Hendrik Christiaan "Henk" de Looper (26 December 1912 in

Hilversum Hilversum () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is ...

– 2 January 2006 in

) was a Dutch

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player who competed in the

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. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as halfback. His younger brother Jan de Looper was his teammate.

External links

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Henk de Looper at databaseOlympics.com
* 1912 births 2006 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Hilversum Field hockey players from North Holland Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub