Marleen Veldhuis
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | |||
| Women's swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | Athens 2004[1] | 4x100 m freestyle | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2005 Montreal[2] | 50 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2007 Melbourne[3] | 50 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2007 Melbourne | 100 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2007 Melbourne | 4x100 m freestyle | |
| World Championships - Short Course | |||
| Gold | 2004 Indianapolis[4] | 50 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2006 Shanghai[5] | 4x100 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2006 Shanghai | 100 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2004 Indianapolis | 100 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2006 Shanghai | 50 m freestyle | |
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Silver | 2004 Madrid | 100 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2004 Madrid | 4x100 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2002 Berlin | 4x100 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2004 Madrid | 4x100 m medley | |
Magdalena Johanna Maria ("Marleen") Veldhuis (born June 29, 1979) is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She won the 50 metres freestyle (short course) at the 2004 World Championship, and the 4x100 metres freestyle with the Dutch squat at the 2006 World Championship. Since November 17, 2007, she holds the world record 50 metres freestyle (short course) in 23:58 seconds.
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[edit] Early life
Veldhuis was born on June 29, 1979 in Borne in the Netherlands. She was brought up in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
[edit] Swimming career
Marleen Veldhuis is a former waterpolo player.
She won the golden medal in the 50 freestyle at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis by beating Libby Lenton from Australia and Therese Alshammar from Sweden. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Veldhuis won the bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle, together with Inge de Bruijn, Inge Dekker and Chantal Groot. She is also successful in the short course metres competition, thriving at World Cup circuit meets. 50 Freestyle best: 24:07.
Alongside Chantal Groot, Hinkelien Schreuder and Inge Dekker, Veldhuis set a world record and won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships.
At the Berlin leg of the 2007 FINA Arena World Cup series, Veldhuis broke Swede Therese Alshammar's 50 m freestyle world record. Alshammar's world record stood at 23:59 since March 2000. The new standard is 23:58 seconds.
[edit] External links
- Swim Rankings profile
[edit] References
- ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
- ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ 7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ Shanghai 2006 results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Marrit Leenstra | Amsterdam Sportswoman of the Year 2004 | Succeeded by Marit van Eupen |
| Preceded by Ireen Wüst | Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2007 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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