Anne Henning
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  United States
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| Women's speed skating | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1972 Sapporo | 500 m |
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1972 Sapporo | 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1971 Inzell | Sprint |
Anne Elizabeth Henning (born 6 September 1955 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a former speed skater from the United States.
Anne Henning 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 favourite 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.
Anne Henning currently is a teacher in Englewood, Colorado.
World records
Over the course of her career, Henning skated four world records:
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 42.91 | 20 February 1971 | Inzell |
| 500 m | 42.75 | 21 February 1971 | Inzell |
| 500 m | 42.5 | 7 January 1972 | Davos |
| 1,000 m | 1:27.3 | 8 January 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.
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 42.5 | 7 January 1972 | Davos | 42.75 |
| 1,000 m | 1:27.3 | 8 January 1972 | Davos | 1:27.7 |
| 1,500 m | 2:27.30 | 16 January 1972 | Madonna di Campiglio | 2:15,8 |
| 3,000 m | 5:25.9 | 5 December 1970 | Innsbruck | 4:50.3 |
Sources and external links
- Anne Henning at SkateResults.com
- Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
- A picture of Anne Henning taken in 1980 with Anne Henning on the left and Leah Poulos on the right.
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