Olof van der Meulen

Personal information

Full name

Roelof Antonius van der Meulen

Nickname

Roelof van der Meulen

Nationality

Dutch

Born

November 3, 1968
Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands

Honours

Men's volleyball
Competitor for the Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Team competition
	1992 Barcelona	Team competition
European Championships
	1997 Netherlands	Team competition

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).

References

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

Netherlands – 1992 Summer Olympics (Silver Medal)

1 Teffer 3 Held 5 Boudrie 7 Klok 8 Zwerver 9 Avital Selinger 10 Benne 11 van der Meulen 12 Blangé 13 Posthuma 14 van der Horst 15 Zoodsma Coach: Arie Selinger

Netherlands – 1996 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)

1 Latuhihin 2 Held 4 Rodenburg 5 Görtzen 6 Schuil 8 Zwerver 9 B. van de Goor 10 Posthuma 11 van der Meulen 12 Blangé 13 Grabert 16 M. van de Goor Coach: Alberda

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