Dutch Figure Skating Championships
The Dutch Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Royal Dutch Skating Federation to crown the national champions of the Netherlands. While regional figure skating championships were held in the Netherlands prior to 1950, official national championships were not recognized until 1950. Since 2017, the Dutch Championships have been contested as part of the International Challenge Cup, the marquee figure skating competition of the Netherlands. The top Dutch competitors at this international competition are recognized as the Dutch national champions. No competition was held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Wouter Toledo holds the record for winning the most Dutch Championship titles in men's singles, while Karen Venhuizen holds the record in women's singles. Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba hold the record in pair skating, and Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek and Xander Gijtenbeek hold the record in ice dance.
In January 2026, the Royal Dutch Skating Federation reported that membership numbers in its twenty-five clubs have more than doubled over the past five years. "These are great figures, which we are, of course, very happy with," says Berit Gunderson, discipline manager for figure skating at the KNSB. "More and more people are choosing figure skating." New members report taking up figure skating as a means to improve themselves; they also identify the social aspect and inspiration from an elite skater as reasons for joining. Gunderson referred to a "Lindsay effect", citing Lindsay van Zundert as "a true ambassador who has undoubtedly inspired girls to take up figure skating". Van Zundert competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the first Dutch woman to compete in figure skating at the Olympics since 1976, and was also one of two flag bearers to represent the Netherlands at the opening ceremony.