Kenneth Henry

	Ken Henry
Full name	Kenneth Charles Henry
nation	United States
birthday	January 7, 1929
place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
date of death	March 1, 2009
Place of death	Lake Bluff, Illinois
Career
discipline	Speed skating
Medal table
winter Olympics

Kenneth Charles "Ken" Henry (born January 7, 1929 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 1, 2009 in Lake Bluff , Illinois) was an American speed skater .

He won the gold medal over 500 meters at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 . 28,000 spectators watched his victory in 43.2 seconds in the Bislett Stadium. At the 1956 Games he was fourth over this route.

At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , he carried the torch into the stadium for the opening ceremony. Eight years later he was the head coach of the American speed skating team in Grenoble .

Web links

Kenneth Henry in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Statistics at speed skating news

personal data
SURNAME	Henry, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henry, Ken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 2009
Place of death	Lake Bluff