Mark Neeleman

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 Finn.[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.

Mark Neeleman

Personal information
Full name	Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1959-04-16) 16 April 1959 Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.84 m (6.0 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Laser, Finn, O-Jolle, Star, Dragon
Club	Roei- en Zeilvereniging "Gouda"
Medal record Representing NED World Championships 1977 Cabo Frio Laser 1979 Weymouth Finn 1983 Milwaukee Finn European Championships 1995 Finn 2003 Cascais Star 2004 L'Escala Star
Updated on 15 February 2014.

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

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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.