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Next Monday, Maarten van der Weijden will begin his final major swimming challenge to raise money for cancer research. The well-known swimmer will cover 270 kilometers: from his hometown of Vught to the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht.

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Former Olympic champion Maarten van der Weijden is going to do it one more time: a final major swimming tour of no less than 270 kilometers, visiting 22 cities over several days.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Splash, there he goes again. Maarten van der Weijden sets off on Monday for a 270-kilometer swim. From Vught, he will travel via Breda and Gouda to Utrecht. His very last major swimming stunt, says the 2008 Olympic champion. I don't believe a word of it.

Great but also crazy news. Olympic swimming champion, all-round human champion, and VVD politician Maarten van der Weijden is going to swim a very long distance again next week. And I mean really, really far: 270 kilometers, spread over six days, through 22 cities. That is 80 kilometers further than his 2019 Eleven Cities Swim, as well as twice as many eleven cities. Doing that at the age of 45 is totally insane. Why on earth? Well: to fight chi…

For the very last time, Maarten van der Weijden is swimming a major tour. Monday is the day: swimming 270 kilometers through 22 cities to raise money for research into childhood cancer. The starting gun will sound in his hometown of Vught. The Olympic champion will then swim to Den Bosch, Tilburg, Oosterhout, Geertruidenberg, and Breda, among other places. The tour ends in Utrecht at the Princess Máxima Center, the hospital for children with can…

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Next Monday, Maarten van der Weijden will begin his final major swimming challenge to raise money for cancer research. The well-known swimmer will cover 270 kilometers: from his hometown of Vught to the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht.

·Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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De Telegraaf broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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