Anne Henning

{{Short description|American speed skater (born 1955)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

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|image= Vera Krasnova, Anne Henning, Lyudmila Titova 1972 cr.jpg

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|caption= Henning (center) at the 1972 Olympics

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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1955|9|6}}

|birth_place= Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

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| height = 170 cm

| weight = 66 kg

|sport=Speed skating

|pb=500 m – 42.5 (1972)
1000 m – 1:27.3 (1972)
1500 m – 2:27.30 (1972)
3000 m – 5:25.9 (1971)

|club=Northbrook Speedskating Club

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold |1972 Sapporo | 500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1972 Sapporo | 1000 m}}

{{MedalSport |World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1971 Inzell|Sprint}}

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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. 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."{{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}}

Anne Henning is a retired fourth grade teacher in Aurora, Colorado.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/anne-henning-1.html Anne Henning]. sports-reference.com She has 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is married to Erik Palmer and resides in Aurora, Colorado.