Chelsea Verhaegh | |
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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 | Maurizio Margaglio |
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 the 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 Dutch national champion, and competed at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships & 2023 World Figure Skating Championships. [2]
Verhaegh was born on 11 June 2000 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. [3]
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.
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2021–2022 [3] |
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International [4] | |||||||
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Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | ||
Worlds | 29th | 31st | |||||
CS Budapest | WD | ||||||
CS Finlandia | 17th | ||||||
CS Golden Spin | 14th | 18th | |||||
CS Ice Challenge | 10th | ||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 19th | ||||||
Bavarian Open | 11th | 8th | 11th | ||||
Bosphorus Cup | 12th | 16th | |||||
Challenge Cup | 1st | 3rd | 8th | 9th | |||
Egna Trophy | 8th | ||||||
Ephesus Cup | 5th | ||||||
LuMi Trophy | 5th | ||||||
Mentor Toruń Cup | 17th | ||||||
Mezzaluna Cup | 7th | 17th | |||||
NRW Trophy | 3rd | 6th | |||||
Open d'Andorra | 12th | ||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 9th | ||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 11th | ||||||
Winter Star | 7th | ||||||
National | |||||||
Dutch Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
TBD = Assigned |
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