Stanny Van Paesschen (born 24 April 1957) is a Belgian

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and Olympic medalist. He was born in Antwerp. He competed in show jumping at the

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, and won a bronze medal with the Belgian team.

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1957 births Living people Belgian male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Antwerp {{Belgium-equestrian-bio-stub