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

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 sports shooter

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

 who competed in the early 20th century in rifle

Rifle

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...

 and pistol

Pistol

When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...

 shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 in Paris

Paris

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 and won a bronze medal

Bronze medal

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

In the 1908 Olympics

Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 in London

London

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 he won the Free pistol

50 m Pistol

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 event and took silver in the team event. He also won the individual World Championships

ISSF World Shooting Championships

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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 well respected Olympic historians Lennart Dahllöf, Wolf Lyberg, and Dr Bill Mallon

Bill Mallon

William James Mallon is an American orthopedic surgeon, former professional golfer and a leading authority on the history of the Olympic Games.-Golf career:...

  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 1900. The 1906 Intercalated Games do not count as 'official' Olympics, while shooting was not part of the Olympic programme in 1904 or 1928

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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.)

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event	1900	1908	1920	1924	1936
300 metre free rifle, standing	4th 297	-	-	-	-
300 metre free rifle, kneeling	4th 308	-	-	-	-
300 metre free rifle, prone	8th 312	-	-	-	-
300 metre free rifle, three positions	Bronze 917	-	unknown	-	-
Team free rifle	5th Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, team The 300 metre team free rifle event was one of five military rifle events of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. They were held from August 3 to August 5, 1900. 30 shooters from 6 nations competed, with five shooters per team... 4166	5th 4509	12th 3936	11th 550	-
50 metre pistol	-	Gold 490	7th 466	-	31st 510
50 metre free pistol, team	-	Silver 1863	5th 2229	-	-
30 metre military pistol, team	-	-	7th 1221	-	-
50 metre small-bore rifle	-	-	unknown	9th 391	55th 285
50 metre small-bore rifle,team	-	-	6th 1785	-	-
300 metre team military rifle, prone	-	-	14th 264	-	-
300 metre team military rifle, standing	-	-	12th 217	-	-
600 metre team military rifle, prone	-	-	10th 264	-	-
300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone	-	-	14th 469	-	-
25 metre rapid fire pistol	-	-	-	51st 8	-
600 metre free rifle	-	-	-	24th 82	-

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