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The Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 119 competitors, 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.
The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.
Hendrik ("Henk") van der Grift is a retired Dutch speed skater.
The Netherlands competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 149 competitors, 115 men and 34 women, took part in 74 events in 18 sports.
Hendrik "Henk" Elzerman is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle. As a member of the Dutch Relay Team, he finished in sixth position (7:42.56) of the 4 × 200 m freestyle. Both his elder sister Josien and brother Hans were international competitive swimmers, who represented the Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Hendrik "Henk" Numan was a judoka from the Netherlands, who won a bronze medal in half-heavyweight division (–95 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. His only loss at that tournament was against the later champion Robert Van De Walle from Belgium. A year earlier, Numan won a bronze medal at the 1979 World Judo Championships. In 1992, he also competed in Japanese professional wrestling for Fighting Network RINGS as a part of Chris Dolman's team.
Hermanus Hendrikus "Henk" Steeman was a football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team. A player of Sparta Rotterdam, Steeman obtained a total number of 13 caps for Holland, from 1919 to 1925.
Hendrik Jan ("Henk-Jan") Held is a volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.
Henk Duut is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a defender. Currently, he works as a coach at the Guangzhou Evergrande youth academy.
Amel Mekić is a retired Bosnian judoka.
Maarten Johannes Arens is a Dutch judoka. He has been European Champion (1995) in Birmingham in the 86 kg category, 4 times Dutch champion, and winner of the 2000 Tournoi de Paris in the 81 kg category. At the Sydney Olympics he finished in 9th place in the 81 kg category.
Henk-Jan Zwolle is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic medallist. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.
Hendricus "Henk" Vogels is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2008 season, riding with the Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team. He won the Australian national road race title in 1999. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He was subsequently directeur sportif of the Fly V-Successful Living team. Vogels also provides expert opinion for SBS Cycling Central. Vogels served as sports director of the Drapac Professional Cycling team in 2014, however he left the team at the end of the season in order to take a break from the sport in 2015 and spend more time with his family. In 2019 he was announced as the sports director of the Australian ARA Pro Racing cycling team, based in Queensland.
Elkhan Mammadov is an Azerbaijani retired judoka.
Hindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol is a retired Dutch judoka.
The following squads were named for the 1948 Summer Olympics tournament.
Henk is a Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik. It influenced "Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries as a form of "Henry".
Hendrik "Henk" Schenk is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Wieringerwaard, Netherlands. He also wrestled at Oregon State.
Henk Visser was a long jumper from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in 1960.
Hendrik Jan Willem "Henk" Cornelisse is a retired Dutch cyclist. His sporting career began with Olympia Amsterdam. He won a bronze medal in the 4 km team pursuit along with Cor Schuuring, Gerard Koel and Jaap Oudkerk at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won the Ronde van Noord-Holland and Ronde van Overijssel in 1962 and one stage of the Olympia's Tour in 1964.
References
- ↑ "Henk Krediet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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