Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Marleen Veldhuis tsohuwar 'yar wasan polo ce wacce ta haɗu da iyo. Bayan ta yanke shawarar mayar da hankali gaba daya kan iyo, Veldhuis ta fara fitowa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002
a Berlin, a cikin shekaru 23 da haihuwa, inda ta lashe lambar tagulla a cikin 4 × 100 m freestyle a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar tare da Manon van Rooijen, Chantal Groot da Wilma van Hofwegen. A ƙarshen shekara, ta yi gasa a Riesa don Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Turai na 2002. A can ta lashe lambobin tagulla a duka relay, 4 × 50 m freestyle da 4 × 50 m medley.