Hendrikus Alexander ("Henk") Janssen (17 June 1890 – 28 August 1969) was a Dutch

tug of war Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport in which two teams compete by pulling on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal of bringing the rope a certain distance in one direction against ...

competitor who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

. He was born in

Arnhem Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...

and died in

. 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, ...

as member of the Dutch tug of war team.

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1890 births 1969 deaths Olympic tug of war competitors for 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