[8][9] Kirstie Marshall was in the process of winning the World Cup series for the year, and was one of the favourites for the women's aerial skiing,[7] but she crash-landed and finished seventh.
[9][11] It was a successful campaign for Henke's swansong; the largest team that Australia had sent apart from 1960, with 27 athletes, recorded an unprecedented five top 10 finishes.
[13] Malcolm Milne's success prompted the eventual starting of the Australian Ski Federation by Henke, and their program to sponsor talented young skiers and send them to Europe to hone their craft, among them Steven Lee,[14] and Zali Steggall,[15] and aerial skiers Jacqui Cooper and Kirstie Marshall.
[15] It was given a million-dollar annual budget and for the first time, Australia had a federal government-funded full-time training program to accompany the Australian Institute of Sport.
[15] This led to a steady rise in the number of Australians who have won medals at World Cup events in the immediate years after the OWIA’s creation.
[17] He married 1952 Olympic representative in figure skating Gweneth Molony, and their daughter Joanne Henke was a member of the downhill skiing team in 1976.