Jo van Gastel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jo van Gastel

Dutch archer

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1887

Place of Birth: Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1969

Profession: archer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Johannes Jacobus van Gastel (January 5, 1887 – March 5, 1969) was an archer from the Netherlands. He was born in Tilburg and died in Tilburg. He represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Event (28 m), alongside Joep Packbiers, Piet de Brouwer, Driekske van Bussel, Janus van Merrienboer, Tiest van Gestel, Janus Theeuwes, and Theo Willems. He is the son of Johannes van Gastel, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics also as an archer.