Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

*Suzanne Schulting is selected for both speed skating and short-track speed skating, so the total is one lower than the sum.

The following Dutch competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jutta Leerdam Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 9 February  Gold Xandra Velzeboer Short-track speed skating Women's 500 metres 12 February  Gold Jens van 't Wout Short-track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 12 February  Gold Jens van 't Wout Short-track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 14 February  Gold Femke Kok Speed skating Women's 500 metres 15 February  Gold Xandra Velzeboer Short-track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 16 February  Gold Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 20 February  Gold Teun Boer Itzhak de Laat Friso Emons Jens van 't Wout Melle van 't Wout Short-track speed skating 5000 m relay 20 February  Gold Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating Men's mass start 21 February  Gold Marijke Groenewoud Speed skating Women's mass start 21 February  Silver Femke Kok Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 9 February  Silver Jenning de Boo Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 11 February  Silver Merel Conijn Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 12 February  Silver Jenning de Boo Speed skating Men's 500 metres 14 February  Silver Jutta Leerdam Speed skating Women's 500 metres 15 February  Silver Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong Joy Beune Speed skating Women's team pursuit 17 February  Silver Melle van 't Wout Short-track speed skating Men's 500 metres 18 February  Bronze Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres 13 February  Bronze Jens van 't Wout Short-track speed skating Men's 500 metres 18 February  Bronze Kjeld Nuis Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 19 February

Medals by date Day Date Total 3 9 February 1 1 0 2 5 11 February 0 1 0 1 6 12 February 2 1 0 3 7 13 February 0 0 1 1 8 14 February 1 1 0 2 9 15 February 1 1 0 2 10 16 February 1 0 0 1 11 17 February 0 1 0 1 12 18 February 0 1 1 2 13 19 February 0 0 1 1 14 20 February 2 0 0 2 15 21 February 2 0 0 2 Total 10 7 3 20 Medals by sport Sport Total Speed skating 5 6 2 13 Short-track speed skating 5 1 1 7 Total 10 7 3 20 Medals by gender Gender Total Female 6 4 0 10 Male 4 3 3 10 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 10 7 3 20 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Jens van 't Wout Short-track speed skating 3 0 1 4 Xandra Velzeboer 2 0 0 2 Melle van 't Wout 1 1 0 2 Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong Speed skating 1 1 0 2 Femke Kok 1 1 0 2 Jutta Leerdam 1 1 0 2 Marijke Groenewoud 1 1 0 2 Jorrit Bergsma 1 0 1 2 Jenning de Boo 0 2 0 2

The Netherlands qualified two sleds (two-man and four-man).^[5]

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, the Netherlands secured one quota in each of the pair skating.^[6]

The Netherlands qualified the maximum team size of ten short-track speed skaters (five per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour.^[7] Nine athletes were confirmed after the Dutch championships,^[8] the tenth one, Itzhak de Laat was announced on 20 January 2026 as it became clear that Daan Kos hasn't properly recovered from injury.^[8] Coached by Niels Kerstholt, the following athletes will represent the Netherlands:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teun Boer	500 m	52.425	2 Q	40.412	2 Q	40.295	2 Q	1:05.360	4
Jens van 't Wout		40.567	1 Q	40.408	1 Q	40.064	1 Q	41.908
Melle van 't Wout		40.809	1 Q	40.554	1 Q	40.916	2 Q	40.912
Teun Boer	1000 m	1:24.395	3 q	1:26.638	3 ADV	1:24.209	4 FB	1:27.267	7
Jens van 't Wout		1:25.237	1 Q	1:25.199	1 Q	1:24.664	2 FA	1:24.537
Itzhak de Laat	1500 m	—N/a		2:12.974	5	Did not advance
Friso Emons				2:16,07	PEN	Did not advance
Jens van 't Wout				2:20.657	1 Q	2:14.988	1 FA	2:12.21
Teun Boer Itzhak de Laat* Friso Emons Jens van 't Wout Melle van 't Wout*	5000 m relay	—N/a				6:52.751	2 FA	6:51.847

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; ADV A - Advanced to medal final on referee decision; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* Itzhak de Laat skated the semifinal and Melle van 't Wout the A-Final.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Selma Poutsma	500 m	42.629	1 Q	42.234	3 q	41.760	3 FA	42.491	4
Michelle Velzeboer		42.598	1 Q	42.417	2 Q	1:27.632	5 FB	1:05.774	8
Xandra Velzeboer		42.417	1 Q	41.583 OR	1 Q	41.399 WR	1 FA	41.609
Selma Poutsma	1000 m	1:53.774	4	Did not advance
Michelle Velzeboer		1:29.730	2 Q	1:28.686	3	Did not advance
Xandra Velzeboer		1:27.816	1 Q	1:28.986	1 Q	1:29.514	1 FA	1:28.437
Suzanne Schulting	1500 m	—N/a		2:27.705	3 Q	3:08.987	7	Did not advance
Michelle Velzeboer				DNF		Did not advance
Xandra Velzeboer				2:27.552	1 Q	2:41.237	3 FB	2:35.554	8
Zoë Deltrap Selma Poutsma Michelle Velzeboer Xandra Velzeboer Suzanne Schulting (reserve)	3000 m relay	—N/a				4:06.29	1 FA	4:09.081	4

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final; ADV - Advanced on referee decision

Mixed

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* Melle van 't Wout skated the quarterfinal and Teun Boer the semi & B-final.

The Netherlands qualified one female skeleton racer.^[9]

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Michelle Dekker	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:33.63	8 Q	Payer (AUT) L +0.13	Did not advance

Cross

Park & Pipe