Marleen Veldhuis

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Marleen Veldhuis Veldhuis celebrates her WR on the 50 m freesyle on the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven Personal information Full name: Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis Nationality:  Netherlands Stroke(s): freestyle Club: Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven Date of birth: June 29, 1979 (1979-06-29) (age 28) Place of birth: Borne, Netherlands Height: 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Weight: 65 kg (143 lb / 10 st 3 lb)

Medal record Competitor for  Netherlands Women's swimming Olympic Games Bronze Athens 2004[1] 4x100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 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 (SC) Gold 2004 Indianapolis[4] 50 m freestyle Gold 2006 Shanghai[5] 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2008 Manchester 4x200m freestyle Gold 2008 Manchester 100m freestyle Gold 2008 Manchester 4x100m freestyle Gold 2008 Manchester 50m freestyle Silver 2006 Shanghai 100 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Shanghai 50 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 2008 Eindhoven 4x100m freestyle Gold 2008 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle Gold 2008 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 100 m freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 4x100 m freestyle Silver 2004 Madrid 100 m freestyle Silver 2004 Madrid 4x100 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 4x100 m medley Bronze 2006 Budapest 50 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 is a former world record holder of the 50 metres freestyle (long course) in a time of 24.09 seconds, and she shares in the current 4x100 metres relay freestyle world record, both achieved during the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven. She also holds the world record 50 metres freestyle (short course) in 23.58 seconds, since November 17, 2007. Previously she had won the 50 metres freestyle (short course) at the 2004 World Championship, and the 4x100 metres freestyle with the Dutch team at the 2006 World Championship.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Swimming career 3 References 4 External links

[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 gold 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 4x100 m 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.

At the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven, she broke the 50 metres freestyle world record which had been held since 2000 by the since retired Inge de Bruijn. She also broke the 4x100 m Freestyle relay world record, together with Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk. The new standard is 3:33.62.^[6]

[edit] References

• Dutch Olympic Committee

[edit] External links

• Swim Rankings profile

Records
Preceded by Therese Alshammar	Women's 50 metres freestyle world record holder (short course) April 13, 2008	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inge de Bruijn	Women's 50 metres freestyle world record holder (long course) March 24 -March 29, 2008	Succeeded by Libby Trickett
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