Megan Henry

Megan Henry
nation	United States
birthday	17th June 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Norwalk , Connecticut ,  United States
size	160 cm
Weight	59 kg
job	Soldier
Career
discipline	skeleton
National squad	since 2011
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Skeleton ranking 22. (2018/19) Debut in the World Cup December 7, 2012 in Lake Placid Debut in the European Cup January 7, 2012 in Innsbruck Debut North American Cup January 13, 2011 in Lake Placid Debut in the Interconti-Cup January 5, 2014 in Whistler
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  World cup 0 0 1
last change: January 17th, 2020

Megan Henry (born June 17, 1987 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) is an American skeleton pilot .

Career

Megan Henry attended American University in Washington , where she played field hockey with Savannah Graybill . The two began competing in skeleton in 2011 after switching to skeleton. In the 2010/11 season, she made her debut in the North American Skeleton Cup as a 24-year-old . In her first race on January 13, 2011 in Lake Placid , she finished ninth. In the following season she was able to occupy a place in the top 5 for the first time. On December 2, 2011 she was fourth in the victory of Katharine Eustace and on March 29, 2012 she finished fourth again in the victory of Melissa Hoar . She finished eighth in the overall ranking of the North American Cup, making her third-best American. In the 2011/12 season she also competed in the European Skeleton Cup . In her first race in this racing series, she finished 13th on the Olympic track in Innsbruck . A day later, she finished ninth, her best result so far in the European Cup. At the end of the season she finished 23rd in the overall ranking of the European Cup.

After she had not contested neither a race in the North American Cup nor a race in the European Cup in the 2012/13 season, she was able to occupy a podium for the first time in the 2013/14 season in the Skeleton North American Cup. In Lake Placid she took third place on December 4, 2013 behind her compatriot Gracie Clapp and the Canadian Elisabeth Vathje . As a result, she was allowed to make her debut in the Skeleton Intercontinental Cup in Whistler . While she finished 17th in her first race on January 5, 2014, she finished 14th in the second competition on the following day.

In the 2014/15 season she was able to occupy a place in the top 5 in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time. On January 16, 2015, she finished fifth on the Olympic track in Whistler. Shortly afterwards she was allowed to take part in the 2015 Skeleton World Championship , which was held in the Veltins ice arena in the German city of Winterberg . She started in the team competition for the second team in the United States and finished seventh with the team. In the women's skeleton race, she finished 21st.

In the following season she stood for the first time in the Intercontinental Cup in a competition on the podium. On November 20, 2015, she took second place in the competition in Lake Placid behind her compatriot Katie Uhlaender and in front of Lanette Prediger from Canada. At the end of the season she finished fifth in the overall ranking of the Skeleton Intercontinental Cup with a total of 706 points as the third-best American woman.

In the first race of the 2016/17 season in Innsbruck, she finished second behind the Dutchman Kimberley Bos and ahead of the Canadian Lanette Prediger on the artificial ice rink Bob-Rodel Igls . At the Intercontinental Cup races in Lake Placid on January 26th, 2017, she finished second behind her compatriot Savannah Graybill and ahead of Briton Donna Creighton . A day later, Savannah Graybill and Lanette Prediger took third place. In the overall ranking she came fourth with a total of 690 points.

After she was unable to take a podium position in the Intercontinental Cup in the 2017/18 season and finished fifth in the overall standings, she was able to win the 2018/19 competition in Innsbruck on November 16, 2018 behind local hero Janin Flock and the British Laura Deas occupy third place. At the end of the season, she finished third in the overall ranking of the Intercontinental Cup behind the Czech Anna Fernstädt and the British Ashleigh Fay Pittaway . She was also allowed to take part in the 2019 Skeleton World Championship at the Whistler Sliding Center . In the women's skeleton competition, she was able to improve her result from 2015 and finished the competition in 18th place.

For the 2019/20 season she rose from the Intercontinental Cup to the World Cup and made her debut in the Skeleton World Cup in Lake Placid . On December 7, 2019, she finished twelfth on the Lake Placid track.

Web links

• Megan Henry in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Megan Henry in the teamusa.org database.