Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Netherlands at the
2026 Winter Olympics
Netherlands at the; 2026 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee*; Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl/en
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 6 February 2026 – 22 February 2026
Competitors	38 (20 men and 18 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Jens van 't Wout (Milano); Kimberley Bos (Cortina d'Ampezzo)
Officials	Carl Verheijen, Head of mission
Medals	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 3 Total 18
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Netherlands will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Bobsleigh	4	0	4
Figure skating	1	1	2
Short-track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	0	1	1
Snowboarding	1	3	4
Speed skating	9	9	18
Total	20	18*	38*

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

Medalists

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
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
Total		8	7	3	18

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Short-track speed skating	5	1	1	7
Speed skating	3	6	2	11
Total	8	7	3	18

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	5	4	0	9
Male	3	3	3	9
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	8	7	3	18

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Jens van 't Wout	Short-track speed skating	3	0	1	3
Xandra Velzeboer		2	0	0	2
Melle van 't Wout		1	1	0	2
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Jutta Leerdam		1	1	0	2
Femke Kok		1	1	0	2
Jenning de Boo		0	2	0	2

Bobsleigh

The Netherlands qualified two sleds (two-man and four-man).^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Wesselink Jelen Franjic	Two-man	55.83	12	56.18	17	55.44	5	55.87	12	3:43.32	10 (=)
Dave Wesselink Janko Franjic Jelen Franjic Timme Koster Stephan Huis in 't Veld (reserve)	Four-man

Figure skating

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, the Netherlands secured one quota in each of the pair skating.^[3]

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba	Pairs	64.07	17	Did not advance

Short-track speed skating

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.^[4] Nine athletes were confirmed after the Dutch championships,^[5] the tenth one, Ithak de Laat was announced on 20 January 2026 as it became clear that Daan Kos hasn't properly recovered from injury.^[5] Coached by Niels Kerstholt, the following athletes will represent the Netherlands:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	1000 m	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
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teun Boer* Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Jens van 't Wout Melle van 't Wout*	2000 m relay	2:36.517	1 Q	2:53.319	3 FB	2:35.54 OR	5

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.

Skeleton

The Netherlands qualified one female skeleton racer.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kimberley Bos	Women's	57.88	11	57.98	14	58.12	13	58.26	18	3:52.24	13

Snowboarding

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Glenn de Blois	Men's	1:08.68	8	4	Did not advance

Park & Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Melissa Peperkamp	Women's big air	70.25	66.75	DNI	137.00	21	Did not advance
Melissa Peperkamp	Women's slopestyle	60.71	67.75	N/a	67.75	13	Did not advance
Romy van Vreden	Women's big air	60.25	52.75	74.75	135.00	22	Did not advance
Romy van Vreden	Women's slopestyle	22.08	39.91	N/a	39.91	26	Did not advance

Speed skating

The Netherlands qualified eighteen speed skaters (nine per gender) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.^[7] The Dutch Olympic Committee selected the maximum allowed delegation of nine men and nine women, largely based on the results of the Olympic qualification tournament, held in December 2025.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jorrit Bergsma	10,000 m	12:40.48
Jenning de Boo	500 m	33.88
Jenning de Boo	1000 m	1:06.78
Marcel Bosker	5000 m	6:17.47	11
Stijn van de Bunt	5000 m	6:12.94	9
Stijn van de Bunt	10,000 m	12:45.75	5
Sebas Diniz	500 m	34.461	5
Chris Huizinga	5000 m	6:11.58	7
Kjeld Nuis	1000 m	1:07.65	6
Kjeld Nuis	1500 m	1:42.82
Tijmen Snel	1500 m	1:45.51	11
Joep Wennemars	500 m	34.89	21
	1000 m	1:07.58	5
	1500 m	1:43.05	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joy Beune	3000 m	3:58.12	4
Anna Boersma	500 m	38.013	15
Merel Conijn	3000 m	4:01.65	9
Merel Conijn	5000 m	6:46.28
Marijke Groenewoud	1500 m	1:55.16	10
	3000 m	4:01.35	8
	5000 m	6:58.33	7
Femke Kok	500 m	36.49 OR
	1000 m	1:12.59
	1500 m	1:54.79	5
Jutta Leerdam	500 m	37.15
Jutta Leerdam	1000 m	1:12.31 OR
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	1500 m	1:54.09
Suzanne Schulting	1000 m	1:15.46	8

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Jorrit Bergsma	Men's
Stijn van de Bunt	Men's
Bente Kerkhoff	Women's
Marijke Groenewoud	Women's

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Marcel Bosker Stijn van der Bunt Chris Huizinga	Men's	3:41.85	4 Q	Italy L 3:40.67	2 FB	China L 3:41.47	4
Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong Joy Beune	Women's	2:55.65	3 Q	Japan W 2:55.84	1 FA	Canada L 2:56.77

References

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^ Jae-youl Kim; Colin Smith (4 April 2025). "Communication No. 2696 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE" (pdf). International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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^ "Communication No. 2758 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Entries Speed Skating" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union (ISU). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
^ "Olympische schaatsploeg definitief: Prins niet naar Milaan, Nuis rijdt toch 1.500 meter". nos.nl (in Dutch). 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

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[4] "Communication No. 2755 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Qualified quota places Short Track" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

[:0-5] "Dit zijn de Nederlanders die naar de Winterspelen in Milaan gaan | TeamNL". www.teamnl.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2026.

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[7] "Communication No. 2758 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Entries Speed Skating" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union (ISU). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[8] "Olympische schaatsploeg definitief: Prins niet naar Milaan, Nuis rijdt toch 1.500 meter". nos.nl (in Dutch). 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

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Nations at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Africa	Benin Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Madagascar Morocco Nigeria South Africa
Americas	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador Haiti Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Other	Individual Neutral Athletes