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{{short description|Dutch swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
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| fullname = Mark Hermanus Maria Veens
| nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimmer|Freestyle]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|06|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Venray]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], [[Netherlands]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814153430/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2004 |title=2004 Olympic Games swimming results |access-date=2007-07-22 | work=CNN}}</ref> | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1999 Hong Kong]] | [[1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze| 1999 Hong Kong | [[1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]] | [[Swimming at the 1999 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]] | [[Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1998 Sheffield]] | [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2002 Riesa]] | [[2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2003 Dublin]] | [[2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2005 Triest]] | [[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 Sheffield | [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2004 Vienna]] | [[2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Sheffield | [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
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'''Mark Hermanus Maria Veens''' (born 26 June 1978 in [[Venray]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]) is a [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]] from the [[Netherlands]], who competed for his native country at three consequentive [[Summer Olympics]], starting in [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] as a member of the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle (fifth place).

Veens' finest hour came at the [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships]] in [[Sheffield]], where he ended up in second place in the [[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]. Half a year later, at the [[1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]] in [[Hong Kong]], he won the bronze medal in the 50&nbsp;m freestyle.

== See also ==
* [[Dutch records in swimming]]

==References==
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*[http://www.zwemkroniek.com/whoswho.php?action=1&id=19 Profile on Zwemkroniek]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924231350/http://www.sport.nl/olympischarchief/home.php3/ Dutch Olympic Committee]

{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer European SC Champions 4x50m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 2004 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Venray]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]


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