Maarten van der Weijden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maarten van der Weijden
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1981(1981-03-31)
Age	43
Birthplace	Alkmaar
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Aries

Maarten van der Weijden Biography

Maarten van der Weijden is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on March 31, 1981 in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands.

Later in 2004, he swam across the IJsselmeer in 4:20.58 hours, breaking the former record by almost 15 minutes to collect €50,000, which he donated to cancer research. In 2005, he won the Dutch title over 400 m freestyle (sc) for the second time in his career. He finished in fifth position at the World Open Water Championships over 10 km and sixth over 25 km. He also won three World Cup meetings in Ismaila, Al Fujeirah and Dubai. In 2006 he won a silver medal at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships over 10 km.

Van der Weijden had his own website named “Maarten van der Weijden zwemt tegen kanker” (Maarten van der Weijden swims against cancer) where he informed his fans about his life and his career. He also collected more money for cancer research. He won another World Cup race in Rosario, Argentina in January 2007. At the end of the World Cup calendar he finished in second position overall and during the 2007 World Championships over 10 km he finished seventh.

Maarten van der Weijden Net Worth

Maarten van der Weijden is one of the richest Swimmer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maarten van der Weijden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maarten van der Weijden (born 31 March 1981) is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar. In 2019 van der Weijden swam the elfstedentocht for charity. He raised more than €6.1 million.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Maarten van der Weijden height 6 ft 8 in Makoto weight 93 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Maarten van der Weijden Dating?

According to our records, Maarten van der Weijden married to Daisy de Ridder. As of December 1, 2023, Maarten van der Weijden’s is not dating anyone.

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In August 2018, Van der Weijden started an attempt to swim the entire track of the Elfstedentocht, a famous 200 km outdoor ice skating race in the north of the Netherlands. The purpose of this event was to raise funds for cancer research. Sponsors were invited to swim along with him for portions of the distance. The day before the race, the organizers and health experts had to conclude that due to E. coli the water quality was too poor to swim for the sponsors, but Van der Weijden decided to push through, without the sponsors swimming along. He scheduled this attempt to take 3 days, while only taking short naps – but taking slightly longer (3 hour) breaks was necessary to continue. The attempt was live streamed by the national broadcaster NOS on their website and closely followed in national news. Eventually, with less than 10 km left to Dokkum, he had to cut his attempt short due to illness sustained in the water. At that moment, he already had swum a distance of 163 km in 55 hours time raising over €4,3 million for cancer charities. By October the total had reached €5 million.

Facts & Trivia

Makoto Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Maarten van der Weijden celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

Heeft Maarten van der Weijden kinderen?

Namelijk zijn vrouw Daisy – met wie hij in 2012 trouwde – en hun dochters Phileine (4) en Robien (2).

Wat heeft Maarten van der Weijden op zijn hoofd?

Ze wilden met een ruggenprik chemo in mijn ruggenmerg spuiten. Maar door een bloedprop raakte ik bijna verlamd.” Twee bulten op zijn hoofd van een hersenoperatie zijn nog zichtbare herinneringen aan die tijd. Verder wist Van der Weijden wonderbaarlijk goed te herstellen.

Wat kost Maarten van der Weijden?

Het exacte tarief valt binnen de prijsklasse € 5.000,- en € 7.500,-.

Wat is het beroep van Maarten van der Weijden?

Geen steengoede zwemkampioen dus of financieel manager bij Unilever (de functie die hij nu bekleedt nadat hij zijn zwemcarrière in 2008 beëindigde), maar wiskundeprofessor.

Hoe snel zwemt Van der Weijden?

Maarten van der Weijden zwemt 32 uur tegen de stroom in: een wereldrecord. Opnieuw een wereldrecord op naam van zwemmer Maarten van der Weijden. Hij zwom 32 uur en 7 minuten non-stop, tegen de stroom in, in het zwembad in Eindhoven.