Michelle Velzeboer

Michelle Velzeboer (born 9 March 2003) is a Dutch short track speed skater. She is member of the Dutch team that won the 3000 meter relay event at the World Championships in 2023 and 2024.

Biography Michelle is the second child of Mark Velzeboer and his wife Carianne. Her older sister Xandra Velzeboer and her aunts Simone and Monique are also short track speed skaters. Velzeboer started short track speed skating at age 6, with her father as the trainer. She studies psychology at the Open Universiteit.

Career Velzeboer participated in the 2020 Youth Olympic Games and the 2022 World Junior Championships.

In 2022 she was selected for the Dutch national team. In 2023 and 2024 Velzeboer was part of the relay team that won the gold medal at the World Championships.

In 2025 Velzeboer became Dutch national champion at the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.