Hendrik Offerhaus

Dutch rower

Hendrik Karel Offerhaus
Born	(1875-05-20)20 May 1875 Venhuizen, Netherlands
Died	2 September 1953(1953-09-02) (aged 78) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Occupation	Doctor

Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
	1900 Paris	Eight

Hendrik Karel Offerhaus (20 May 1875 – 2 September 1953) was a Dutch medical doctor and rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2] He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which finished third in the eight event.

After completing his medical studies, he worked as a surgeon in The Hague, Groningen and Deventer among others. In Deventer he became involved with the Dutch Red Cross. During the Balkan War in 1913, he worked with the Dutch Red Cross in Greece. In 1931, he gave up his surgical practice in order to devote himself fully to the Red Cross. He later became secretary-general of the Dutch Red Cross.^[3]^[2]

References

^ N. Japikse (1938). Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld (in Dutch). p. 1732. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Johanna Groene (20 June 2012). "Hendrik Offerhaus". Medisch Contact (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ H.H. Maas (1 July 1953). "In memoriam dr. H.K. Offerhaus" (PDF). Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (in Dutch). p. 3021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.