Katharina Hennig

	Katharina Hennig
	Hennig 2019 in Oslo
nation	Germany
birthday	14th June 1996 (age 24)
place of birth	Annaberg-Buchholz , Germany
size	163 cm
Career
job	Sports soldier
discipline	Cross-country skiing
society	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal
status	active
Medal table
Cross-country skiing U23 world championships
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
German championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	January 24, 2016
Overall World Cup	18th ( 2019/20 )
Sprint World Cup	48th (2019/20)
Distance World Cup	12. (2019/20)
Tour de Ski	08. ( 2019/20 )
	last change: March 17th, 2020

Katharina Hennig (born June 14, 1996 in Annaberg-Buchholz ) is a German cross-country skier .

Career

Hennig from Königswalde in the Ore Mountains attended the elite winter sports school in Oberwiesenthal from 2002 to 2015 and was trained by Joachim Gerstenberger. She belonged to SV Neudorf until 2011 and has since started for WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal .

Katharina Hennig during the World Cup in Dresden, January 10, 2018

At the German Cross-Country Ski Championships 2015 in Oberwiesenthal, she became German champion over 5 km and in the pursuit. At the Junior World Championships in Rasnov , Romania , the Erzgebirge woman won the silver medal in the 10 km freestyle race behind the Swede Ebba Andersson . Katharina Hennig had already won bronze with the German team in 2013 and 2015 and was fourth in 2014. She made her World Cup debut on January 24, 2016 in Nové Město, Czech Republic . As the starter of the Germany II relay, she kept up with the top group and landed with her teammates in seventh place. At the German Cross-Country Ski Championships in 2016 in Oberhof and Kirchzarten , she came second over 16.5 km freestyle and over 30 km classic.

At the beginning of the 2016/17 season she started in Ruka in the World Cup singles for the first time and with the 27th place over 10 km she recorded her first World Cup points. In the following World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer , she achieved 27th place. In January 2017 she achieved her first podium in the World Cup with second place in the relay in Ulricehamn . Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti were 11th place in the skiathlon and sixth place with the relay. She was 43rd in the overall World Cup and 6th in the U23 World Cup. At the German cross-country skiing championships in 2017 in Oberwiesenthal, she was champion of the 30 km freestyle and team sprint together with Anne Winkler .

After 40th place in the Ruka Triple at the beginning of the 2017/18 season , she finished 21st in the Tour de Ski 2017/18 and 39th place in the overall World Cup ranking. Her best placements at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang were 19th place in the 30 km mass start race and sixth place in the relay. In March 2018 she was again German champion (over 20 km classic) at the German cross-country skiing championships in Reit im Winkl and came second in the team sprint with Anne Winkler.

In the 2018/19 season Hennig finished 28th in the Lillehammer Triple and 17th in the World Cup finals in Québec. In addition, she finished in the top ten five times in the individual World Cup and reached 30th place in the overall World Cup and 14th place in the Distance World Cup at the end of the season. At the U23 World Championships in Lahti in 2019 , she won the bronze medal in the 15 km mass start race. She also came fourth there in the 10 km freestyle. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were 11th place over 10 km classic and fourth place with the relay. At the end of March 2019 she became German champion in the mass start race over 20 km freestyle at the German cross-country skiing championships in Reit im Winkl and together with Anne Winkler in the team sprint and achieved second place with the relay of WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal.

In the 2019/20 season, Hennig finished 27th in the Ruka Triple and eighth in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 . She was able to achieve her first podium in a classic individual race in the fifth stage in Val di Fiemme with third place over 10 km. In the overall ranking of the Tour de Ski she was eighth and celebrated her best result in this competition. She finished the season in 18th place in the overall World Cup and 12th place in the Distance World Cup.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

2018 Pyeongchang : 6th place relay, 19th place 30 km classic mass start, 22nd place 15 km skiathlon, 27th place sprint classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

2017 Lahti : 6th place relay, 11th place 15 km skiathlon, 19th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 27th place 10 km classic
2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 4th place relay, 11th place 10 km classic, 16th place 15 km skiathlon, 21st place 30 km freestyle mass start

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races ^a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	team
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place											1
3rd place		1							1
Top 10		8th		2		2		1	13	1	5
Scoring	1	22nd	3	2		12	5	8th	53	1	5
Starts	2	28	3	2		17th	20th	9	81	1	5
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2016/17	138	43.	110	32.	-	-
2017/18	167	39.	115	23.	4th	69.
2018/19	250	30th	209	14th	7th	70.
2019/20	485	18th	323	12.	26th	48.

Web links

Commons : Katharina Hennig - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Katharina Hennig in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
Katharina Hennig on deutscherskiverband.de

Individual evidence

↑ Ore Mountains toast silver twice
↑ Result DM 2017 30 km freestyle
↑ Result DM 2017 team sprint
↑ Result DM 2018 20 km classic
↑ Result DM 2018 team sprint
↑ Results DM 2019 20 km freestyle
↑ Results DM 2019 team sprint
↑ Results DM 2019 season
↑ Katharina Hennig sensationally third in the cross-country mass start in Val di Fiemme. In: sportschau.de. January 3, 2020, accessed January 4, 2020 .
↑ Johaug wins Tour de Ski. In: sportschau.de. January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hennig, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH	Annaberg-Buchholz

[1] Ore Mountains toast silver twice

[2] Result DM 2017 30 km freestyle

[3] Result DM 2017 team sprint

[4] Result DM 2018 20 km classic

[5] Result DM 2018 team sprint

[6] Results DM 2019 20 km freestyle

[7] Results DM 2019 team sprint

[8] Results DM 2019 season

[9] Katharina Hennig sensationally third in the cross-country mass start in Val di Fiemme. In: sportschau.de. January 3, 2020, accessed January 4, 2020 .

[10] Johaug wins Tour de Ski. In: sportschau.de. January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020 .