Rick van der Ven (born 14 April 1991, in Oss)[1] is a Dutch archer who started to practise archery at the age of 8.

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.

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

[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.