Chelsea Verhaegh

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Chelsea Verhaegh
Chelsea Verhaegh & Sherim Van Geffen 2025 Worlds Rhythm Dance 04.jpg
Verhaegh and van Geffen at the 2025 World Championships
Full nameChelsea Andrea Aurelea Verhaegh
Born (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 25)
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Partner Sherim van Geffen
Coach Maksym Nikitin
Oleksandra Nazarova
Skating clubDDD Dordrecht
Began skating2007

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]

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Personal life

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

Career

Early years

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ice dance with van Geffen

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2024–2025
[3]
2023–2024
[10]
2022–2023
[11]
2021–2022
[5]
  • Blues: New Shine
    by Sophia Urista
  • Funk: Walk That Walk
    by Bakermat and Nic Hanson
2020–2021
[8]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

Ice dance with van Geffen

International [12]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25 25–26
Worlds 29th31st32nd
CS Budapest Trophy WD
CS Finlandia Trophy 17th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14th18th
CS Ice Challenge 10th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 19th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 16th
Bavarian Open 11th8th11th4th
Bosphorus Cup 12th16th14th
Challenge Cup 1st3rd8th9th7th
EduSport Trophy 5th
Egna Trophy 8th
Ephesus Cup5th
ICE Dance Dordrecht5th
LuMi Trophy5th
Mentor Toruń Cup 17th
Mezzaluna Cup 7th17th
NRW Trophy 3rd6th4th
Olympic Winter Games Qualifier TBD
Open d'Andorra 12th
Pavel Roman Memorial 7th
Santa Claus Cup 9th
Volvo Open Cup 11th
Winter Star7th
National
Dutch Champ. 1st1st1st2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned

Single skating

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 15th26th
Warsaw Cup 13th
WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Ice dance with Sherim van Geffen

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS123.872024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Rhythm dance TSS54.78 2025 World Championships
TES31.172025 World Championships
PCS23.612025 World Championships
Free dance TSS78.392024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
TES46.492023 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS32.942024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Results in the 2024–25 season   [7]
DateEvent RD FD Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 1845.481578.3916123.87
Nov 9–10, 2024 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Pavel Roman Memorial 954.68689.557144.23
Nov 13–17, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg 2024 NRW Trophy 563.084100.454163.53
Nov 25–Dec 1, 2024 Flag of Turkey.svg 2024 Bosphorus Cup 1060.181683.2914143.47
Dec 12–15, 2024 Flag of Romania.svg 2024 EduSport Trophy 555.60492.245147.84
Jan 20–26, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg 2025 Bavarian Open 556.65490.274146.92
Feb 13–16, 2025 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2025 Challenge Cup 753.80689.457143.25
Mar 25–30, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2025 World Championships 3254.78——3254.78

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "'Historische selectie' naar WK Kunstrijden in Stockholm" ['Historical selection' to World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm] (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
  3. 1 2 "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Chelsea Verhaegh". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Interview with Dutch Ice Dance Champions Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffen". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "NED-Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN". SkatingScores.
  8. 1 2 "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2023/2024 (2nd Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2023/2024 (1st Coaches)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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