Mark Neeleman

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.

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.

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. Retrieved 15 February 2014. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. 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. 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

<1976 1980 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1984>
Finn	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman
470	Helmsman: Henk van Gent Crew: Jan Willem van den Hondel
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt
Tornado	Helmsman: Willem van Walt Meijer Crew: Govert Brasser
Star	Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Kobus Vandenberg
Soling	Helmsman: Geert Bakker Crew: Dick Coster Steven Bakker
Substitutes	Flying Dutchman: Henri van der Aat Star: Kees Douze Soling: Frank de Vos
Officials	Chef de Equipe: Ben Staartjes Coach: Jack van Hellemond Ben de Roos Equipment: Gert Pauli
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 13 Officials: 3 Total: 19
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0
Sources	"Zeilers: ,We gaan'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

<1980 1984 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1988>
Windglider Male	Surfer: Stephan van den Berg
Finn	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman
470	Helmsman: John Stavenuiter Crew: Guido Alkemade
Flying Dutchman	No Dutch Representation
Tornado	Helmsman: Willy van Bladel Crew: Huub Lambriex
Star	Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Willem van Walt Meijer
Soling	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	Windglider Male: Onno Tellier Finn: Ron van Manen 470: Cees van Bladel Tornado: Sjaak Haakman
Officials	Chef d' équipe: André du Pon Coach: Henri van der Aat Bart Jan Wilton
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 8 Officials: 0 Total: 7
Medals	01 !: 1 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 1
Sources	"Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1984-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

<1988 1992 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1996>
Lechner A-390 Female	Surfer: Dorien de Vries
Lechner A-390 Male	Surfer: Stephan van den Berg
Europe Female	Helmsman: Martine van Leeuwen
Finn	No Dutch Representation
470 Female	No Dutch Representation
470 Male	Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Gerhard Potma
Tornado	Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Paul Manuel
Star	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier
Soling	Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter Burggraaff Han Bergsma
Substitutes	Unknown
Officials	Chef d' équipe: Nick de Jong Coach: Jeroen Pels Equipment: Henk Tebbertman
Team size	Female: 2 Male: 12 Officials: 3 Total: 16
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 1 Total: 1
Sources	"Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1992-06-01. Retrieved 2014-02-01.  "Assenaar klusjesman Olympische zeilploeg Op weg naar Barcelona". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 1992-07-17. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

<1996 2000 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2004>
Mistral One Design Female	No Dutch Representation
Mistral One Design Male	No Dutch Representation
Europe Female	Helmsman: Margriet Matthijsse
Laser	Helmsman: Serge Kats
Finn	No Dutch Representation
470 Female	Helmsman: Carolijn Brouwer Crew: Alexandra Verbeek
470 Male	No Dutch Representation
Tornado	No Dutch Representation
Star	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier
Soling	Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter van Niekerk Dirk de Ridder
Substitutes	Unknown
Officials	Chef d' équipe: Kart Hut Coach: Jaap Zielhuis
Team size	Female: 2 Male: 7 Officials: 1 Total: 10
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 1 03 !:0 Total: 1
Reference	"Jaarverslag KNWV 2000". Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

<2000 2004 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2008>
Women's sailboard	No Dutch Representation
Men's sailboard	Surfer: Joeri van Dijk
Europe Female	Helmsman: Carolijn Brouwer
Laser	No Dutch Representation
Finn	Helmsman: Jaap Zielhuis
470 Female	Helmsman: Lisa Westerhof Crew: Margriet Matthijsse
470 Male	Helmsman: Sven Coster Crew: Kalle Coster
49er	No Dutch Representation
Tornado	Helmsman: Mitch Booth Crew: Herbert Dercksen
Yngling Female	Helmsman: Annelies Thies Crew: Annemieke Bes Petronella de Jong
Star	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Peter van Niekerk
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 6 Male: 8 Officials: 0 Total: 14
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0
Reference	"Zeilteam-Thies plaatst zich maar nipt voor Athene". De Volkskrant. 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2014-02-11.