Henning Grenander
 Portrait of Grenander taken in the early 1890s | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 August 1874 Skövde, Sweden |
| Died | 11 March 1958 (aged 83) Torquay, England |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Sweden |
Medal record | |
Henning Grenander (4 August 1874 – 11 March 1958) was a Swedish figure skater. He was the 1898 World Champion.
Career
[edit]Grenander was born on 4 August 1874 in Skövde, Sweden. He began attending a school in Stockholm when he was 8 and began learning how to skate when he was 11.[1] He moved to Longdon in 1896, where he trained as a physiotherapist and studied at St George's, University of London.[2][3] He worked as a masseur on Wimpole Street.[4]
He won a silver medal at the 1893 European Figure Skating Championships, but the results were later declared invalid due to issues with the scoring rules. A few years later, he won the gold medal at the 1898 World Figure Skating Championships, the only time he competed at the World Championships.[5]
Outside of his competitive career, he became involved with the National Skating Association.[5] He helped plan the 1908 Summer Olympics and was a judge in the men's singles figure skating and men's special figures events.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Grenander was the youngest of nine children, and he married Isabella Wilson, who worked as a milliner, in 1901; the couple had a daughter, Jean Ingeborg.[2][4][6] Besides skating, he also enjoyed riding and sailing and acted as an interpreter during the sailing event at the 1948 Olympics.[4] He moved to Torquay, England around 1943, where he died in a nursing home on 11 March 1958.[1][4]
Results
[edit]| Event | 1893 | 1898 |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 1st | |
| European Championships | 2nd |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Olympedia – Henning Grenander". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Grenander, Henning". Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "St George's Alumni". St George's. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "He was known as "The Prince of Skaters"". Torquay Times and South Devon Advertiser. 14 March 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 Hines, James R. (30 March 2015). Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women. University of Illinois Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-252-09704-1.
- ↑ "Mrs. Grenander". The Sketch. 28 November 1906. p. 206.
External links
[edit]- Henning Grenander at Olympedia
- Henning Grenander at InterSportStats
