Henriette Engel Hansen

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

Henriette Engel Hansen
Hansen at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 38)
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]

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

  1. 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. Henriette Hansen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. Henriette Hansen Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. "2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships" (PDF). www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.


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