{{Short description|Dutch discus thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ruben Rolvink | fullname = | image = Ruben rolvink-1647695152.jpeg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | spouse = | sport = Athletics | event = Discus | club = | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = Orange | pb = '''Discus''' 70.23 (2026) <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{Flagu|the Netherlands}} }} {{Medal|Competition|European Throwing Cup}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Nicosia|Discus}} }}
'''Ruben Rolvink''' (born 25 August 2002) is a Dutch discus thrower. He is a multiple-time champion at the Dutch Athletics Championships, and represented the Netherlands at the 2025 World Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2026 European Throwing Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruben Rolvink |website=World Athletics |accessdate=1 September 2025 |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/ruben-rolvink-14834539}}</ref>
==Early and personal life== He is from Naaldwijk and is two metres tall, and left-handed. He started in athletics at the age of nine-years old, and also played volleyball and field hockey. He studied sports marketing in Deventer. His brother Yannick Rolvink also competes as a discus thrower.<ref name="lewis"/><ref name="baker">{{cite web |url=https://www.baan-atletiek.nl/in-the-spotlight/ruben-rolvink-the-giant-uit-naaldwijk |website=baan-atletiek.nl |first=Bert |last=Vreeswijk |accessdate=1 September 2025 |title=Ruben Rolvink, 'the Giant' uit Naaldwijk}}</ref>
==Career== He is a member of Olympus '70, and began to have success at the senior level at the age of 18 years-old; He won the Dutch Athletics Championships for the first time in Breda in June 2021 with a throw of 59.18 metres.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=1 September 2025 |date=25 June 2021 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7168518?eventId=10229620 |website=World Athletics |title=Dutch Championships}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wos.nl/nieuws/artikel/ruben-rolvink-nederlands-kampioen-discuswerpen |website=wos.nl |accessdate=1 September 2025 |title=Ruben Rolvink Dutch discus throwing champion |date=25 June 2021}}</ref> He set the Dutch junior record of 68.76 metres for the 1.75 kg discus throw held previously by Rutger Smith (63.44), since 1999, before winning the Dutch national title again in 2022. In July 2023, he set a new personal best with the 2 kg discus with throw of 62.94 meters, in Bergen op Zoom. He won his third consecutive Dutch title in 2023 and competed at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.<ref name="baker"/><ref name="lewis">{{cite web |url=https://hardloopnetwerk.nl/cts-group-talent-ruben-rolvink-had-last-van-faalangst/ |website=Hardloopnetwerk |accessdate=1 September 2025 |title=CTS GROUP talent Ruben Rolvink: 'The defeat happened in my head, not on the field' |first=Tijn |last=Piest |date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
He competed at the senior 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, with his best throw of 58.74 metres in qualification.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=1 September 2025 |date=9 June 2024 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229620 |website=World Athletics |title=European Athletics Championships}}</ref> He was runner-up to Shaquille Emanuelson at the 2024 Dutch Athletics Championships in Hengelo in June 2024 with a throw of 55.97 metres.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=1 September 2025 |date=28 June 2024 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7211929?eventId=10229620 |website=World Athletics |title=Dutch Championships}}</ref>
In May 2025, he increased his personal best to 66.10m in Naaldwijk, having just improved it four weeks earlier in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web|website=European Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2026|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/weekend-roundup-yaroslava-mahuchikh-triumphs-in-tokyo-and-leonardo-fabbri-back-to-winning-form |title= Yaroslava Mahuchikh triumphs in Tokyo and Leonardo Fabbri back to winning form |first=Chris|last= Broadbent|date=19 May 2025 }}</ref> He won the 2025 Dutch Athletics Championships again, in Hengelo, in August 2025.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=1 September 2025 |date=2 August 2025 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7227988?eventId=10229620 |website=World Athletics |title=Dutch Championships}}</ref> In September 2025, he competed in the discus throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229620 |website=World Athletics |accessdate=25 September 2025 |title=World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025 |date=18 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atletiek.nl/artikelen/53-teamnl-atleten-naar-wk-atletiek-in-tokio/ |title=53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio |website=Atletiek.nl |accessdate=1 September 2025 |date=1 September 2025}}</ref>
Rolvnik won the bronze medal in the discus throw at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, with a throw of 65.47 m.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/richter-sets-a-european-lead-of-67-29m-to-win-the-discus-title-at-european-throwing-cup |title= Richter sets a European lead of 67.29m to win the discus title at European Throwing Cup |first=Steven|last=Mills|date=14 Mar 2026 |access-date=16 March 2026| website=European Athletics}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rolvink, Ruben}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch men discus throwers Category:Sportspeople from Naaldwijk Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands