Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The Netherlands will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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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 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	39 (20 men and 19 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Jens van 't Wout (Milano) Kimberley Bos (Cortina d'Ampezzo)
Officials	Carl Verheijen, Head of mission
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 12
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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  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  Bronze Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres 13 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 Total 6 5 1 12 Medals by sport Sport Total Short-track speed skating 4 0 0 4 Speed skating 2 5 1 8 Total 6 5 1 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Female 4 3 0 7 Male 2 2 1 5 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 6 5 1 12 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Jens van 't Wout Short-track speed skating 2 0 0 2 Xandra Velzeboer 2 0 0 2 Jutta Leerdam Speed skating 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).

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Wesselink [nl] Jelen Franjic [nl]	Two-man	55.83	12	56.18	17
Dave Wesselink [nl] Janko Franjic [nl] Jelen Franjic [nl] 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.

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		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. Nine athletes were confirmed after the Dutch championships, 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. 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
Jens van 't Wout		40.567	1 Q
Melle van 't Wout		40.809	1 Q
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	1:15.199	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 (reserve)	5000 m relay	—N/a				6:52.751	2 FA

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
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the 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
Michelle Velzeboer
Xandra Velzeboer
Zoë Deltrap Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting (reserve) Michelle Velzeboer Xandra Velzeboer	3000 m relay	—N/a				4:06.29	1 FA

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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.

Skeleton

The Netherlands qualified one female skeleton racer.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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
		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
		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
		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
	Women's slopestyle	60.71	67.75	—N/a	67.75	13	Did not advance
Romy van Vreden [nl]	Women's big air	60.25	52.75	74.75	135.00	22	Did not advance
	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. 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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Jorrit Bergsma	10,000 m	12:40.48
Jenning de Boo	500 m	33.88
	1000 m	1:06.78
Marcel Bosker	5000 m	6:17.47	11
Stijn van de Bunt	5000 m	6:12.94	9
	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
	1500 m
Tijmen Snel	1500 m
Joep Wennemars	500 m	34.89	21
	1000 m	1:07.58	5
	1500 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		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
	5000 m	6:46.28
Marijke Groenewoud	1500 m
	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
Jutta Leerdam	500 m	37.15
	1000 m	1:12.31 OR
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	1500 m
Suzanne Schulting	1000 m	1:15.46	8

Mass start

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

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Marcel Bosker Stijn van der Bunt Chris Huizinga	Men's	France W 3:41.85	4 Q	Italy
Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong Joy Beune	Women's	Kazakhstan W 2:55.65	3 Q	Japan

See also

• Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Paralympics