Chelsea Verhaegh

Verhaegh was born on June 11, 2000 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.^[3]

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Verhaegh began learning how to skate in 2007 as a seven-year-old. She trained as a single skater through the end of the 2018–19 season before transitioning to ice dance in the beginning of 2019. In singles, Verhaegh competed internationally through the junior level.^[4]

Shortly after switching to ice dance, Verhaegh teamed up with fellow Dutch single skater, Sherim van Geffen. Their first coach was Peter Moormann, who primarily trained them in Hoorn, Alkmaar, Utrecht, Eindhoven.^[5][6]

During their first season together, they won the gold medal at the 2020 International Challenge Cup.^[7]

Prior to the season, Verhaegh/van Geffen made a coaching change from Peter Moormann to Maurizio Margaglio, with the team splitting their training time between Eindhoven, Utrecht, Dordrecht, Netherlands and Helsinki, Finland.^[8]

They started the season by winning bronze at the 2020 NRW Trophy and finishing seventh at the 2020 Ice Star. In February, Verhaegh/van Geffen placed fifth at the 2021 LuMi Dance Trophy and winning bronze at the 2021 International Challenge Cup. They subsequently finished the season by making their Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, and finishing twenty-ninth overall.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen began the season by competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, placing nineteenth at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and seventeenth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They followed this up by finishing sixth at the 2021 NRW Trophy and twelfth at the 2021 Open d'Andorra.^[7]

They finished the season with a fourteenth-place finish at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen opened the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2022 Mezzaluna Cup. They followed this up by placing tenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, ninth at the 2022 Santa Claus Cup, and eighteenth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[7]

In January, Verhaegh/van Geffen finished eighth at the 2023 Bavarian Open. They then went on to place eighth at the 2023 Egna Dance Trophy and eighth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen ultimately closed the season by finishing thirty-first at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen started the season by winning silver at the 2023 KNSB Cup. They then went on to finish seventeenth at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup, twentieth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup, and sixteenth at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup.^[7]

In January, Verhaegh/van Geffen placed fifth at the 2024 Ephesus Cup and eleventh at the 2024 Bavarian Open. They then finished the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2024 International Challenge Cup.^[7]

Following the season, it was announced that Verhaegh/van Geffen had begun training in Dordrecht, Netherlands full-time under new coaches, Maksym Nikitin and Oleksandra Nazarova.^[9]

Verhaegh/van Geffen began their season by finishing sixteenth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. They followed up this result by placing seventh at the 2024 Pavel Roman Memorial, fourth at the 2024 NRW Trophy, fourteenth at the 2024 Bosphorus Cup, and fifth at the 2024 EduSport Trophy.^[7]

Following a fourth-place finish at the 2025 Bavarian Open at the end of January, the team subsequently placed seventh at the 2025 International Challenge Cup two weeks later.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen then closed the season by placing thirty-second at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[7]

Verhaegh/van Geffen opened their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2025 International Ice Dance Dordrecht. They then went on to finish sixteenth at the ISU Skate to Milano, tenth at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial, seventh at the 2025 Budapest Trophy, tenth at the 2025 NRW Trophy, thirteenth at the 2025 Bosphorus Cup, and eighteenth at the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[7]

In January, Verhaegh/van Geffen placed sixth at the 2026 Sofia Trophy and twenty-third at the 2026 European Championships.^[7]

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2025–2026 [10]	Smooth by Santana, Itaal Shur, & Rob Thomas Livin' la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin & Desmond Child choreo. by Maksym Nikitin, Oleksandra Nazarova	Stranger by Rok Nardin My Love (from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) by Sia Dressed to Kill by Rok Nardin choreo. by Maksym Nikitin, Oleksandra Nazarova
2024–2025 [3]	Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters Trouble A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley choreo. by Maksym Nikitin, Oleksandra Nazarova	Yearning Hearts by Eternal Eclipse Tango to Evora by Loreena McKennitt Yearning Hearts by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Maksym Nikitin, Oleksandra Nazarova
2023–2024 [11]	Stop Loving You by Toto The Look by Roxette choreo. by Maurizio Margaglio, Xavier Ouellette, Mylenne Lamoureux, Isabel Delobel, Luca Lanotte, Neil Brown	The Loneliest by Måneskin Love Is Gone by Dylan Matthew & SLANDER It's Always Been You by Phil Wickham choreo. by Maurizio Margaglio, Xavier Ouellette, Mylenne Lamoureux, Isabel Delobel, Luca Lanotte, Neil Brown
2022–2023 [12]	Rhumba: Sing It Back by Moloko Samba: Katchi by Ofenbach, Nick Waterhouse, & Leon Bridges choreo. by Neil Brown	Hello Never Go Back by Evanescence choreo. by Neil Brown
2021–2022 [5]	Blues: New Shine by Sophia Urista Funk: Walk That Walk by Bakermat and Nic Hanson	War of Hearts (Acoustic) by Ruelle Chalkboard (from The Theory of Everything) by Jóhann Jóhannsson Oh My My Live Like Legends by Ruelle
2020–2021 [8]	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend by Leo Robin & Jule Styne performed by Marilyn Monroe

Competition placements at senior level ^[7][13]

Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
World Championships		29th		31st		32nd
European Championships							23rd
Dutch Championships	1st	1st		1st	2nd	2nd	1st
CS Budapest Trophy				WD
CS Finlandia Trophy			17th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb			14th	18th			18th
CS Ice Challenge				10th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			19th
CS Nepela Memorial							10th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice						16th
Bavarian Open	11th			8th	11th	4th
Bosphorus Cup	12th				16th	14th	13th
Budapest Trophy							7th
Challenge Cup	1st	3rd		8th	9th	7th	7th
EduSport Trophy						5th
Egna Dance Trophy				8th
Ephesus Trophy					5th
ICE Dance Dordrecht							5th
LuMi Trophy		5th
Mentor Cup	17th
Mezzaluna Cup				7th	17th
NRW Trophy		3rd	6th				10th
Open d'Andorra			12th
Pavel Roman Memorial						7th
Santa Claus Cup				9th
Skate Berlin							WD
Sofia Trophy							6th
Skate to Milano							16th
Volvo Open Cup	11th
Winter Star		7th

International: Junior[4]
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19
Challenge Cup		22nd
Coupe du Printemps	19th
Jégvirág Cup			8th
Mentor Toruń Cup			WD
Sofia Trophy			15th
Triglav Trophy		11th
Volvo Open Cup	15th		26th
Warsaw Cup			13th
WD = Withdrew