 Henderson at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Louise Henderson |
| Born | 14 November 1998 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2016 | Lovelo Cinelli RT |
| 2017–2019 | Team OnForm |
| 2019 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020 | Team Sunweb[1] |
| 2021– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Medal record | |
Anna Louise Henderson (born 14 November 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Visma–Lease a Bike.[2][3] She took a silver medal in the time trial at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Life
[edit]Henderson was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in 1998 and grew up in Edlesborough in Buckinghamshire. She attended Aylesbury High School.[4] Growing up, her ambition was to win an Olympic medal in the Winter Olympics. After reflecting on her lack of success at international skiing, she changed her interest to cycling. She made the decision when she was fifteen. She had broken her leg and cycling was prescribed as helpful to her recovery. As a result, cycling became her focus.[5]
She rode in the women's road race event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.[6] In 2018, Henderson won the British National Circuit Race Championships,[7] and the under-23 British National Time Trial Championships in 2019.[8]
In September 2023 she was in the Netherlands at the UEC European Road Championships. She was second in the Women's Time Trial[9] and she was eighth in the Road race. She had come home in the time trial in first position, but Switzerland's Marlen Reusser finished after her with a better time.[9]
Henderson qualified for the time trial at the 2024 Olympics and she was identified in the British press as a potential medalist. They cited her British titles and her success in gaining a silver at the previous year’s European championships, and fourth place in Glasgow at the world championships.[5] She took a silver medal in the time trial at the 2024 Summer Olympics behind Grace Brown of Australia[10][11] on very wet Parisian roads.[12]
Major results
[edit]
- 2018
- 1st
National Criterium Championships - Tour Series
- 1st Aberystwyth
- 1st Stevenage
- 2019
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- Tour Series
- 1st Durham
- 1st Brooklands
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Derny, National Track Championships
- 1st
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 7th Dwars door het Hageland WE
- 8th Le Samyn
- 10th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 10th GP de Plouay
- 2022
- 1st Prologue Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- RideLondon Classique
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
British rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd
Time trial, Commonwealth Games - 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2023
- La Vuelta Femenina
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held after Stage 1
- UEC European Road Championships
- 2nd
Time trial[9] - 8th Road race
- 2nd
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Simac Ladies Tour
- 3rd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
- 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Nokere Koerse
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2nd
Time trial, Summer Olympics - 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Jumbo-Visma Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (23 September 2019). "Former Aylesbury High School pupil wins bronze medal at road cycling world championships in team event". The Bucks Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Anna Henderson set to fulfil Olympics dream in Saturday's Paris time trial". The Independent. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "2018: World Championships - Women's Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ O'Brien, Tom (13 July 2018). "Henderson and Gibson take gold at the HSBC UK | National Circuit Championships". British Cycling. British Cycling Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (27 June 2019). "Alice Barnes wins British National women's time trial with Henderson top in under-23 race". Cycling Weekly.
- ^ a b c "European Road Cycling Championships: Josh Tarling wins time trial, with Anna Henderson claiming silver". BBC Sport. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Challis, Dan (27 July 2024). "Grace Brown takes gold in rain-soaked women's Olympic time trial ahead of Anna Henderson". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "GB's Henderson wins Olympic time trial silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Media, P. A. (27 July 2024). "Anna Henderson survives storm to take silver for Team GB in women's time trial". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Anna Henderson at UCI
- Anna Henderson at Cycling Archives
- Anna Henderson at ProCyclingStats
- Anna Henderson at Cycling Quotient
- Anna Henderson at Team GB
