{{Short description|Dutch archer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{family name hatnote|van der Ven|Ven|lang=Dutch}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rick van der Ven | fullname = | image = Rick van der Ven - OS2012 Londen - IMG 2427.JPG | image_size = | caption = Rick van der Ven at the London Olympic Games in 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1991|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Oss, Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | spouse = | sport = Archery | event = | club = | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's archery}} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Belek | Team|}} {{MedalSilver| 2015 Copenhagen | Individual}} {{Medal|Competition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Wrocław | Individual}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Lausanne Final | Individual}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Shanghai | Individual}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Shanghai | Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Medellín | Individual}} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Shanghai | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2012 Amsterdam | Individual}} {{MedalGold | 2012 Amsterdam | Team}} {{MedalGold| 2022 Munich | Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Nîmes | Team}} {{Medal|Competition|Indoor World Cup}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Nîmes | Individual}} {{MedalBronze | 2025 Luxembourg | Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2013 Rzeszów | Individual}} {{MedalGold | 2013 Rzeszów | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2015 Koper | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Baku | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Test Event}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Rio de Janeiro | Team}} }}
'''Rick van der Ven''' (born 14 April 1991 in Oss)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-der-ven-rick-1104827/|title=Rick van der Ven – Archery – Olympic Athlete|publisher=2012 London Olympic Summer Games. International Olympic Committee|accessdate=2 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822034658/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-der-ven-rick-1104827/|archivedate=22 August 2012}}</ref> is a Dutch Olympic archer who started to practise archery at the age of 8.
In 2009 at the World Junior Championship in Ogden, Utah, Rick was the runner-up with a silver medal. In 2011 at the World Junior Championship in Legnica, Poland he won silver with the Mixed team, bronze with the men's team and finished 4th in the individual event. In May 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Van der Ven became European Champion in Outdoor Archery, both individually and in the team event. In February 2013, in Rzeszów, Van der Ven became also European Champion Indoor, again individually as well as with the Dutch team.
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==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.<ref name=sref>{{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}}</ref> In an upset victory, he convincingly beat top-seed and world-record holder Im Dong-hyun 7–1 in the round of 16.<ref>[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</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Since 2009 Rick van der Ven is training at The Olympic Sportcentre in Papendal and is studying Engineering Mechanics in Arnhem.
== 2016 Olympic Games == At the 2016 Olympic Games, van der Ven competed in both the individual and the men's team events.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />
==Results 2007== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor Cadet |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold | Face-2-Face Junior | Diessen (Netherlands) }} |}
==Results 2008== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor Junior | (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Face-2-Face Junior | Diessen (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |Junior Cup Team | Legnica (Poland)}} |}
==Results 2009== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Silver | Junior World Championship-Outdoor| Ogden (United States)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |Junior Cup Team | Legnica (Poland)}} |}
==Results 2010== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |European Championship-Indoor Junior team | Poreč (Croatia)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor Junior |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Indoor| (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver | European Championship -Outdoor Junior team | Winnenden (Germany)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Dutch Championship-Indoor Junior| (Netherlands)}} | |}
==Results 2011== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Indoor Junior |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |World Championship-Outdoor Junior Mixed team | Legnica (Poland)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Championship-Outdoor Junior team | Legnica (Poland)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |EMAU GP-Outdoor Team | Antalya (Turkey)}} |}
==Results 2012== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold | European Championship -Outdoor | Amsterdam (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold | European Championship -Outdoor Team | Amsterdam (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Berlin Open | Berlin (Germany)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |European Indoor Tournament |Nimes (France)}} | |}
==Results 2013== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold | European Championship -Indoor | Rzeszów (Poland)}} : {{Medal|Gold | European Championship -Indoor Team | Rzeszów (Poland)}} : {{Medal|Gold |World Cup-Indoor | Marrakesh (Morocco)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |World Championship-Outdoor Team | Belek-Antalya (Turkey)}} : {{Medal|Silver |European Indoor Tournament | Nimes (France)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Dutch Championship-Outdoor | Almere (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |Indoor World Cup Finale | Las Vegas (United States)}} |}
==Results 2014== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Indoor World Cup Final | Las Vegas (United States)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Indoor World Cup | Las Vegas (United States)}} : {{Medal|Gold |World Cup | Wrocław (Poland)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Eucrea Archery Champions-Day | Sternenfels (Germany)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Field | Zuidlaren (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Dutch Championship-Outdoor | Weert (Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Championship- Indoor Teams | Nimes (France)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Cup Final | Lausanne (Switzerland)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Cup | Shanghai (China)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Cup Teams | Shanghai (China)}} |}
==Results 2015== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |European Championship-Indoor | Koper (Slovenia)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |World Championship-Outdoor | Copenhagen (Denmark)}} : {{Medal|Silver |European Grand Prix Team | Marathon (Greece)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |Olympic Test Event Team | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |European Games Team | Baku (Azerbaijan)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |World Cup | Medellín (Colombia)}} |}
==Results 2016== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Silver |World Cup Team | Shanghai (China)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Kahraman Bagatir Team | Antalya (Turkey)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} |}
==Results 2017== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Field |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |GT-Open-Indoor |(Luxembourg)}} |}
==Results 2018== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |World Championship-Indoor Team |(United States)}} : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Silver |Dutch Championship-Indoor |(Netherlands)}} : {{Medal|Bronze |GT-Open-Indoor |(Luxembourg)}} |}
==Results 2019== {| class="vatop" | : {{Medal|Gold |Dutch Championship-Outdoor |(Netherlands)}} |}
==Results 2022==
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.<ref name="german_top_seeds_lose_recurve_finals_2022">{{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}}</ref><ref name="results_book_european_archery_championships_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}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{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}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ven, Rick van der}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch male archers Category:Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Archers at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games medalists in archery Category:European Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands Category:Olympic archers for the Netherlands Category:Sportspeople from Oss Category:Archers from North Brabant Category:World Archery Championships medalists Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen