Maarten's Elfstedentocht tours have been followed live on various media and online. Maarten can regularly be seen on talk shows talking about his new dreams, preparations and achievements. Maarten is also a welcome guest in programs during sporting events, because he knows better than anyone what athletes have to do and not do in order to achieve their performance.
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Among the 1126 people who are candidates to be elected to the House of Representatives on Nov. 22 are also some well-known Dutchmen. After determining the candidate lists, the Electoral Council announced the names of all approved candidates. Maarten van der Weijden is list challenger for the VVD.
Maarten van der Weijden has set another impressive world record: 45 hours of continuous swimming. The swimmer began the attempt on Thursday and completed the feat during the night from Friday to Saturday. He took action to honor his best friend, who died earlier this year from cancer.
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Maarten van der Weijden completed his Elfstedentriathlon in Leeuwarden. With the action, he raised more than 3.7 million euros for cancer research.