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Maarten van der Weijden

Dutch Olympic champion Maarten van der Weijden at the Olympic welcome ceremony in Amsterdam’s Olympic Stadium.

Dutch Olympic champion Maarten van der Weijden sets backward swimming world record

28 December 2025 - 13:55

A statue of Maarten van der Weijden in Burdaard, June 2019.

Dutch olympic champion raises €4.7 mil. for cancer research with 11-cities triathlon

28 July 2023 - 07:00

A statue of Maarten van der Weijden in Burdaard, where he had to give up his first attempt of his 11 cities swim tour in 2018

Dutch man's 11 cities swim marathon raises €4 million

25 June 2019 - 16:00

Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden crosses the English Channel twice in a row, 13 Aug 2017

Dutch athlete swims across English channel twice in a row

14 August 2017 - 13:50

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