Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Van der Ven vakakwikwidza mu2012 Summer Olympics muLondon muvarume vega vega
. Akadzidziswa naWietse van Alten, akahwina menduru yebronze muSydney 2000. Mukukunda kwakashungurudza, akarova zvinogutsa mbeu yepamusoro uye muridzi wepasi rose Im Dong-hyun 7-1 mumutambo we16. Mushure mekurova Kuo Cheng-Wei 6-0 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, akauya ku5-5 mu semi-finals kurwisa Takaharu Furukawa, achirova 141 vachipesana naFurukawa's 140. Mumutambo wakatevera wekupfura akapfura 9 apo Furukawa akapfura 10, achimudzinga kumutambo wemenduru yebronze achipesana naDai Xiaoxiang. Pano Van der Ven zvakare akauya ku5-5 dhizaini, achiwana 2 mapoinzi kupfuura muvengi wake, asi akarasikirwa zvakare mukutanga kupfura, nokudaro achipedza ari pachinzvimbo chechina.