Johannes "Jan" Verheijen (30 November 1896 – 29 April 1973) was a Dutch weightlifter who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. He was born and died in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

and was the brother of Hendrik and Minus Verheijen. In 1924 he finished twelfth in the light-heavyweight class. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the light-heavyweight class of the 1928 Games.

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1896 births 1973 deaths Dutch male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Netherlands Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from The Hague Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub