Name: Paris Henken
Position: Helm
Sport: Sailing
Discipline(s): Sailing
Event(s): 49erFX (two-person high performance skiff)
Height: 5-6
Weight: 140
DOB: 12/22/1995
Birthplace: Sonora, Calif.
Hometown: Coronado, Calif.
High School: Coronado High School (Coronado, Calif.) ‘14
College: College: College of Charleston ’19, Undeclared
Team/Club: San Diego Yacht Club, Coronado Yacht Club
Olympic Experience
  • Olympian (2016)
  • Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 10th
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2016 – 13th
  • Years of participation: 2013-16
  • Top finish: 13th – 2016
Other Career Highlights
  • 2015 Pan American Games, bronze
Personal: Daughter of Tamra and Ed Henken...Has two brothers, Hans and Sterling...Brother, Hans, is a professional sailor...Hobbies include skiing, snowboarding and surfing...Two-time San Diego Yacht Club Most Outstanding Female Sailor of the Year.