Henrik VON APPEN

Historical Results

Henrik von Appen Piedrabuena

Mountain biking. (Instagram)

Athlete

Attended primary school at Colegio Aleman de Santiago, secondary school at Deutsche Schule in Santiago, and college at Universidad de Chile in Santiago. (Facebook)

Father, Dag. Younger brother, Sven. Older sister, Katya.

Spanish, English

Club Andes Chile

Father Dag von Appen (Sailing): Father Dag von Appen was a champion sailor. (latercera.com, 7 Feb 2014)

Brother Sven Von Appen (Alpine skiing): Competed at three World Championships (2017-21) and three Junior World Championships (2015, 2017, 2018).

Sister Katya von Appen (Alpine skiing): Competed at the national and FIS level. Retired in 2010.

Cousin Kai Horwitz (Alpine skiing): Competed at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth and PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Cousin Nadja Horwitz (Sailing): Competed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

2009 FIS event in Cerro Castor (Giant slalom - 26th)
2013 World Cup in Lake Louise (Downhill - 63rd)

November 2020: Compartment syndrome in his right thigh. In a surgical procedure, doctors drained blood from the impacted area. While he had initially planned to be out for just a short time, he missed the entire 2020/21 season, returning to racing in September 2021. (Instagram, 7 Nov 2020)

28 November 2019: Suffered ruptured anterior and lateral cruciate ligaments in his right knee as the result of a crash in the first official downhill training run for the Lake Louise World Cup. Underwent surgery and missed the remainder of the 2019/20 season. Returned to on-snow training the following summer but did not compete prior to his November 2020 compartment syndrome. (nevasport.com, 29 Nov 2019; Instagram)

11 February 2019: Avoided serious injury following a hard crash in Alpine combined downhill at the World Championships in Are, taking time off but returning to racing in March 2019. (abcnews.go.com, 11 Feb 2019; Instagram, 20 Feb 2019)

2011