I te Paenga-whawha o te tau 2006 i te taha o Chantal Groot, Hinkelien Schreuder me Inge Dekker, i whakatauhia e Veldhuis he rekoata o te ao ka wini i te mētara koura i te 4 × 100 m relay freestyle i te 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships. Kaore ia i kaha ki te tiaki i tana taitara 50 m freestyle ka mutu i te tuatoru. I mutu ia i te tuarua i muri i te hoa whawhai a Libby Lenton i te 100 mita freestyle. I te raumati i whakataetae ia i te 2006 European Aquatics Championships
, i Budapest, Hungary i te wahi i mutu ia tuarua i roto i te 100 m freestyle, i muri i te Tiamana Britta Steffen i pakaru i te rekoata o te ao, me te tuatoru i roto i te 50 m freestyle. I roto i te relay 4 × 100 m freestyle i whiwhi ia i te mētara hiriwa me Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker me te tauhou a Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Whai muri i enei Whakataetae ka wehe ia i tana kaiwhakaako, a Fedor Hes, ka tiimata ki te mahi tahi me Jacco Verhaeren, i taua wa e mahi tahi ana me te toa Olympics e toru a Pieter van den Hoogenband. I Helsinki i angitu ia ki te tiaki i ona taitara 50 m me 100 m freestyle i te European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006, engari i ngaro i ana taitara relay i te wa i mutu ai tana roopu i te 4 × 50 m freestyle, kaore hoki i tiimata i te 4 × 50 m medley. I mua noa atu i tenei whakataetae, kua pai ake ia i te rekoata a-motu mo te 200 mita o Annemarie Verstappen.