Rick van der Ven

Van der Ven competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in men's individual archery. He was coached by Wietse van Alten, winner of the bronze medal in Sydney 2000.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rick van der Ven |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rick-van-der-ven-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112331/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rick-van-der-ven-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=30 July 2012}} In an upset victory, he convincingly beat top-seed and world-record holder Im Dong-hyun 7–1 in the round of 16.[http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/van-der-ven-ousts-top-seed.html Van der Ven ousts top seed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123095344/http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/van-der-ven-ousts-top-seed.html |date=23 January 2013 }} at www.london2012.com After beating Kuo Cheng-Wei 6–0 in the quarterfinals, he came to a 5–5 draw in the semi-finals against Takaharu Furukawa, shooting 141 versus Furukawa's 140.{{Cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070201/index.html|title=London 2012 individual FITA Olympic round 70m men Results – Olympic archery|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805200506/http://www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070201/index.html|url-status=dead}} In the following shoot-off he shot a 9 while Furukawa shot a 10, relegating him to a bronze medal match against Dai Xiaoxiang. Here Van der Ven again came to a 5–5 draw, scoring 2 points more than his opponent, but lost again in the first shoot-off, thereby finishing in 4th position.{{Cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070102/index.html|title=London 2012 individual FITA Olympic round 70m men Results – Olympic archery|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127232237/www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070102/index.html|url-status=dead}}

Since 2009 Rick van der Ven is training at The Olympic Sportcentre in Papendal and is studying Engineering Mechanics in Arnhem.

At the 2016 Olympic Games, van der Ven competed in both the individual and the men's team events.{{Cite web|title=Rick van der Ven Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rick-van-der-ven-1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114163142/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rick-van-der-ven-1.html|archive-date=14 January 2020|access-date=6 December 2020|website=sports-reference.com}} In the individual event, van der Ven was in 27th after the ranking round, and faced Patrick Huston in the first knock-out round, losing 4–6. In the team event, the Netherlands were ranked in 9th after the ranking round. They faced the Spanish team in the first elimination round, winning 5–1, before losing to the South Korean team 0–6.

Van der Ven and Gabriela Schloesser won the gold medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2022 European Archery Championships held in Munich, Germany.{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=12 June 2022 |title=German top seeds lose recurve finals at European Archery Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124391/european-archery-champs-2022-5 |access-date=12 June 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Archery Championships Results Book |url=https://www.archeryeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BOOK_EACMunich22.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612160800/https://www.archeryeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BOOK_EACMunich22.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2022 |access-date=12 June 2022 |website=World Archery Europe}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.rickvanderven.com/}}
• {{World Archery}}
• {{Olympedia}}
• {{Olympics.com|rick-van-der-ven}}
• {{TeamNL|rick-van-der-ven|old_id=5282-rick-van-der-ven}}

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