Niklas Henning

Niklas Henning
nation	Sweden
birthday	6th March 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	Stockholm , Sweden
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination
society	Are SLK
status	resigned
End of career	March 1992
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut 1984  Individual world cup victories 1  Overall World Cup 27. ( 1989/90 )  Downhill World Cup 15. ( 1990/91 )  Super G World Cup 7th (1989/90)  Giant Slalom World Cup 21. ( 1988/89 )  Combination World Cup 11. ( 1985/86 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Super G 1 0 0  combination 0 1 0

Niklas Eric Henning (born March 6, 1964 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish ski racer . He specialized in the downhill and super-G disciplines.

biography

Henning played football in the junior division of Djurgårdens IF in his youth . He learned to ski in a former garbage dump on the outskirts of Stockholm. He first appeared internationally at the Junior World Championship in 1982 . The following year he won his first of eight Swedish championship titles . He scored his first points in a World Cup race on January 10, 1984 when he was 14th in the giant slalom in Adelboden . A few weeks later he finished 18th in the giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics .

In the World Cup season 1984/85 Henning could never classify himself in the points, after which he gradually began to specialize in the fast disciplines. On December 15, 1985, he achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup when he finished second behind Marc Girardelli in the combined classification , which was composed of the downhill in Val Gardena and the giant slalom in Alta Badia . Two more top 10 results were added during the 1985/86 season . In contrast, performance in the three following winters was moderate. His best result during this period was tenth in the combination at the 1988 Winter Olympics .

Henning was most successful in the 1989/90 season . On December 10, 1989, he surprisingly won the Super-G of Val-d'Isère , ahead of Franck Piccard and Peter Runggaldier . This winter he was classified in the top ten three more times. Another five top 10 results were added in the 1990/91 season . Henning contested his last World Cup race in March 1992 in Panorama , where he finished the downhill in tenth place.

successes

Olympic games

• Sarajevo 1984 : 18th giant slalom
• Calgary 1988 : 10th combination, 30th departure

World championships

• Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 15th descent

Junior World Championships

• Auron 1982 : 25th departure

World cup

• Season 1989/90 : 7. Super-G standings
• 12 placements among the top ten
• 2 podium places, including 1 victory:

date	place	country	discipline
December 10, 1989	Val d'Isère	France	Super G

Others

• 8 Swedish championship titles
  • Departure: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
  • Super-G: 1990

source

• International sports archive 43/1990 ( Munzinger archive )

Web links

• Niklas Henning in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Niklas Henning in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Niklas Henning in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )