- Mark Veens
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Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for the 
NetherlandsOlympic Games Silver 2004 Athens[1] 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Silver 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1997 Seville 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m freestyle Gold 2002 Riesa 4×50 m freestyle Gold 2003 Dublin 4×50 m freestyle Gold 2005 Triest 4×50 m freestyle Silver 1998 Sheffield 50 m freestyle Silver 2004 Vienna 50 m freestyle Bronze 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 European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998 in Sheffield, where he ended up in second place in the 50 m freestyle. A half year later, at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hong Kong, he won the bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle.
See also
- Dutch records in swimming
References
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1962: France (Gottvallès, Curtillet, Christophe, Gropaiz) • 1966: East Germany (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor, Sommer) • 1970: Soviet Union (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilyichev) • 1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Schiller, Meier, Nocke) • 1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt, Könnecker, Nocke) • 1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Kopliakov) • 1983: Soviet Union (Smiriagin, Krasyuk, Tkacenko, Markovskiy) • 1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Fahrner, Korthals, Groß) • 1987: East Germany (Richter, Flemming, Zesner, Lodziewski) • 1989: West Germany (Sitt, Schadt, Zikarsky, Zikarsky) • 1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tayanovich, Popov) • 1993: Russia (Predkin, Pyshnenko, Sadovyi, Popov) • 1995: Russia (Predkin, Shegolov, Yegorov, Popov) • 1997: Russia (Popov, Yegorov, Pimankov, Pyshnenko) • 1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda, Van den Hoogenband) • 2000: Russia (Pimankov, Chernychev, Kapralov, Popov) • 2002: Germany (Conrad, Herbst, Spanneberg, Kunzelmann) • 2004: Italy (Vismara, Galenda, Vassanelli, Magnini) • 2006: Italy (Calvi, Galenda, Vismara, Magnini) • 2008: Sweden (Piehl, Nystrand, Stymne, Persson) • 2010: Russia (Lagunov, Grechin, Lobintsev, Izotov)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 4×50 m Freestyle Relay 1996: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Nolte, Smollich) • 1998: Netherlands (Veens, Kenkhuis, Aartsen, Van den Hoogenband) • 1999: Sweden (Andersson, Frölander, Nystrand, Carlsson) • 2000: Sweden (Dahl, Nystrand, Frölander, Andersson) • 2001: Ukraine (Sylantyev, Volynets, Lisogor, Shyrshov) • 2002: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Damen, Holst, Veens) • 2003: Netherlands (Veens, Kenkhuis, Damen, Van den Hoogenband) • 2004: France (Maitre, Bernard, Barnier, Bousquet) • 2005: Netherlands (Veens, Zastrow, Damen, Kenkhuis) • 2006: Sweden (Nystrand, Stymne, Piehl, Tilly) • 2007: Sweden (Stymne, Piehl, Nylin, Nystrand) • 2008: France (Bernard, Gilot, Leveaux, Bousquet) • 2009: France (Leveaux, Stravius, Maitre, Bousquet) • 2010: Italy (Dotto, Spadaro, Magnini, Orsi)
1996 Dutch Olympic Swimming Team Men's competition Stefan Aartsen • Pie Geelen • Pieter van den Hoogenband • Benno Kuipers • Martin van der Spoel • Mark Veens • Marcel Wouda • Mark van der Zijden
Women's competition 2000 Dutch Olympic Swimming Team Men's competition Stefan Aartsen • Ewout Holst • Pieter van den Hoogenband • Joris Keizer • Johan Kenkhuis • Benno Kuipers • Dennis Rijnbeek • Mark Veens • Marcel Wouda • Mark van der Zijden • Martijn Zuijdweg • Klaas-Erik Zwering
Women's competition Madelon Baans • Inge de Bruijn • Carla Geurts • Chantal Groot • Thamar Henneken • Wilma van Rijn • Manon van Rooijen • Brenda Starink • Haike van Stralen • Kirsten Vlieghuis
2004 Dutch Olympic Swimming Team Men's competition Pieter van den Hoogenband • Joris Keizer • Johan Kenkhuis • Thijs van Valkengoed • Mark Veens • Mitja Zastrow • Klaas-Erik Zwering
Women's competition Madelon Baans • Inge de Bruijn • Inge Dekker • Chantal Groot • Annabel Kosten • Celina Lemmen • Stefanie Luiken • Haike van Stralen • Marleen Veldhuis
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
- Dutch swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Limburg (Netherlands)
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Dutch swimming biography stubs
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