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Marleen Veldhuis

1979 - Today

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Magdalena Johanna Maria "Marleen" Veldhuis (born 29 June 1979) is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. She was world record holder in six events (three individual events and three relay events). Veldhuis won eight world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals. In the Olympics, she won a bronze medal in London 2012 in the 50 m freestyle, as well as three relay medals: bronze in Athens 2004, gold in Beijing 2008, and silver in London 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marleen Veldhuis is the 269th most popular swimmer, the 1,168th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,231st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Marleen Veldhuis ranks 269 out of 709Before her are Louis Handley, Léon Marchand, Mike O'Brien, Jolanda de Rover, Tracy Caulkins, and Rick Carey. After her are Therese Alshammar, Franziska van Almsick, Camille Muffat, Lyn McClements, Kathleen Nord, and Milorad Čavić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Marleen Veldhuis ranks 531Before her are Kye Sun-hui, Chris O'Dowd, Sandrine Bailly, Wiley, Mélina Robert-Michon, and Bianca Lawson. After her are Lance Bass, Brandon Adams, Pavol Hochschorner, Choo Ja-hyun, Agnieszka Grochowska, and Austra Skujytė.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Marleen Veldhuis ranks 1,169 out of 1,646Before her are Glennis Grace (1978), René Meulensteen (1964), Jolanda de Rover (1963), Arantxa Rus (1990), Marco Bizot (1991), and Manon Bollegraf (1964). After her are Robert Verbeek (1961), Sjeng Schalken (1976), Henk Duut (1964), Niels van der Zwan (1967), Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (1986), and Dylan van Baarle (1992).

Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Marleen Veldhuis ranks 15Before her are Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), Inge de Bruijn (1973), Petra van Staveren (1966), and Jolanda de Rover (1963). After her are Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990), Inge Dekker (1985), Maarten van der Weijden (1981), Sharon van Rouwendaal (1993), Femke Heemskerk (1987), and Hinkelien Schreuder (1984).