Jack Lewis Henderson (24 May 1914 – 2000) was a British

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the late 1940s. At the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London, he was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. He was the author of ''Kayak to Cape Wrath'', published in 1951 by William McLellan, which details the series of summer trips he took with friends over several years during which he journeyed by folding canoe, starting at Fort William and ending at Cape Wrath.

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* 1914 births Year of death missing Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Great Britain British male canoeists {{UK-canoe-bio-stub