Paul Van Asbroeck
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| Born | 1 May 1874 Schaerbeek, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1959 (aged 84–85) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sport shooting | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paul Van Asbroeck (1 May 1874 – 1959) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle and pistol shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle 3 positions category. However the medal was tied with Norwegian Ole Ostmo.[1]
In the 1908 Olympics in London he won the Free pistol event and took silver in the team event.[1] He also won the individual World Championships 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.[1] The document 'Five Or More Appearances in the Olympics, 1992 Revision' by the Olympic historians Lennart Dahllöf, Wolf Lyberg, and Dr Bill Mallon[2] 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 1906 Intercalated Games do not count as 'official' Olympics, while shooting was not part of the Olympic programme in 1904 or 1928.[3]
Olympic results[]
| Olympic results | |||||
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| Event | 1900 | 1908 | 1920 | 1924 | 1936 |
| 4th 297 |
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| 4th 308 |
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| 8th 312 |
- | - | - | - | |
 Bronze917 |
- | unknown | - | - | |
| 5th 4166 |
5th 4509 |
12th 3936 |
11th 550 |
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| 50 metre pistol | - |  Gold490 |
7th 466 |
- | 31st 510 |
| - |  Silver1863 |
5th 2229 |
- | - | |
| - | - | 7th 1221 |
- | - | |
| - | - | unknown | 9th 391 |
55th 285 | |
| - | - | 6th 1785 |
- | - | |
| - | - | 14th 264 |
- | - | |
| - | - | 12th 217 |
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| - | - | 10th 264 |
- | - | |
| - | - | 14th 469 |
- | - | |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | - | - | - | 51st 8 |
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| - | - | - | 24th 82 |
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References[]
- ^ a b c "Sports Reference: Paul Van Asbroeck". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "CONTENTdm" (PDF).
- ^ "Paul Van Asbroeck". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
External links[]
Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol | |
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1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres. 2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards. |
- 1874 births
- 1959 deaths
- Belgian male sport shooters
- ISSF rifle shooters
- ISSF pistol shooters
- Olympic shooters of 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
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics