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Maarten van der Weijden: From cancer recovery to Olympic gold
He overcame leukaemia, won an Olympic gold medal and raised millions of euros for cancer research,
Maarten van der Weijden is one inspirational man. Here's how he did it.
Photo: Maarten van der Weijden Credit: Getty Images
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