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In 1972, Henning broke the world records on the 500 m and the 1,000 m, which made her the favorite on those distances at the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sapporo, Hokkaido|Sapporo]]. During her 500 m race against [[Sylvia Burka]] at those Olympics, Henning was obstructed at the crossing by Burka, but she still set the fastest time and a new Olympic record (43.70). In her re-skate, which she was allowed to take according to the rules, she improved her time to 43.33. Aged 16, this made Henning the youngest Olympic Champion in the history of Olympic speed skating. On the 1,000 m, Henning took the bronze medal behind surprise winner [[Monika Pflug]] and only 0.01 seconds behind silver medallist [[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]]. After that season, a still only 16 year old Henning retired from speed skating. She said, “People know about speed skating, that was not part of the game when I won my medals. I wanted to go to college and see what else I could do."<ref name="Povich">{{Cite news|url=https://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-stories/info-02-2010/olympic_stars_where.html|title=Olympic Stars—Where Are They Now - AARP Bulletin|last=Povich|first=Elaine|work=AARP|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en}}</ref> |
In 1972, Henning broke the world records on the 500 m and the 1,000 m, which made her the favorite on those distances at the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sapporo, Hokkaido|Sapporo]]. During her 500 m race against [[Sylvia Burka]] at those Olympics, Henning was obstructed at the crossing by Burka, but she still set the fastest time and a new Olympic record (43.70). In her re-skate, which she was allowed to take according to the rules, she improved her time to 43.33. Aged 16, this made Henning the youngest Olympic Champion in the history of Olympic speed skating. On the 1,000 m, Henning took the bronze medal behind surprise winner [[Monika Pflug]] and only 0.01 seconds behind silver medallist [[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]]. After that season, a still only 16 year old Henning retired from speed skating. She said, “People know about speed skating, that was not part of the game when I won my medals. I wanted to go to college and see what else I could do."<ref name="Povich">{{Cite news|url=https://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-stories/info-02-2010/olympic_stars_where.html|title=Olympic Stars—Where Are They Now - AARP Bulletin|last=Povich|first=Elaine|work=AARP|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en}}</ref> |
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Anne Henning |
Anne Henning is a retired fourth grade teacher in [[Englewood, Colorado]].<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/anne-henning-1.html Anne Henning]. sports-reference.com</ref> She was previously married to Jeff Walker with three grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is now married to Erik Palmer and resides in Englewood, CO. |
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==World records== |
==World records== |
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Born | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | September 6, 1955||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Northbrook Speedskating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 500 m – 42.5 (1972) 1000 m – 1:27.3 (1972) 1500 m – 2:27.30 (1972) 3000 m – 5:25.9 (1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anne Elizabeth Henning (born September 6, 1955) is a retired American speed skater. She grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, and started in short track speed skating, but then, like many short track speed skaters before and after her, switched to long track speed skating. In 1971, 15-year-old Henning won silver at the ISU Sprint Championships, the forerunner of the World Sprint Championships. During those championships, she set new world records in both her 500 m races.
In 1972, Henning broke the world records on the 500 m and the 1,000 m, which made her the favorite on those distances at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. During her 500 m race against Sylvia Burka at those Olympics, Henning was obstructed at the crossing by Burka, but she still set the fastest time and a new Olympic record (43.70). In her re-skate, which she was allowed to take according to the rules, she improved her time to 43.33. Aged 16, this made Henning the youngest Olympic Champion in the history of Olympic speed skating. On the 1,000 m, Henning took the bronze medal behind surprise winner Monika Pflug and only 0.01 seconds behind silver medallist Atje Keulen-Deelstra. After that season, a still only 16 year old Henning retired from speed skating. She said, “People know about speed skating, that was not part of the game when I won my medals. I wanted to go to college and see what else I could do."[1]
Anne Henning is a retired fourth grade teacher in Englewood, Colorado.[2] She was previously married to Jeff Walker with three grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is now married to Erik Palmer and resides in Englewood, CO.
World records
Over the course of her career, Henning skated four world records:
Distance | Time | Date | Location |
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500 m | 42.91 | February 20, 1971 | Inzell |
500 m | 42.75 | February 21, 1971 | Inzell |
500 m | 42.5 | January 7, 1972 | Davos |
1,000 m | 1:27.3 | January 8, 1972 | Davos |
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that Henning skated her personal records.[2]
Distance | Time | Date | Location | WR |
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500 m | 42.5 | January 7, 1972 | Davos | 42.75 |
1,000 m | 1:27.3 | January 8, 1972 | Davos | 1:27.7 |
1,500 m | 2:27.30 | January 16, 1972 | Madonna di Campiglio | 2:15,8 |
3,000 m | 5:25.9 | December 5, 1970 | Innsbruck | 4:50.3 |
References
- ^ Povich, Elaine. "Olympic Stars—Where Are They Now - AARP Bulletin". AARP. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ a b Anne Henning. sports-reference.com
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Anne Henning at SkateResults.com
- Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
- https://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-stories/info-02-2010/olympic_stars_where.html
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Olympic speed skaters of the United States
- Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in speed skating
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in speed skating
- Sportspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina
- Former world record holders in speed skating
- American female speed skaters
- Glenbrook North High School alumni
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics