Rick van der Ven
Rick van der Ven (born 14 April 1991, in Oss)[1] is a Dutch archer who started at the age of 8.
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| Born | 14 April 1991 Oss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2009 at the World Junior Championship in Ogden, Utah Rick was the runner-up with a Silver medal. In 2011 at the WJC in Legnica, Poland he won Silver with the Mixed Team, Bronze with the Team and Individually he got 4th. In May 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Van der Ven became European champion Outdoor, both individually as well as with the Dutch team. In February 2013, in Rzeszow, Van der Ven became also European Champion Indoor, again individually as well as with the Dutch team.
2012 Olympic games
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.[2] In an upset victory, he convincingly beat top-seed and world-record holder Im Dong-hyun 7-1 in the round of 16.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Since 2009 Rick van der Ven is training at The Olympic Sportcentre in Papendal and is studying Engineering Mechanics in Arnhem.
Results 2007
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | Dutch Championship-Outdoor Cadet | (Netherlands)
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| Face-2-Face Junior | Diessen (Netherlands) |
Results 2008
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor Junior | (Netherlands)
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| Face-2-Face Junior | Diessen (Netherlands)
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | Junior Cup Team | Legnica (Polen) |
Results 2009
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | Junior World Championship-Outdoor | Ogden (USA)
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| Junior Cup Team | Legnica (Polen) |
Results 2010
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| European Championship-Indoor Junior Team | Porec (Kroatia)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor Junior | (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| European Championship -Outdoor Junior Team | Winnenden (Germany)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor Junior | (Netherlands) |
Results 2011
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor Junior | (Netherlands)
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| World Championship-Outdoor Junior Mixed Team | Legnica (Polen)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| World Championship-Outdoor Junior Team | Legnica (Polen)
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| EMAU GP-Outdoor Team | Antalya (Turkey) |
Results 2012
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| European Championship -Outdoor | Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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| European Championship -Outdoor Team | Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | (Netherlands)
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| Berlin Open | Berlin (Germany)
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| European Indoor Tournament | Nimes (France) |
Results 2013
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| European Championship -Indoor | Rzeszow (Polen)
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| European Championship -Indoor Team | Rzeszow (Polen)
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| World Cup-Indoor | Marrakesh(Morocco)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| World Championship-Outdoor Team | Belek-Antalya (Turkey)
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| European Indoor Tournament | Nimes (France)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | Almere (Netherlands)
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| Indoor World Cup Finale | Las Vegas (USA) |
Results 2014
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| Indoor World Cup Final | Las Vegas (U.S.A.)
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| Indoor World Cup | Las Vegas (USA)
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| World Cup | Wroclaw (Polen)
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| Eucrea Archery Champions-Day | Sternenfels (Germany)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Field | Zuidlaren (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | Weert (Netherlands)
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| World Championship- Indoor Teams | Nimes (France)
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| World Cup Final | Lausanne (Zwitserland)
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| World Cup | Shanghai (China)
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| World Cup Teams | Shanghai (China) |
Results 2015
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| European Championship-Indoor | Koper (Slovenia)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| World Championship-Outdoor | Copenhagen (Danmark)
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| European Grand Prix Team | Marathon (Greece)
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| Olympic Test Event Team | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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| European Games Team | Baku (Azerbaijan)
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| World Cup | Medellin (Colombia) |
Results 2016
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| World Cup Team | Shanghai (China)
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| Kahraman Bagatir Team | Antalya (Turkey)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands) |
Results 2017
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| Dutch Championship-Field | (Netherlands)
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| GT-Open-Indoor | (Luxemburg) |
Results 2018
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| World Championship-Indoor Team | (USA)
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | (Netherlands)
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| Dutch Championship-Indoor | (Netherlands)
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| GT-Open-Indoor | (Luxemburg) |
Results 2019
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| Dutch Championship-Outdoor | (Netherlands) |
References
- "Rick van der Ven – Archery – Olympic Athlete". 2012 London Olympic Summer Games. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rick van der Ven". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- Van der Ven ousts top seed Archived 23 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine at www.london2012.com
- http://www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070201/index.html
- http://www.london2012.com/archery/event/men-individual/match=arm070102/index.html
