Henk-Jan Held

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Henk-Jan Held
Medal record

Men's volleyball
Competitor for the Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team competition
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team competition
European Championships
Gold	1997 Netherlands	Team competition

Hendrik Jan ("Henk-Jan") Held (born 12 November 1967 in Renswoude, Utrecht) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

After having won the silver medal in 1992, Held's finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating Italy in the final (3-2). Held played professionally volleyball in Italy for several years.

References

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

v t e Netherlands – 1992 Summer Olympics (Silver Medal)

Edwin Benne Peter Blangé Ron Boudrie Henk-Jan Held Marko Klok Jan Posthuma Avital Selinger Martin Teffer Martin van der Horst Olof van der Meulen Ronald Zoodsma Ron Zwerver Coach: Arie Selinger

v t e Netherlands – 1996 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)

Peter Blangé Bas van de Goor Mike van de Goor Rob Grabert Henk-Jan Held Guido Görtzen Misha Latuhihin Olof van der Meulen Jan Posthuma Brecht Rodenburg Richard Schuil Ron Zwerver Coach: Joop Alberda

Persondata
Name	Held, Henk-Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Volleyball player
Date of birth	12 November 1967
Place of birth
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