Tag: Maarten van der Weijden
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Dutch Swimmer Maarten Van Der Weijden Sets New World Record | I Am Expat
Van der Weijden has certainly had a successful career, taking home gold in the 2008 World Championships and Olympics for the 25-kilometre and 10-kilometre open water marathons respectively. Since his cancer diagnosis in 2001, the Olympian has also worked to raise funds for cancer research, establishing the Maarten van der Weijden Foundation in 2017. In…
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Every Olympic Marathon Swimming 🥇Medallists | Olympics
Enjoy watching every Winner of the Olympic 10km marathon: Beijing 2008 women: Larisa Ilchenko 🇷🇺 Beijing 2008 men: Maarten van der Weijden 🇳🇱 London 2012 women: Éva Risztov 🇭🇺 London 2012 men: Oussama Mellouli 🇹🇳 Rio 2016 women: Sharon van Rouwendaal 🇳🇱 Rio 2016 men: Ferry Weertman 🇳🇱
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Olympic Champion Analysis His Own Swimming Technique | SwimGym
Maarten van der Weijden is an Olympisch champion and world champion Open Water Swimming. In 2019 he swam 196 kilometers in 75 hours.
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Men’s Marathon Swimming | Beijing 2008 Replays
Relive the full Men’s Marathon Swimming competition of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing! Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands, Thomas Lurz from Germany, and David Davies from Great Britain all made it to the podium. Who would win the Gold Medal for their country? Stay tuned to find out!
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Dutch swimmer raises nearly 4 million Euros to fight cancer
For more than a century – the Eleven Cities Race has been part of Dutch sporting folklore. Ice skaters would travel along frozen waterways – over a course that’s nearly two-hundred kilometres long. It hasn’t taken place since the late nineties – with some blaming global warming. Now – one competitor has decided to resurrect…
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Ill health forces Dutch Olympian Maarten van der Weijden to halt long-distance swim
Maarten van der Weijden beat leukemia and went on to win an Olympic gold swimming medal in Beijing, but even his powers of endurance weren’t enough to complete his latest challenge. Ill health on Monday forced van der Weijden to halt his ambitious bid to swim the 200-kilometer (124-mile) route of an iconic speedskating race…
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An Interview With Olympic Gold Medallist And Cancer Survivor Maarten van der Weijden
Find out more about Maarten’s fundraising efforts and his amazing 200km Elfstedentocht swim in August next year, all in aid of cancer research: http://maartenvanderweijdenfoundation…
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In Their Own Words – Maarten van der Weijden
Dutch distance swimmer Maarten van der Weijden shares his incredible story of beating cancer and winning Olympic gold in Beijing.
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Marteen Beat Cancer, Wins 25K World Title
Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden won the men’s 25km open water world title today with the time of 5 hours 4 minutes 1.1 seconds, just 5 tenths of a second ahead of USA’s Mark Warkentin. Great swimming by the 27 year old, who in March 2001 was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia, and given only…