Raymond Heerenveen

Raymond Alfred Heerenveen (born 9 November 1948) is a retired Dutch Antillean/Dutch sprinter.

[1] In 1968 Heerenveen moved from Curaçao to the Netherlands to study at the Technical College in Zwolle.

While studying in the Netherlands Heerenveen married a Dutch woman and consequently was granted permission to remain in the country until 1975.

The same year, he was part of the Dutch 4 × 400 metres relay team that finished fifth at the European Championships.

[1] Since 1977 he was allowed to train and compete in the Netherlands,[5][6] and already in the next year he won three national sprint titles.

Raymond Heerenveen (left) with the Belgian Lambert Micha , first and second in the 200 metres at the Netherlands-Belgium-West Germany B meet at Papendal in 1974.