Mark Veens

Mark Veens

Personal information
Full name	Mark Hermanus Maria Veens
Nationality	Dutch
Born	26 June 1978 Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men’s swimming Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2004 Athens[1] 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Seville 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m freestyle 2002 Riesa 4×50 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 4×50 m freestyle 2005 Triest 4×50 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 50 m freestyle 2004 Vienna 50 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle

Mark Hermanus Maria Veens (born June 26, 1978 in Venray, Limburg) is a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at three consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia as a member of the 4×100 m freestyle (fifth place).

Veens' finest hour came at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield, where he ended up in second place in the 50 m freestyle. Half a year later, at the 1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong, he won the bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle.

See also

• Dutch records in swimming

References

1. "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

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