Mark Neeleman
Dutch sailor (born 1959)
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Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman (born 16 April 1959, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a sailor from the Netherlands.[1] Since the Netherlands did boycott[2] the Moscow Olympic Games Neeleman represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag.[3] Neeleman took 8th place in the 1980 Summer Olympics, which was boycotted by several countries.[4][5] In 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles[6][7][8] Neeleman did a second attempt in the Finn[9][10] and finished on the 9th place.[11][12][13] Neeleman missed the selection for the 1988 Olympics, Pusan.
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| Full name | Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1959 Baghdad, Iraq | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6.0 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Laser, Finn, O-Jolle, Star, Dragon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Roei- en Zeilvereniging "Gouda" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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After that he switched to the Star.[14] With crew member Jos Schrier at the 1992 Summer Olympics[15] in Barcelona Neeleman took 4th place.[16] Again in the Star and again with Jos Schrier, Neeleman took 6th place[17] in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney.[18] His last Olympic appearance was in the 2004 Athens Olympics.[19][20] This time with crew member Peter van Niekerk, Neeleman took 14th place[21] in the Star.[22]
Besides his Olympic sailing career Mark Neeleman won the 1995 J/22 World Championship and became in total 16 times Dutch Champion over several different classes. Among them there were titles in the Youth class, O-Jolle, Finn, Regenboog, J/22, Dragon. Neeleman was tactician on Favonius Swann 8o ft 3rd worlds and tactician/co-helmsman on Rainbow J-Class 2012/2013
Further reading
1980 Olympics (Tallinn)
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
1984 Olympics (Long Beach)
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 1)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 2)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 3)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 1)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 2)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 3)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
1992 Olympics (Barcelona)
- "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 3 April 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination" (PDF). Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer" (PDF). Barcelona. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
2000 Olympics (Sydney) 
Australia (AUS)
- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume One -Preparing for the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Two – Celebrating the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
2004 Olympics (Athens)
- Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Homecoming of the Games – Organisation and Operations (PDF). ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad The Games (PDF). ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.