Mark Veens
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for Netherlands | |||
Men’s Swimming | |||
World Championsips (LC) | |||
Silver | 2001 Fukuoka | 4x100m Freestyle | |
World Championsips (SC) | |||
Silver | 1999 Hong Kong | 4x100m Freestyle | |
Bronze | 1999 Hong Kong | 50m Freestyle | |
European Championships (LC) | |||
Bronze | 1997 Seville | 4x100m Freestyle | |
Gold | 1999 Istanbul | 4x100m 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 4x100m Freestyle (fifth place).
Veens' finest hour came at the European SC Championships 1998 in Sheffield, where he ended up in second place in the 50m Freestyle. A half year later, at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hong Kong, he won the bronze medal in the 50m Freestyle.