Henning Harnisch

Henning Harnisch is a retired German professional basketball player, born on 15 April 1968, who played small forward and power forward at a height of 2.03 metres. He spent his career in the German Basketball Bundesliga with the Gießen 46ers, Bayer Giants Leverkusen and Alba Berlin, and between 1990 and 1998 he won nine German championships in a row, seven with Leverkusen and two with Berlin, a record that still stands. He also collected five German Cups, four with Leverkusen and one with Berlin. His spectacular dunking earned him the nickname the Flying Henning. For the senior German national team he played at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in four EuroBaskets and at one FIBA World Cup, and he was part of the side that won Germany's first gold medal at the 1993 EuroBasket. After his playing days he became vice president of Alba Berlin, where he runs the youth programme and serves as the club's China ambassador.