Monique van der Velden (born 1973)Van der Velden at hollandmeetserb.nl
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. She is a three-time Dutch national champion (1993–95) and reached the free skate at the 1995 European Championships in

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, Germany. Van der Velden is from

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. 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 (born in February 2008) and Nora (born in December 2009).

Competitive highlights

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