Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Marleen Veldhuis he kaitakaro poi wai o mua i whakakotahitia e ia ki te kaukau. Whai muri i tana whakatau ki te aro katoa ki te kaukau, ka tiimata a Veldhuis i tana whakataetae ao i te wa o te
2002 European Aquatics Championships i Berlin, i te mutunga o te tau 23, i reira i wini ai ia i te mētara parahi i te 4 × 100 m freestyle hei waahanga o te roopu me Manon van Rooijen, Chantal Groot me Wilma van Hofwegen. I te mutunga o te tau, i whakataetae ia i Riesa mo te European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002. I reira i wini ia i nga mētara parahi i roto i nga reeti e rua, 4 × 50 m freestyle me 4 × 50 m medley.