Kammala wannan jumlar: Marleen Veldhuis tsohuwar 'yar wasan kwallon ruwa ce wacce ta haɗu da iyo. Bayan da ta yanke shawarar mayar da hankali gaba daya kan iyo, Veldhuis ta fara fitowa a duniya a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya na 2010.
Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Ruwa ta Turai ta 2002 a Berlin, a lokacin da ta kai shekaru 23, inda ta lashe lambar tagulla a tseren 4 × 100 m a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar 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.