Maarten van der Weijden.
Olympic and World Champion after recovered from Cancer.
My name is Maarten van der Weijden. On March 12th 2001, I was diagnosed with leukemia. After a stem cell transplant I was lucky to recover. On August 21th 2008, I became OLYMPIC CHAMPION 10 kilometers open water swimming.
Results
2003-present
2008
- OLYMPIC CHAMPION 10k
- GOLD World Championships 25k
- BRONZE World Championships 5k
- 4th place World Championships 10km and qualification for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
2007
- SILVER Total Ranking World Cup Circuit 10k
- 7th place World Championships 10k
2006
- SILVER European Championships 10k
- 5th place World Championships 10k
- 6th place World Championships 25k
2005
- GOLD World-Cup 10k Cairo
- GOLD World-Cup 10k Fujeirah
- GOLD World-Cup 10k Dubai
- 5th place World Championships 10k
- 6th place World Championships 25k
- Dutch Short Course Record 1500m freestyle and the first Dutchman to break 15 minutes.
2004
- GOLD IJsselmeermarathon Stavoren-Medemblik. Record time and collected €50.000 for the Dutch Cancer Foundation.
- 7th place World Championships 25k
- 7th place World Championships 10k
- Dutch Long Course Record 800m freestyle
- Bachelor degree Mathematics
2003
- 15th place World Championships 10k
- 16th place World Championships 5k
1999-2001
2001
- Diagnosed ALL (Acute Lymfatic Leukemia)
2000
- 9th place World Championships 10k
- 10th place World Championships 5k
1999
- 8th place European Youth Championships Moscow 400m individual medley
- 9th place European Youth Championships Moscow 400m freestyle
- 10th place European Youth Championships Moscow 1500m freestyle
