Mark Veens

{{short description|Dutch swimmer}}

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| fullname = Mark Hermanus Maria Veens

| nationality = Dutch

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|06|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814153430/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2004 |title=2004 Olympic Games swimming results |access-date=2007-07-22 | work=CNN}} | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Fukuoka | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver| 1999 Hong Kong | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1999 Hong Kong | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Istanbul | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Seville | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Sheffield | 4×50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Riesa | 4×50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Dublin | 4×50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 2005 Triest | 4×50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Sheffield | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Vienna | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Sheffield | 100 m freestyle}}

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Mark Hermanus Maria Veens (born 26 June 1978 in Venray, Limburg) is a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at three consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia as a member of the 4×100 m freestyle (fifth place).

Veens' finest hour came at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield, where he ended up in second place in the 50 m freestyle. Half a year later, at the 1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong, he won the bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle.