Monique van der Velden

Monique van der Velden is a Dutch former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Dutch national champion and reached the free skate at the 1995 European Championships in Dortmund, Germany.
Van der Velden is from Badhoevedorp. She began skating at age nine. She was coached by Corrie Broweleit.
In 2006, she was paired with a Belgian TV presenter, Staf Coppens, on Dancing on Ice (Netherlands and Belgium). The two were named as the champions. She married Coppens on 20 September 2014. They have two children, Beau and Nora.