Henry Petersen
Henry Petersen was a Danish athlete. He competed in the pole vault at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1920, placing fourth in 1924. Petersen won the national pole vault title in 1920-21, 1923 and 1925–27 and improved the national record eight times from 3.69 m in 1919 to 4.03 m in 1925. He also held three national titles in the 4×100 m sprint relay and five in team gymnastics events. He retired from sport shortly before the 1928 Olympics due to tuberculosis. He was an engineer by profession.
