Paul van Asbroeck

Paul van Asbroeck medal table
Sport shooting
Belgium
Olympic games
bronze	Paris 1900	AG three position fight 300 m
gold	London 1908	Free pistol 50 m
silver	London 1908	Free pistol 50 m (M)
World championships
bronze	Paris 1900	FG three position fight
bronze	Lyon 1904	FG standing
gold	Lyon 1904	Free pistol 50 m
gold	Brussels 1905	FG standing
silver	Brussels 1905	Free pistol 50 m
silver	Brussels 1905	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Brussels 1905	Free pistol 50 m (M)
bronze	Milan 1906	FG standing
silver	Milan 1906	Free pistol 50 m
bronze	Milan 1906	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Milan 1906	Free pistol 50 m (M)
bronze	Zurich 1907	FG standing
gold	Zurich 1907	Free pistol 50 m
silver	Zurich 1907	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Zurich 1907	Free pistol 50 m (M)
bronze	Vienna 1908	FG three position fight
bronze	Vienna 1908	FG standing
silver	Vienna 1908	Free pistol 50 m (M)
bronze	Hamburg 1909	FG three position fight
gold	Hamburg 1909	Free pistol 50 m
bronze	Hamburg 1909	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Loosduinen 1910	Free pistol 50 m
bronze	Loosduinen 1910	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Loosduinen 1910	Free pistol 50 m (M)
bronze	Rome 1911	FG three position fight (M)
gold	Rome 1911	Free pistol 50 m (M)
silver	Biarritz 1912	FG three position fight
silver	Biarritz 1912	FG standing
gold	Biarritz 1912	Free pistol 50 m
gold	Biarritz 1912	Free pistol 50 m (M)
gold	Viborg 1914	Free pistol 50 m
bronze	Viborg 1914	Free pistol 50 m (M)
gold	Reims 1924	Free pistol 50 m
gold	St. Gallen 1925	Free pistol 50 m
silver	Antwerp 1930	KK standing 50 m (M)

Paul van Asbroeck (born May 1, 1874 in Schaarbeek , † 1959 ) was a Belgian sports shooter .

successes

Paul van Asbroeck took part in five Olympic Games . In 1900 in Paris he won the bronze medal behind Emil Kellenberger and Anders Peter Nielsen in a three-position battle with the army rifle . In the kneeling and standing position, he just missed another medal win as fourth. He was only missing one point in the standing position for the bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 he was Olympic champion in the individual competition with the free pistol and also secured the silver medal in the team competition with Réginald Storms , Charles Paumier du Verger and René Englebert . With 1863 points, the Belgians held their ground against the British team, while the US team won the competition. Van Asbroeck was the team's best shooter with 493 points. 1920 he stayed in Antwerp , despite participation in ten competitions as well without medal win as 1924 in Paris and 1936 in Berlin .

At world championships between 1900 and 1930 van Asbroeck won a total of 35 medals, 17 with the rifle and 18 with the pistol . He won 14 of his 15 world titles with the free pistol, eight of them in singles and six with the team. He was also world champion with the free rifle in Brussels in 1905 in a standing position. In addition to his 15 gold medals, he won eight silver and twelve bronze medals.

Web links

• Paul van Asbroeck in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
• Paul van Asbroeck in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shooting at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 yards. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020 (English). 
3. ^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 yards, team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020 (English).