| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Netherlands |
| Born | September 8, 2005 Horst |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 22 July 2022 | |
Quinty Roeffen (Horst, 8 September 2005) is a Dutch recurve archer. Roeffen is the 2024 European Archery Junior Champion and won a gold medal at the 2024 Junior Indoor World Series. She is a member of the Dutch women's recurve team that won a silver medal at the 2024 European Archery Championships and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]
Roeffen got in touch with archery while vacationing in Turkey with her family. Back home, she joined De Schutroe, a local archery club. In August 2021 she moved to National Sports Center Papendal. [2] In 2022 the Dutch archery regulating body, Koninklijke HandboogSport Nederland, named her talent of the year. [3] In 2023, Roeffen won the Dutch national championships in four different events. In 2024 she won a gold medal at the European Archery Junior Championship and won the Indoor Archery World Series Junior Finals event. [4]
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