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Henning Grenander (4 August 1874–11 March 1958) was a Swedish figure skater.

Henning Grenander
Personal information
Country represented	Sweden
Born	(1874-08-04)4 August 1874 Skövde, Sweden
Died	11 March 1958(1958-03-11) (aged 83) Torquay, England
Medal record Representing  Sweden Men's Figure skating World Championships 1898 London Men's singles European Championships 1893 Berlin Men's singles

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 won a silver medal at the 1893 European Figure Skating Championships but the results were declared invalid by ISU over issues with the scoring rules.[2]

In 1898 he moved to London and worked in a Swedish bank.[1] He won the gold medal at the 1898 World Figure Skating Championships[2] and decided to stay in London after the games. He became a Swedish masseur[1] and became involved with the National Skating Association.[2]

He helped plan the 1908 Summer Olympics and was a judge in the men's singles figure skating and men's special figures events.[2]

He died in a nursing home in Torquay, England on 11 March 1958.[1]

Results

Event	1893	1898
World Championships		1st
European Championships	2nd

References

• "ISU: World Figure Skating Championships Medalists" (PDF).

На других языках

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[de] Henning Grenander

Henning Grenander (* 1874; † 1958) war ein schwedischer Eiskunstläufer, der im Einzellauf startete. Er ist der Weltmeister von 1898.

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- [en] Henning Grenander

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[ru] Гренандер, Хеннинг

Хеннинг Гренандер (швед. Henning Grenander, родился в 1874 году — умер в 1958 году) — фигурист из Швеции, чемпион мира 1898 года, серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы 1893 года в мужском одиночном катании. Младший брат архитектора Альфреда Гренандера.

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