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Anne Henning

アン・ヘニング　/　あん・へにんぐ

American speed skater

September 6, 1955 (age 70)　・　Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

North Carolina
speed skater

My Take

What grabs me about Anne Henning is the audacity of her timeline. Winning silver at the ISU Sprint Championships at just fifteen is the kind of teenage precocity that usually burns out, yet she made the smart pivot from short track to long track that so many sprinters chase. I read her as a pure speed athlete, all explosive commitment over a few electric seconds, and there is something deeply admirable about that single-minded intensity. As a woman carving out space in 1970s American speed skating, she struck me as a genuine pioneer whose nerve at such a young age still impresses.

Overview

Anne Elizabeth Henning (born September 6, 1955) is an American retired 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Anne Henning
Name (Japanese): アン・ヘニング
Reading: あん・へにんぐ
Born: September 6, 1955 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Goat
Origin: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 170 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: speed skater

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Glenbrook North High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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