens getrouwd" [Staf Coppens is married] (in Dutch). showbizzsite.be. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
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