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Henriette Engel Hansen

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Henriette Engel Hansen
Hansen at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 42)
Hillerød, Denmark[1]
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
Club361 Kano- og Kajakklub[3]
Coached byZoltán Bakó (national)[3]
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-2 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Brandenburg K-1 1000 m

Henriette Engel Hansen (born 15 April 1982) is a world champion Danish canoe sprinter and marathon canoeist. She and team-mate Emma Aastrand Jørgensen won the K-2 1000 m title at the 2014 World Championships.[4]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she was eliminated in the K-1 500 m semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was eliminated in the K-1 200 m semifinals and placed seventh in the K-1 500 m event.[1] At the 2016 Olympics she competed in the K-1 200 m and K-4 500 m and placed sixth in the latter event.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henriette Engel Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b Henriette Hansen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b Henriette Hansen Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ "2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships" (PDF). canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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