Leopold Leonardus Petronella ("Leopold") van Asten (born October 19, 1976 in Venray) is a Dutch show jumping equestrian. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Venray (or Venraij ( is a Municipality and a Town in the southeastern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping" or "jumpers" is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes For the Roman class see Equestrian (Roman Equestrianism refers to the skill of riding or driving Horses This broad description
Van Asten represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event, alongside Gerco Schröder, Wim Schröder and Gert-Jan Bruggink. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated Gerco Bernardus ("Gerco" Schröder (born July 28 1978 in Tubbergen) is a Dutch Show jumping equestrian. Wilhelmus Gerardus ("Wim" Schröder (born April 17 1971 in Almelo) is a Dutch Show jumping equestrian. Gert Jan Jozef ("Gert-Jan" Bruggink (born March 17 1981 in Hengelo) is a Dutch Show jumping equestrian. As an individual driving on his horse 'Joel', Van Asten reached the final where he ended up on the 30th position. With the Dutch show jumping team he finished fourth with a total of 24 penalty points.