Nickname Roelof van der Meulen Height 2.02 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Olof der Nationality Dutch | |
Full name Roelof Antonius van der Meulen Born November 3, 1968 (age 55)
Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands ( 1968-11-03 ) Olympic medals Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Ron Zwerver, Henk‑Jan Held, Peter Blange, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor | ||
Roelof ("Olof") Antonius van der Meulen (born November 8, 1968 in Sneek, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.
After having won the silver medal in 1992, Van der Meulen's finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, United States with the Dutch Men's Volleyball National Team by defeating Italy in the final (3-2).
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