Chelsea Verhaegh
| Chelsea Verhaegh | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Chelsea Andrea Aurelea Verhaegh |
| Born | 11 June 2000 |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Partner | Sherim van Geffen |
| Coach | Maksym Nikitin Oleksandra Nazarova |
| Skating club | DDD Dordrecht |
| Began skating | 2007 |
Chelsea Andrea Aurelea Verhaegh (born 11 June 2000) is a Dutch figure skater who currently competes in ice dance with partner, Sherim van Geffen.[1] With van Geffen, she is a three-time Dutch national champion (2020-21, 2023), and competed at the World Figure Skating Championships three times.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Verhaegh was born on June 11, 2000 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[3]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]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 Amsterdam.[5][6]
During their first season together, they won the gold medal at the 2020 International Challenge Cup.[7]
2020–21 season
[edit]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 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]
2021–22 season
[edit]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]
2022–23 season
[edit]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]
2023–24 season
[edit]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]
2024–25 season
[edit]Verhaegh/van Geffen began the 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]
Programs
[edit]Ice dance with van Geffen
[edit]| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 [3] |
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| 2023–2024 [10] |
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| 2022–2023 [11] |
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| 2021–2022 [5] |
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| 2020–2021 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]Ice dance with van Geffen
[edit]| International[12] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 | ||
| Worlds | 29th | 31st | 32nd | |||||
| CS Budapest | WD | |||||||
| CS Finlandia | 17th | |||||||
| CS Golden Spin | 14th | 18th | ||||||
| CS Ice Challenge | 10th | |||||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 19th | |||||||
| CS Trophée Métropole Nice | 16th | |||||||
| Bavarian Open | 11th | 8th | 11th | 4th | ||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 12th | 16th | 14th | |||||
| Challenge Cup | 1st | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 7th | |||
| EduSport Trophy | 5th | |||||||
| Egna Trophy | 8th | |||||||
| Ephesus Cup | 5th | |||||||
| LuMi Trophy | 5th | |||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 17th | |||||||
| Mezzaluna Cup | 7th | 17th | ||||||
| NRW Trophy | 3rd | 6th | 4th | |||||
| Open d'Andorra | 12th | |||||||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 7th | |||||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 9th | |||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 11th | |||||||
| Winter Star | 7th | |||||||
| National | ||||||||
| Dutch Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| TBD = Assigned | ||||||||
Single skating
[edit]| 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 | |||
Detailed results
[edit]Ice dance with Sherim van Geffen
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 123.87 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Rhythm dance | TSS | 54.78 | 2025 World Championships |
| TES | 31.17 | 2025 World Championships | |
| PCS | 23.61 | 2025 World Championships | |
| Free dance | TSS | 78.39 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| TES | 46.49 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 32.94 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Oct 16–20, 2024 |  2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
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18 | 45.48 | 15 | 78.39 | 16 | 123.87 |
| Nov 9–10, 2024 |  2024 Pavel Roman Memorial
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9 | 54.68 | 6 | 89.55 | 7 | 144.23 |
| Nov 13–17, 2024 |  2024 NRW Trophy
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5 | 63.08 | 4 | 100.45 | 4 | 163.53 |
| Nov 25–Dec 1, 2024 |  2024 Bosphorus Cup
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10 | 60.18 | 16 | 83.29 | 14 | 143.47 |
| Dec 12–15, 2024 |  2024 EduSport Trophy
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5 | 55.60 | 4 | 92.24 | 5 | 147.84 |
| Jan 20–26, 2024 | 2025 Bavarian Open
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5 | 56.65 | 4 | 90.27 | 4 | 146.92 |
| Feb 13–16, 2025 | 2025 Challenge Cup
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7 | 53.80 | 6 | 89.45 | 7 | 143.25 |
| Mar 25–30, 2024 |  2025 World Championships
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32 | 54.78 | — | — | 32 | 54.78 |
References
[edit]- ^ Veltman, Anjuli. "IJsdanspaar Verhaegh en Van Geffen: 'Zou niet meer anders willen'" [Ice dancing couple Verhaegh and Van Geffen: 'wouldn't want any more'] (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
- ^ "'Historische selectie' naar WK Kunstrijden in Stockholm" ['Historical selection' to World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm] (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
- ^ a b "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Chelsea Verhaegh". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Interview with Dutch Ice Dance Champions Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffen". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "NED-Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN". SkatingScores.
- ^ a b "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2023/2024 (2nd Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2023/2024 (1st Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
External links
[edit]- News articles of Verhaegh at schaatsen.nl (in Dutch)
- Chelsea Verhaegh at the International Skating Union
