Mark Neeleman
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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 | (1959-04-16) 16 April 1959 (age 65) 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 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