Henriette Engel HANSEN (DEN)

Henry

Virum

Consultant at Danish Regions

MSc Economics

I began paddling in 2002 when I was 20 years old at my club 361 kano og kajakklub

I began paddling as I wanted to know how to paddle to be able to do adventure races - but I never got to do adventure races - I stayed with the kayak

Interior design, skiing, my family, friends, my garden

361 Kano og kajakklub

Hungarian

Zoltan Balo

January 2014

2005

Denmark

European Championsship in Marathon

Tyn nad Vltavou - Czech Republic

My five World Champion titles are of course really special - all them, the first one because it was the first one, the third one as it was Anne Lolks last kayak competition, the 4th one as it was in Denmark with a great support, the 5th as it was my first in sprint and Emma and I had only paddled together for a week. The OG in Beijing was very special - all the hype, the national gear, the atmosphere and especially the opening ceremoni

My boyfriend who taught me to paddle, but also all my coaches who have taught me many things that I still think of in training

The Danish girls, on training camps when I was the only girl on the Danish team - I used to train with Emilie Fournel, Jenni Mikkonen and Jenny Egan, Jenny Egan trained with us this spring in FL which was really good

be fearless and enjoy

Duisburg or Moscow

Burgers

Medal at the Olympics.
After my sporting career - work with what makes me happy

Sports prize of the commune in 2007, 2008 and 2014

My dog Lewis is my little baby when I'm home. I miss him so much when being abroad.
The older I have got my base at home have become more important and travelling all the time tougher.
I love the sport - the hard training, the social part etc. I especially love the fact that compared to 13-14 years of agegap between me and the other Danish girls - we still have great fun and the same goal

500 m

2nd in k2, 3rd in k4

My granddad was a good wrestler - my dad says :)

Running for a few years