Yannick Rolvink
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| Born | 7 May 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put, Discus, Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 19.70m (2026) Discus: 55.97m (2024) Hammer: 58.79m (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yannick Rolvink (born 7 May 2005) is a Dutch shot putter, hanmer thrower and discus thrower. He won the national shot put titles at the 2025 Dutch Athletics Championships and the Dutch Indoor Championships in 2026. He was a bronze medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships.[1]
Career
A member of Olympus '70, in 2021 Rolvink won Dutch under-18 national titles in the shot put, hanmer throw and discus throw.[2] Rolvink won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.
Making his debut in the shot put at the senior Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn, at the age of 17 years-old, he finished in sixth place on February 18, 2023, as his brother placed second overall.[3] Rolvink won the bronze medal in the discus throw at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, fifth round personal best of 59.86m.[4]
In June 2024, Rolvink improved his personal best in the hammer throw to 63.36 meters in Zoetermeer. In Utrecht the following week, he won the Dutch U20 hammer throw title with a throw of 66.11 meters.[5] Rolvink placed fifth in the shot put at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, with a best throw of 19.88 metres, as his compatriot Jarno van Daalen won the gold medal. Rolvink had gone into the competition as the world U20 leader with a best of 21.81m with the 6kg implement.[6][7]
Representing the Netherlands at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid, Spain, in June 2025, he placed eighth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 19.34 metres.[8][9] Rolvink was a bronze medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, landing a fifth round throw of 19.01 metres in July 2025.[10] The following month, he won the senior Dutch Athletics Championships in Hengelo. He also placed third in the discus at the Championships. That year, he set a new Westland hammer throw record with 58.79 meters, breaking the record which had stood since 1939, held by Hans Houtzager.[11]
In February 2026, Rolvink improved his personal best to improved his personal best to 18.67 meters and then 18.79 in Apeldoorn. He then moved to fourth on the Dutch all-time list with a shot put of 19.70 metres.[12] He threw 19.53 metres to win the shot put title at the 2026 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Appeldorn.[13]
Personal life
His older brother Ruben Rolvink is a Dutch champion in discus. They are from Naaldwijk.[14]
References
- ^ "Yannick Rolvink". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Looking back at an unusual, but successful NK U20/U18". Atletiek.nl. September 15, 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Ruben Rolvink takes silver at the Dutch Indoor Shot Put Championships". Wos.nl. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Furlani eclipses championship record with 8.23m to win long jump thriller in Jerusalem". European Athletics. 8 Aug 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Olympus '70 wins double at the Dutch Under 20 Hammer Throw Championships". Wos.nl. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Van Daalen strikes world U20 shot put gold in Lima". European Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Mo-Ajok top time in 200 meters, Laros also wins: the Netherlands finishes European Championships in fourth place". Nos.nl. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Ukraine's Felfner wins javelin in final round and Lauria defends men's shot title". European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Boonstra and Rolvink best Westland athletes of 2025". wos.nl. 29 Jan 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Rolvink stunts in Sweden: 19.70 meters, now fourth all time in shot put". wos.nl. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "2026 National Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn: champions and other special features". Hardloopnetwerk.nl. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ Vreeswijk, Bert. "Ruben Rolvink, 'the Giant' uit Naaldwijk". baan-atletiek.nl. Retrieved 3 March 2026.