Paul Van Asbroeck (1 May 1874 – 20 April 1959) was a Belgian

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who competed in the early 20th century in

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and

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shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics in

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and won a

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in the military rifle 3 positions category. However the medal was tied with Norwegian Ole Ostmo. In the

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he won the Free pistol event and took silver in the team event. He also won the individual

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in that event in 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, and 1914. He also competed in the 1920, 1924, and 1936 Olympic Games, for a total of five Olympic appearances. The document 'Five Or More Appearances in the Olympics, 1992 Revision' by the Olympic historians Lennart Dahllöf, Wolf Lyberg, and Dr Bill Mallon claims that Van Asbroeck appeared in six Olympic Games, citing '1906-08, 20-28, 36', but this appears to be in error. Presumably the 1906 is a typo for 1900, since he did compete in 1906. The

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do not count as 'official' Olympics, while shooting was not part of the Olympic programme in 1904 or 1928.

Olympic results

References

External links

Paul Van Asbroeck at databaseOlympics.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Asbroeck, Paul 1874 births 1959 deaths Belgian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for Belgium Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Date of death missing Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics People from Schaerbeek Place of death missing