Mark Neeleman
Personal information
Full nameMark Jacobus Louis Neeleman
NationalityDutch
Born (1959-04-16) 16 April 1959
Baghdad, Iraq
Height1.84 m (6.0 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)Laser, Finn, O-Jolle, Star, Dragon
ClubRoei- en Zeilvereniging "Gouda"
Medal record
Representing NED
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Cabo Frio Laser
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Weymouth Finn
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Milwaukee Finn
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Finn
Silver medal – second place 2003 Cascais Star
Silver medal – second place 2004 L'Escala Star
Updated on 15 February 2014.

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.

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 took the World Championship J/22 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)

1992 Olympics (Barcelona)

2000 Olympics (Sydney)  Australia (AUS)

2004 Olympics (Athens)

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Neeleman Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 16 May 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 22 May 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Toppers bijeen in Hyeres Olympisch zeilexamen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Aspiraties". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 April 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Verwachtingen voor Los Angeles hoog gespannen Gouden kansen voor olympische zeilptoeg". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 28 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Zeilcoach rekent op een medaille". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 31 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Zeilers smeken om meer wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 3 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Zeilers verspelen kansen op medaille Tijdperk 'Vliegende Hollanders' voorbij". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Surfgoud kan impuls geven Watersport wacht op frisse wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Zwarte dag voor Nederlandse Zeilploeg in Sydney". Nieuwsbank. 26 September 2000. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  18. ↑ "Verbond mikt op vier Olympische zeilmedailles". De Volkskrant. 4 December 1997. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  19. ↑ "Jaarverslag KNWV 2000". Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "Zeilteam-Thies plaatst zich maar nipt voor Athene". De Volkskrant. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  21. ↑ "Ook Booth/Dercksen buiten podium". Nu.nl. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  22. ↑ "Team-Thies verliest". Nu.nl. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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