Hendrikus Alexander ("Henk") Janssen (17 June 1890 – 28 August 1969) was a Dutch tug of war competitor, who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He was born in Arnhem and died in Arnhem. In 1920 Janssen won the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

as member of the Dutch tug of war team.

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1890 births 1969 deaths Olympic tug of war competitors of the Netherlands Tug of war competitors at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Arnhem Olympic medalists in tug of war Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{tugofwar-bio-stub