Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Van der Ven vakakwikwidza mu2012 Summer Olympics muLondon mu
kupfura nouta kwevarume. 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.