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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.
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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.
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