John Henning (long distance runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
| Born | c.1910[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | November 1999 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance |
| Club | Duncairn Nomads AC |
John A. Henning (1910 – 1999) was an athlete from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire and Commmonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Henning was a member of the Duncairn Nomads Athletics Club in North Belfast[2] and by 1947 was the Irish marathon champion and record holder.[3] A lorry driver by profession, he trained for the 1948 Summer Olympics but failed to make the Great Britain team.[4]
He won ten consecutive Northern Ireland marathon championships up until 1954 but at the 1956 Northern Ireland Championships he collapsed after twenty miles of the marathon.[1]
Henning was named by the Northern Ireland AAA in the final 1958 Northern Irish Team for the forthcoming Empire and Commonwealth Games.[5] He subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,[6] participating in the one athletics event;[7] the marathon.[8]
He organised the Shankill Festival of Running for 42 years. He died in 1999.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Few Thrills at Athletic Championships". Northern Whig. 11 June 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletic Notes". Ireland's Saturday Night. 19 October 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Marathon champion at Ballyclare". Northern Whig. 4 August 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Olympic hope". Northern Whig. 9 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Two athletes added to the Empire Games Team". Belfast Telegraph. 27 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Ulster team for Empire Games". Belfast News-Letter. 19 June 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ↑ "Athletics Marathon - Men Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ↑ "John Henning dies (89)". Belfast Telegraph. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 15 November 2025.