Henk-Jan Held
Appearance
Henk-Jan Held | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Hendrik Jan Held | ||
Nickname | Henk-Jan Held | ||
Born | Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands | 12 November 1967||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Middle blocker | ||
Number | 3 | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
Hendrik Jan ("Henk-Jan") Held (born 12 November 1967) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona.
After having won the silver medal in 1992, Held's finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating Italy in the final (3–2). Held played professional volleyball in Italy for several years.
References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Henk-Jan Held at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Henk-Jan Held at WorldofVolley
- Henk-Jan Held at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Henk-Jan Held at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Dutch men's volleyball players
- Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
- People from Renswoude
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)
- Middle blockers
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Naturalised volleyball players
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Italian volleyball coaches
- Dutch volleyball coaches
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch volleyball biography stubs