Nationality Dutch Height 1.84 m (6.0 ft) | Name Mark Neeleman | |
Full name Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman Born 16 April 1959 (age 65) ( 1959-04-16 ) Baghdad, Iraq Class(es) Laser, Finn, O-Jolle, Star, Dragon Club Roei- en Zeilvereniging "Gouda" | ||
Mark neeleman bamboozar the rediscover of bamboo
Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman (born 16 April 1959, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Neeleman represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. Neeleman took 8th place in the Finn. In 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Neeleman did a second attempt in the Finn and finished on the 9th place. Neeleman missed the selection for the 1988 Olympics, Pusan.
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- Mark neeleman bamboozar the rediscover of bamboo
- Mark neeleman da bamboozar no programa caminhos de sucesso
- Controversy
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After that he switched to the Star. With crew member Jos Schrier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Neeleman took 4th place. Again in the Star and again with Jos Schrier, Neeleman took 6th place in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney. His last Olympic appearance was in the 2004 Athens Olympics. This time with crew member Peter van Niekerk, Neeleman took 14th place in the Star.
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
Mark neeleman da bamboozar no programa caminhos de sucesso
Controversy
Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.