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Line 1: {{Short description\|Equestrian and businessman}} '''Hendrik Snoek''' a former German show jumper and now businessman. Snoek was heir to a supermarket fortune.<ref>http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/beached</ref> He was kidnapped on 3 November 1976 and held for a DM 5,000,000 ransom. He was released when the ransom was paid by his father and considerable amount of the ransom was eventually recovered.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2008}} He was a founder of the [[Westphalian Horse Museum]] in [[Münster]]. {{Use dmy dates\|date=July ~~2016~~2024}} ▼ {{Use British English\|date=July 2024}} {{BLP one source\|date=November 2021}} {{Expand German\|date=July 2024}} [[File:CHIO in Rotterdam, H Snoek (West-Duitsland) in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 925-8743.jpg\|thumb\|Hendrik Snoek at 1972 [[CHIO Rotterdam]]]] '''Hendrik Snoek''' is a former German [[show jumper]] who later became a businessman. Snoek was heir to a supermarket fortune.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/beached\|title = Beached}}</ref> ==Kidnapping== [[File:Ambachtalbrücke01 2013-04-29.jpg\|thumb\|View of the Ambachtalbrücke from the valley]] He was kidnapped on 3 November 1976 and held for a DM 5,000,000 ransom. He was discovered by a lorry driver, chained up in service room in a pillar of a 52 meter high road bridge, the [[Ambachtalbrücke]] near [[Herborn, Hesse\|Herborn]] over the A45, after the ransom was paid by his father. A considerable amount of the ransom was eventually recovered.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2008}} ==Westphalian Horse Museum== He was a founder of the [[Westphalian Horse Museum]] in [[Münster]]. ==Show jumping== Snoek won the 1972 [[All England Jumping Course at Hickstead\|Hickstead Derby]] on [[Shirokko]]. He was a reserve at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] for [[West Germany]]. He won the [[Royal Dublin Society\|R.D.S.]] [[Dublin]] [[Grand Prix show jumping\|Grand Prix]] in 1984 riding the [[chestnut (coat)\|chestnut]] [[mare]] Palma Nova. == References == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.sportsrecords.co.uk/equestrian/equestrian5x.htm Dublin Grand Prix] {{Authority control}} ~~==External links==~~ * [http://www.kus-muenster.de/download/KuS.pdf Munster newspaper] ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Snoek, Hendrik}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German male equestrians]] [[Category:German show jumping riders]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]