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Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel (born 1937, Steinbach-Hallenberg), East German ski jumper; 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic champion, 1962 world champion, three-time Four Hills winner, first non-Scandinavian Holmenkollen champion (1957).
Helmuth Fischer
Helmuth Fischer (Helmut Paul Wilhelm Fischer, 1911–1996) was a German freestyle swimmer from Bremerhaven: German 100 m champion 1933 and 1935–39, fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, European record holder over 100 m and in the 4×100 m relay.
Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF (HIF), Swedish football club founded 4 June 1907 in Helsingborg, home at Olympia. Early Allsvenskan powerhouse with titles 1929-1934; since 2016 relegated repeatedly, now a Superettan side rebuilding finances.
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK, Helsingfors Fotbollsklubb), Finnish football club founded 1907 in Helsinki; most successful club in Finland with 29 titles, 13 cups, first Finnish Champions League group-stage club (1998/99).
Hemang Badani
Hemang Kamal Badani (born 1976, Chennai) is a former Indian left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler: 4 Tests, 40 ODIs (867 runs, one century), later Delhi Capitals and Southern Brave head coach.
Henadzi Aliashchuk
Henadzi Aliashchuk (Генадзій Аляшчук, also Gennady Oleshchuk), Belarusian weightlifter born 1975 in Babruysk; 2000 Olympic featherweight bronze, 2001 world champion, 181 kg clean & jerk world record.
Hendon F.C.
Hendon F.C., founded 1908 as Christ Church Hampstead, is a London non-league club at Silver Jubilee Park, Kingsbury, playing Isthmian League South Central; three-time FA Amateur Cup winner (1960, 1965, 1972), twice Isthmian League champion, supporters-owned since 2010.
Hendon Hooker
Hendon Hooker (born 1998) is an American football quarterback from Greensboro, N.C., who starred at Virginia Tech and Tennessee, won 2022 SEC Offensive Player of the Year, was drafted 68th overall by the Detroit Lions in 2023, and appeared in three NFL games.
Hendra Setiawan
Hendra Setiawan, Indonesian badminton men's doubles legend ('The Daddies' with Mohammad Ahsan; earlier with Markis Kido). Beijing 2008 Olympic gold, four world titles (2007, 2013, 2015, 2019), 42 weeks world No. 1; retired January 2025.
Hendre Verhoef
Hendre Verhoef (Hendre Barend Verhoef) is a South African compound archer from Gauteng, 2025 World Games flag bearer, Limerick 2023 youth worlds fourth-place finisher, and African 50m record holder with 701 points.
Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports, founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984 in Concord, North Carolina, is the winningest NASCAR Cup Series team, with records of 15 championships, 322 Cup wins, and 10 Daytona 500s.
Hendrik Reiher
Hendrik Reiher (born 1962, Eisenhüttenstadt) is a German rowing coxswain; Olympic gold 1988 Seoul and silver 1992 Barcelona in the coxed fours, three world titles.
Hendrika van Rumt
Hendrika (Riek) van Rumt, 1897-1985, Dutch gymnast; won gold in the first women's Olympic gymnastics event, the 1928 Amsterdam team all-around, her only Games.
Henk Jan Held
Henk Jan Held (Hendrik Jan Held), Dutch volleyball middle blocker born 1967 in Renswoude; Olympic silver 1992 and gold 1996 with the Netherlands, 375 caps, long Italian club career, later coach in Italy and assistant of the Dutch men's national team.
Henk Jan Zwolle
Henk Jan Zwolle (Henk-Jan Zwolle), Dutch rower born 1964 in Enschede: 1988 single sculls, 1992 double sculls bronze with Nico Rienks, 1996 Olympic gold men's eight; later coach, team manager, and World Rowing fairness official.
Henk Rogers
Henk Rogers, Dutch-born American entrepreneur (born Amsterdam, 1953), founder of The Tetris Company with Alexey Pajitnov; secured Tetris Game Boy rights from Soviet ELORG in 1989; later founded Blue Planet Foundation for 100% renewable energy.
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta, held since 1839 on the Thames at Henley-on-Thames, is a six-day knock-out rowing regatta over 2,112 m upstream, royal patronage since 1851, 862 entries from 21 nations in 2026.
Hennie Kuiper
Hennie Kuiper (Hendrikus Andreas Kuiper, born 1949), Dutch road cyclist: 1972 Olympic road race champion, 1975 world champion, winner of four Monuments, twice Tour de France runner-up.
Henning Berg
Henning Stille Berg, Norwegian defender born 1969 in Eidsvoll; won the Premier League with Blackburn (1995) and Manchester United (1999, 2000), 100 Norway caps, later manager at Legia, Omonia Nicosia and other clubs.
Henny Hoobin
Henny Hoobin (Henry Francis Hoobin, 1879-1921), Canadian lacrosse player with Montreal's Shamrock Lacrosse Club; won Olympic gold at London 1908, scoring twice in Canada's 14-10 win over Great Britain.
Henny Reistad
Henny Reistad (Henny Ella Reistad, born 1999), Norwegian handball back, Norway captain, Team Esbjerg; Olympic, world, and three-time European champion; IHF World Player of the Year 2023–2025; joining Brest Bretagne in 2027.
Henny Selle
Henny Ruth Selle, German 800m runner of the early 1930s FSFI era; 6th at the 1931 German Championships in 2:31.8, 8th at the 1934 Women's World Games, and 3×800m relay runner for VfL Potsdamer Sportfreunde.
Henri Anspach
Henri Anspach (Henri Lucien Ernest Eugène Anspach, 1882–1979), Belgian fencer and painter, cousin of Paul Anspach; won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in men's team épée and exhibited paintings in Paris and Brussels.
Henri Bouckaert
Henri Bouckaert (Jules Henri Bouckaert, 1870-1912), French rower of Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; won gold in the men's coxed fours at Paris 1900 in 7:11.0, and drowned in the Texas shipwreck in the Gulf of İzmir.
Henri Chammartin
Henri Chammartin (1918–2011), Swiss dressage rider, won individual Olympic gold at Tokyo 1964 on Wörmann and five Olympic medals total across five Games from 1952 to 1968.
Henri Deglane
Henri Deglane (Jean Henri Deglane, 1902-1975), French Greco-Roman wrestler; won 1924 Paris Olympic heavyweight gold, first French Olympic wrestling champion, then AWA World Heavyweight pro champion in 1931.
Henri Gance
Henri Gance (1888–1953), French weightlifter of Cercle Athlétique Parisien; Olympic gold in middleweight (≤75 kg) at Antwerp 1920 with a 245.0 kg total, an Olympic record, 10 kg clear; 1920 French champion.
Henri Gilardoni
Henri Gilardoni (Henri Joseph Marcel Gilardoni, 1876–1937), French sailor; won gold in the 3-10 Tons class, Race #1, at the 1900 Paris Olympics helming the yacht Fémur at Meulan.
Henri Hazebrouck
Henri Hazebrouck (Henri Alphonse Hazebrouck, 1877–1948), French rower from Roubaix, Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; won gold in men's coxed fours at the 1900 Paris Olympics in 7:11.0 with Bouckaert, Cau, Delchambre, and coxswain Charlot.
Henri Hérouin
Henri Hérouin (1876-1926), French archer of the Compagnie de Couilly, won two gold medals at the Paris 1900 Olympics: Au Cordon Doré 50 metres and the Championnat du Monde, beating Hubert Van Innis both times.