Leopold Leonardus Petronella van Asten (born 19 October 1976 in

Venray Venray or Venraij (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands. The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of , with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016 ...

) is a Dutch

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. Van Asten represented the Netherlands at the

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where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event, alongside

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and Gert-Jan Bruggink. As an individual, on his horse Joel, Van Asten reached the final where he ended on the 30th position. With the Dutch show jumping team he finished fourth with a total of 24 penalty points.

External links

Van Asten at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Venray Equestrians from Limburg (Netherlands) Dutch show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub