Paul Van Asbroeck (1 May 1874 – 20 April 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.
In the 1908 Olympics in London he won the Free pistol event and took silver in the team event. 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. 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 1906 Intercalated Games do not count as 'official' Olympics, while shooting was not part of the Olympic programme in 1904 or 1928.
Olympic results Olympic resultsEvent19001908192019241936300 metre free rifle, standing4th297 - - - -300 metre free rifle, kneeling4th308 - - - -300 metre free rifle, prone8th312 - - - -300 metre free rifle, three positions Bronze917 -unknown - -Team free rifle5th41665th450912th393611th550 -50 metre pistol - Gold4907th466 -31st51050 metre free pistol, team - Silver18635th2229 - -30 metre military pistol, team - -7th1221 - -50 metre small-bore rifle - -unknown9th39155th28550 metre small-bore rifle, team - -6th1785 - -300 metre team military rifle, prone - -14th264 - -300 metre team military rifle, standing - -12th217 - -600 metre team military rifle, prone - -10th264 - -300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone - -14th469 - -25 metre rapid fire pistol - - -51st8 -600 metre free rifle - - -24th82 -
References
External links Paul Van Asbroeck at databaseOlympics.com